The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
OLD REGIME HAS PASSED.
Gar Still Determined Upon Repre-.
sentative Government.

st. Petersburg, July 22-General Won
SchWdnebach controller of the empire
and one of the members of the ministry
who remains in office tonight gave the
Associated Press the governments ex-
PLANTATION of the motive necessitating the
dissolution of parliament In most en-
phatic fashion he tried to impress upon
the correspondent the idea that the dis
solution did not mean a return to the
old regime and that the emperor had not
abandoned his purpose to introduce a
representative government in Russia.
You can tell the American people.
SAID General Won Schwanebach, that this
step was forced upon US as the only way
OF extricating the country from the hor-
rible reign of blood and terrorism which
Prevails. The dissolution Of the present
parliament does not mean to return to
irresponsible absolutism The past is dead
forever.
From his majesty's own lips / can
assure you that he still believes in the
principle OF popular representation and
firmly intends to adhere to IL; but he
elected under abnormal conditions and did
not represent the true sentiment of the
country, and that it was necessary to
make another appeal to the nation.
Blame Laid on Parliament.
What is the history of the ukase?'
was asked the controller.
Ever since the assembling of parlia-
ment' he replied, the intransigeant tenn
per displayed convinced us the ministry
that the principal object of those in con-
troll was TO make il the center of revolu-
tionary agitation instead of settling down
to constructive work. and therefore that,
sooner or later, its dispersal would be
necessary; but we wished to wait until
its incapacity and true role burned them
selves into the minds of the people. As
We anticipated, parliament proceeded to
write its own death sentence by demon
strating that it neither was nor desired
to be legislative body, but simply a
revolutionary tribunal. Nevertheless, En-
peror Nicholas continued to hope for a
change of tactics and only consented to
dissolution when every other alternative
had been expressed.
Ten days ago his majesty was pre-
pared to accept a parliamentary ministry
but the Constitutional Democrats, by
their mad inSiStence on impossible con-
ditiOns, deliberately rejected the Opportu-
nifty. Thereupon the emperor conferred
with men of all shades of political opin-
iOn-dozens of them every day-and fin
ally became convinced that dissolution
was Imperative"
Does the delay in announcing the date
of the new election indicate a change in
the basis of representation to universal
Suffrage? was asked.
Not necessarily replied General Won
Schwanebach; ION that point no definite
decision has been reached"
DO you think there will be an out
bIeak?"
Certainly not in st. Petersburg; prob
ably they will be worse in the south. !
am convinced the army is loyal. The
discussions which occurred among the
troops have not Slapped their fidelity as
a whole, and once they are engaged
against reVOlutonaries who do not hest
tate to resort to the throwing of bombs
they will do their duty"
General Won Schwanebach was not GER
tain what other changes in the cabinet
were involved by the accession of NJ
Stolypin to the premiership. All the min
listers, he said, had placed their resisna-
tons at the disposal of NJ. Stolypin, as he
was entitled TO make any changes he