New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-03
COUNT WITTES POLICY.
No Further Promises of Reform
Until Order Is Restored.

:, petersburg, Jan 2-The governments
.+rongIv worded announcement yesterday tnaI
q intends to pursue TO the bitter end the poncy
- 7r-++inP down the Reds, demonstrates the con-
s5enca Of the government that Il has the adj
;+v "a complete the task It has undertaken. me
-os,n cause Of this confidence is the hdelty aus
-,ave5 bv the troops That the government
-ras uncertain how far the extensive propaganda
.a,z,,.+a5 hv the revoIutionists In the army had
shaken the loyalty Of the men Is uIlQueS .toi.
eble but the happenings Of the last fortnight
80, j believe. have proved completely re-
assuring.
Despite the ruthless fashion IN which the "s1
.aaInst the Reds is conducted. the government
= .al,ro averv opportunity TO try to prove 70
+be public that the repression Of the revolution
,sta does not involve the abandonment OF the
.,-,,. programme but that, on the contrary
4pe,- surpression is necessary N order that re-
forms may be realized.
= vas learned to-day through Premier Wits
himself that last nights report that ne was u 9
,ng the immediate PRONUNCIATION OF consuLu-
ton is incorrect. He said:
7-,+iI the Douma meets, stand firmly on the
-,arifesro Of october 80. Not one step IN a.
vance nor step in the rear VII 20 - GOV,
TIonr7a assemblies All the energies OF the gov
eminent are now consecrated 10 the Work U
making possible the convocation OF the repre-
sentatives OF the natlon a Ing eosAtAo0s P
moment
The ..foIva.. bitterly assails the government
for IFS blind boastfulness in asserting that me
revolution is crushed" and asks:
How car the government say It is extinguished
while the revolution continues in the Ba4tlo
rroy-5nces st Sanara IN the Don Basin and
othe- places Of European Russia when the
Catherine Railroad is IN the hands OF me s[TLA-
ers and also the Siberian road, where the En-
Te-orJs cipher dispatches are thrown INTO the
waste basket: when the disorders IN the ira
regions are extremely serious; when Poland Is
de- re 5oI1bIe terror Of martial law and the
abroad strike: when the agrartan movement
Is rolling from county TO county ana when
bombs are thrown in odessa and other cities!
THE fact IS that except the troops. the court
and the bureaucracy the government mas not
a single support. II It required ten Gays e sup
press the comparatively small uprising II MOS
COW how long viii 1t take TO suppress pan
Russian revolution
The Bourse evidently takes the government
view that the war against the revolutionists viii
be successful. Ali Issues rose strongly to-day
Imperial tours touching g.
An imperial decree, designed to prevent in
reference with the working Of railroads was
Issued to-day. It provides for the appointment
OF a special committee TO control the services
when occasion requires IT. The committee IS
empowered 10 issue regulations and to inf1ict
penalties in case of their non-observance; to
prohibit the holding Of meetings; TO close COM
ueroial and Industrial establishments; 70 for-
bid the sale OF newspapers: to dismiss oHlciaIs
and 10 take other steps Of similar nature II
places where martial law is proclaimed persons
guilty OF rebellion high treason. the organization
Of strikes tncendiarism or the destruction OF
telegraph or telephone wires or railroad lines
shall. the decree declares be tried by court
martial.
Arrests Of extremists in St Petersburg con-
tinue. An editor and others charged with dis
tributing revolutionary literature among the
soldiers have been detained by the police
The NOVA" says that Count Solskys COM
mission has decided to change the Council OF
State into an upper house consisting OF loo
members. fifty Of whom viii be appointed ana
Sf-y alerreF