The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-28
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| Premier Address Still Clings to
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t$#fS TdbCIudllSuls
f st. Petersburg, May 2S.-The position
iof the government on the demands OF
The lower house of parliament is still
the subject of heated discussion on all
sides. Premier Goremykin s address,
lin which the government expressed its
rejection OF the popular demands bids
fair to become historic document from
the results which must inevitably fol-
low.
lows:
E srThe government, after examining
the address of the lower house of parlia-
Ement in accordance with the instruc-
tons of the emperor, is fully prepared
ito lend it's entire support to the e!abora-
tion of the questions suggested by the
dover house in so far as they Go not go
beyond limits of the Legislative inltla-
lives assigned to the lower house. This.
Support the government will also extend
TO the amendment of the franchise law,
altho it is of the opinion that this cues
ton should not be made the subject
taofz immediate discussion, lnasmuch as
the lower house is only just. entering
Iupon it's labors and therefore is not yet
such change.
!;f Guarding the Wealthy.
Especial caution must be shown by
The council of ministers in regard to
the questions raised by the lower house.
iof satisfying without delay the needs of
The rural population and placing the
peasants on a footing OF equality, with
fFhe other classes, Of satisfying the re,
iauirements of the working people, OF
Framing a measure providing for obi-
Ikatory elementary education, OF making
fhe Wealthiest classes liable to the pay
ment of taxes, of re-organizing the pro-
kNincial administration, and Of lntroduc-
ing a system Of self-government with
Special consideration for the peculiar
conditions of the frontier provinces.
HThe council of ministers attaches no
less Importance to the suggested law re-
dating to the liberty of the subject, OF
Sonscience and Of the press and to free
Nom Of meeting and association. Never
theless it considers it necessary, IN pre-
Barring such laws, to provide the admin
sstration with such effective means as
10 enable the government to prevent or
scounteract any abuse of the liberties
eonceded.
IL Agrarian Plan Rejected.
: tWith reference to the solution of
khe agrarian question by the transfer of
The crown appanages and monastery
And church lands, and by the forcible
appropriation of private landed prop
erty, which includes the private prop
erty of peasants, the council of minis,
tiers holds it to be its duty to declare
that such method is wholly inadmissi.
BILE The government cannot deprive
one party of it's possessions in order to
bestow them on another. To contest
the right Of the private possession OF
land would be in fact to contest the
-ir,I to nv orf Z
at all. Turnout the world and in all
grades of the, development of civil life
the inviolability of property constitutes
the cornerstone of the welfare of the
people and the fundamental basis of the
life of the state. The resources still
at the disposal of the state and thu
wide application of legal methods vii
ton of the agrarian question without
undermining the powers Of the father
land. a<
Fundamental Law Involved.
"The other laws referred to by thu
lower house touch on the responsibility
of 1.-The ministers and the abolition o!
teTs does not feel itself justified in ell
pertaining these proposals, as they in
volve radical alterations of the funda
mental law and conditions which ar
beyond the province of the lower house
Finally, as regards the solicitude 0
The lower house to secure justice an,
right in the army and navy, the GOV
principles are already unspeakably es
tablished and that the solicitude of it
illustrious head is now directed to tn
Improvement of the material position o
the soldiers and to devising means for
more extensive realization Of the meas
ures directed to that end
9 AS regards the proposed abolitio
of the exceptional laws and the arb
trary acts Of officials, the council G
ministers consider this wholly with
the domain of the public administr;
ton, of which the lower house has onl
the right of interpolation Furthe
more the consolidation Of the admin
tration into a state Of strict legalit
forms the subject of special care Q
the part of the government, which wi
not fail to see that the conduct {
government officials is inspired by sin
liar endeavors.
Ministers Drafting Perfect Measure
The government also recognize
that the present exceptional laws
not suffice in extra ordinary cases
insure tranquility and order and IL
ministers iS therefore are engaged
drafting more perfect measures to TIL
their imperfections. have been recent
enforced in many districts, the cause
this is to be found exclusively in Il
incessant murders and acts of violenc
Conscious of its responsibility to Il
Country, the ministry will mainta
quiet and order by the legal means nc
at its disposal so long as the distuT
ances continue and so long as the 90
ernment is not furnished thru fire.
LEGISLATION with eectual means of col
batting lawlessness,
Ing lawlessness.
Only Partial Amnesty.
In regard to the amnesty ouesti
the pardon Of prisoners convicted J.
the courts, no matter what form :
crime may have been committed. is t
prerogative Of the monarch The cot
Gil Of ministers considers that it wor
not be beneficial to society to amnes
persons implicated in murders and a,
of.violence while disturbances contin7
As to persons deprived of their ibe1
by administrative order the cabinet /
taken steps to procure the release
those whereby public safety is