The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-27

wlth ~ 49, rtiona ftet - oniy iap es,Hoiu.
sivs Thus wh"a Cp,tnt WHss Afa ssnt he
f%ssigha'ioh ~ February on aco1unt ~ me
ianenrpus cha,ir,rf ~ me administration
~ " %frifnpyo ibs Minister ~ th~ intsfiot,
the Car srpts refislna - altsv him ~
fntifs uhtH tha nev losn hai Iorh rom.
pietsI sdiiha I ~ not smpowef you
~ Interfere Niih ~ srtlona ~ ihe Minister
~ the Interior ahd ! lhsls, that YOU shall
me "a ~ In future
Last NINTH phen Count Wits again
fanignsd tho Cyst wro,a. ouftly accepting
u, and add~si thess extraordinary words
'~IisgariinR your iettef al-oat tho ~opposition
~ the Duma ! cDnsider you tho chlsf cauae,
bacaus. On Deoamter - you Requested
from me an extension ~ the franchise
II was al.n on your Initiative that the eleo-
tions In Russia pa~-ei without any ~ the
governmental pressure which - pfsctifed
In all European ctuntre-
Tho Empsror here confesaes that he did
not desire the lhina 90 10 q representative
exponent ~ The POPULAR Wtll and his present
conoesrion Of universal ufrags loses al
Significance. II Is a%bundAntly clear that
ha favors no reform and will grant none
unless u is forced from him. The fate 81
his thron" deTends ON how far he will 60 in
resisting the demands which will now rome
from his Indignant subjects with an insist
ence that will leave nc alternative but re-
bellion.
SAYS GOVERNMENT WILL YIELD LATTR.
The distraoting uncertainty of the i'm
mediate future in the light Of ~to-day'b
crisis Ia described by ~ sober a politician
rs Alexander Gutschkon in the darkest
terms. He has been taken into council
by the ministers and the Czar's private
advisers, but he refuses 10 enter the Goysrn-
ment He refused a seat In the Counci
Of the Empire because he wished q seat In
the I)uma, but Moscow failed to elect him
because his views were not sufficiently
advanced. Nevertheless his influence il
greater than that OF any man in Russia
who ia not in office
After a series Of interviews with the heads
OF the State, both at Peterhoff and st. Peters
burg, NJ. Gutschkoff deciar es that the Gov
eminent has lost its head. So far from
thinking Of dispensing the Duma it will,
in its terror OF revolution, yield everything
later. Its present refusal of concessions
means nothing. 1t will abolish ca pital
DulliSHuibIl, lcNuht lHc luiiNihiiiChtdi Ia Wb
and go any distance to keep on terms with
the Duma. Even the inner circle Of the
Court has not the nerve to abolish the Duma.
The danger now Is that the Duma will yield
To the tremendous pressure Of the revolu-
~tionists. And then" says NJ. Gutsohkof,
that will happen which is too horrible to
contemplate
From other sources, both in the Council
ofthe Empire and the Duma the correspond
ent Of THE Sun learns that the greatest
immediate concern Is to strengthen the
Duma against the outright revolutionaries
This task will be made much more difficult
by to-day's action of the Government.
The truest observation on to-day's position
is NJ. G~utschkoff's, that the Government
has lost it's head. It's chiefs still take fire.
quent counsel with NJ. Durnovo as to how
to keep comparative order in the country
from day to day.
The distinction between progressive, sta
tionarie 3. reactionaries and the entire list
day IL fast vanishing. We see them all
crowding together like beasts in the field
when their elemental senses warn them
that some havoc Of nature " about to burst
over them.
The signal for the opening OF the great
struggle for Russian freedom was sounded
In no uncertain tone in the Dumas prompt
reply to the Governments declaration to-
day, demanding the removal Of the present
ministry. Emperor Nicholas must give way
or the days Of his reign are numbered.