New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-11
ORDER; THEN FREEDOM
COUNT WITTES POLICY.
Premier Giues Reasons for Repres-
sion-ReUoIt Not Checked.

ST. Petersburg Jan. ,10.-Premier White to-day
made a statement to a delegation headed by
I'll. Mayor of this.city, which requested relaxa-
ton OF the orders of the Project of Police against
meetings in the interest of the electoral cam
paign. The Premier could not promise TO do
anything until after January %. While per-
sonally he did not sympathze with the harsh
measures of NJ Durnovo. the Minister of the
Interior, he regarded them essential The
Premier could not assume the responsibility for
a course which, If it resulted in bloodshed. would
make him a scapegoat- He spoke bitterly Oh
the failure of the Moderates to give support to
the government, saying that upon their shoul-
ders largely rested the burden of compelling the
government TO resort TO repression. He ADDED;
The Fmperor i'm the manifesto OF October 30
al one stroke granted the people more rights
than any monarch had ever before gwen put
you know the attitude which Russian soclesS
assumed The governments Appeals LOT conn
dence were rejected, and every liberty granted
was abused by the revolutionists. Inc per1hlS-
sion to hold meetings was Translated INTO INTO N
cense for street disturbances and assenpIdseS
to plot against the life of the government ana
for the industrial ruin of the country. have al
WAYS been opposed TO repression, but the atu-
tude of the Moderates compelled me TO ADOPT
harsh measures. 1 am determined TO save Rus-
sia
While the Emperor wanted the National AS
sembly to meet as soon as possible, the Premier
said that those charged with the election feared
fit would be impossible for IT to assemble before
April Is
Speaking OF the inrn,merable difficulties with
which the government was confronted, the IRE
mier frankly said that many of the provincial
authorities continued TO act independently, men
tionin1, Moscow where. before the revolt, neither
The Governor General, the Governor nor the Pre-
feet informed him Of the conditions prevailing
there He added that the Moscow revolt was
more serious than people generally believed, say
ing
At one time all the stations. except the Nicho-
las station were in the hands of the revolution
lists. The latter, in desperation; started an en-
CINE hauling two cars loaded with oynaInlle at
full speed from the station. A frtghtful disaster
was averted by timely warning OF the pIot,
which enabled the authorities TO nave a military
train with steam up ready parallel track
Soldiers on the military train, running alongside
the dynamite train. fired at the engine and man
aged to pierce the boiler OF the locomotive stop
ping It before il reached its destination.
In St. Petersburg the Premier said, enough
dynamite had been captured TO destroy the en-
tire city In conclusion. he said that two laws
were being prepared to define the relations OF
the Council Of the Empire and the National AS
senlbly The former body would be composed
of 1T6 members, half of them appointed by the
Emperor and half elected. The latter body
would include thirty-four zemstvo delegates
eighteen members of the nobility and twelve rep
resentatives OF trade and industry while the
clergy. Poland, the Caucasus and the border
provinces would each have six representatives.
Il is reported that the revolutionists are keep
ing list of landowners who have fed or are
fleeing abroad with the intention If the revdlu-
ton is successful. OF confiscating their estates
The latest news from Transcaucasia is that the
revolutionary movement is general in Georgia
and Mingrelia- The viceroy is Withdrawing all
the troops available north Of Vladikavkaz for
service in the rebellious territory.
An additional guard of 500 men has been sta
toned the Finnish frontier to prevent the inn
portation of arms into Russia.
The 'Slovo' prints telegram from Alexan-
dTovsk South Russia. saying that the railroad
station at Sebastopol, which in the hands Of
the revolutionists, has been the scene OF des-
perate fighting between them and the Cossa cks
The station finally cleared with the loss Of
800 men.
Prices on the Bourse to-day were steady, after
the Christmas holidays. Imperial fours closed
at So
The retiring British Ambassador Sir Charles
Hardinge. received in farewell audience by
the Emperor to-day and presented his letters Of
recall.
No new steps have been taken in the course of
Sir Charles's stay here relative to the proposed
Anglo Russian understanding. Great Britain, it
the question of definition of the spheres of In
huence the Persian and Indian frontiers until
the system Of government is in force in
Russia.