Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-11
COLOSSAL TASK
FOR STOLYPIN
Diplomacy Needed to Steer
Ship Of State Among
EoyolutiOniStS

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. IL
Premier Stolypin is confronted with
the difficult task of framing a p0licT
that will reconcile the differences Of
the Conservatives, the Revolutionistx
and the Reactionares. The magnitUae
Of the undertaking might we'll daunt
any man, but it is realized by thoss
in close touch with Russian affairs
that, apart from Sergius WHITE, uG
Russian statesman of the present ger
Grafton is better fitted to grapple with
the difficulties Of the situation than
, NJ, Stolypin, o..
| His personal position with the car
! has been greatly strengthened, and the
choice of Alexander Krovoshein mn
acting minister of the interior, which
leave NJ. Stolypin as prime minister
without departmental routine, gives
him the authority, virtually, of chan
cellor of the empire. His friends claim
for the new policy that it will be con-
sentative without being reactionarys
although the new minister is regard
ed as a reactionary of the reaction
aries
Financial interests, which for two
years have been seeking necessarily
to start an industrial development of
. Russia, are using the Anglo Russian
, agreement as the starting point for
a grandiose scheme OF railway devel~
Opr,,e'''' ~
lhey have persuaded the nninistrv
OF ways and communication to an
, prove scheme for the construction ~
new railway lines, the double track
ing OF severa! existing roads, and their
equipment with rolling stock.
To carry through all these nronos.1s
would require 100000 pounds, which
Is hopeless figure in the present state
OF hhances. They hope, however. I'm
secure $5O000.O00, which has been ~
| t"red by a French group, headed bv
: M RouVier, to the Russian Interns
tlonal Commercial bank, which has rp-
lauons with the Imperial bank To
guarantee the lenders of tho n,orau
'hat 1t VIII really be applied to rail-
road development their representa-
tlVes are to supervise the work on +bs
spot and retain possession of if untiI
the money is repaid.
These surface appearances of ms
sible renaissance in Russia are swert
out of mind by the appalling evidarr.
of decentralization in the social rfo -
the masses.
Ihe distracted peasants are vowins
vengeance on the Revolutfonaries ana
the officials alike.
In the lower Volga district of MaEa-
rleff, where grain stations have bean
set one fire, the peasants got a Arm
IDEA which the priests and police en-
couraged, that the incendiarisr, rvo~
the work of Revolutionaries.
Many persons have been denounced
as ag1tators, out of personal spite. and
tortured. All this time the off1cia1
class remains as hated as before.
A supervisor of a district in Tcher-
hlgon province named Dublainski was
attacked In his house the other nipbt
oy armed peasants. Dublainski, who
was also shot, defended himself for
TWO hours, until the family got away
TO neighboring estate. Then the
oesiegers succeeded in firing the house
ana Dublainski persisted in the flames.
A shocking Illustration of the moral
anarchy prevailing occurred in the
grazing lands of Kieff. A number OF
children employed by shepherds ac-
cused one of their number, boy IF
H. of theft and tried him by court
martial. He was found guilty and SEN
fenced to be hanged, and the boys
carried out the sentence The oldest
boy was only 10 years of age.