New-York tribune., 1908-01-15
RUSSIA'SFATE AT STAKE
PROF. MILYOUKOV TALKS,
Tells CiJic Forum He Comes Here
for America's s Sym pathy


the third Russian Dourna and leader OF the
Constitutional Democrats OF Russia. told the
1000 persons assembled in Carnegie Hall at the
Civic Forum last night that he did not come
here seeking financial support, but as one OF
suffering. liberty loving and seeking people. ask
ing for the sympathy Of a people who had at
tanned liberty and who knew what it meant to
be without it. he received one Of the warmest
greetings ever given to a- speaker in that
place He got the sympathy and in his long
address on Constitutional Government for Rus
sia" he had the closest attention OF his audience
Professor Milyoukov was introduced by Bishop &
Potter, who presided. He said he had not pre-
pared an Introductory address But he gave the
Russian statesman hearty welcome and an
introduction that must have made the professor
believe that the American people were with him
and his party in their fight for constitutional
liberty Bishop Potter said in closing
We are fortunate in having with us one who
represents not a destructive, but constructive.
force One who stands for those gre az ideas and
ideals which have created statess and which
are more and more destined in the future TO
triumph over the paterHalism and absolutism OF
the past. 1t is because he represents these con-
servatfve ideals, because when he goes nome
after this rapid journey which he has made to
the United States TO speak to US Tonight re
will carry with him ideas which are precious to
YOU and to me and to every son and daughter
of a constitutional government. that have ac-
counted myself happy in the privilege of pre-
seuting to you Professor Paul Milyoukov."
At the end OF the address it was announced
that the usual customs of the Forum were MOTTO
be dispensed with, and that questions would be
permitted
ITO what extent is free speech permitted IN
Russia?" was the Initial question handed up BY
Justice Samuel Greenbaurl. Professor Milyou-
lam f1ara he All 1rr3-
vided for kind of public, meeting, but recent
" temporary enactments overruled IT. Public
discussion was limited Chiefly to ST Petersburg
and Moscow, and then a L election times
Are the Russian peasants fit to solve the
political problems Of their country? was asked,
and to this Professor BIilyoulkov said the peas
ants were more interested in their agrarian
questions than matters political The peasants
and workingmen were the moving forces IN
Russia he said, but that they were not at this
time able to solve such matters.
What does Professor Milyoukov think of the
Jewish question: came next, with the added
sentence What will the third Douma do with
it?" The speaker replied that his party vert
with the Jews. the latter having always sup
ported them. Theirs. he added, the only
party introducing a bill for the equal rights of
the Jewish people
Mr.. Milyoukov. after giving brief account Of
years ago. said that at the present time, after
the dissolution OF two Dounsas, his country was
now in sort OF political Whirlpool The our
come no one could foreteT. Quiet might foIlcSF.
or the flood. irnpetUous, might lead % new cSf-
aclysms. He said:
The party to which 1 belong. which was the
leading party the drsE two Dounnas. has always
poiiticaf movement some Of our enemies consider
our policy TOO radical while many osIeLs rs NM 1l, =
of the Constitutional Democratic party has found
II II Sa e1t h fb rc6 Of ractesi posi-
biIities Precisely for thia reason the party % %as
Currents of the Russian movenent-by the rsac-
tionaries well ss by the revoluuonarles Botn
extremes appealed TO violent methods OF struggle
and we're busy grepans new 81 s[roRes % ana
and impossible. And Of course. were the consC-
be secured by large social reforms. what hops
would remain either for reSTor16on & Ct aaIocsacy
mics on both sides have used their most violent
our party has chosen
As a result. he said. the position OF his party
as mediator much weakened. More conServa-
tive parties were playing the peacemaker's part
The political situation they would create would
be extremely unstable. too much co1lpEoEnASe
with the autocracy and the nobility That wss
why he said. his party. the realists OF YESTERDAY
preferred to be classed visionaries today Hs
and his party had not changed, but things arouna
them had changed. Public opinion with them.
but the masters of to-day did not represent poohe
opinion THE leading majority or the third RUS
sian Douu1a is governmental, while the country re-
mains what ii before-in opposlrlons ne s-o-
Professor Miyoukov continued
Of the four consecutive phases which one may
distinguish in the course OF the events Of the last
three Years the first two marx an asceAoLnS mo-
interrupted retroSression am tenlDesa at - 80
the frst ascending phase OF the nloEeaSis .S11,
with the fall OF autocracy. This was the nssatlso
aim of the movement common 20 al OF tnS ss. 90
gressive parties AS soon as y was - sSfsrSays
divergence IN tne posi'TTS re 81 elements
15 f v OF October So persuaded themselves that the
wo[d s Stoa must Tn t Give the signal for il The revo
Iutionary phase. however, was snort ana PtVNJTa
fatal to the success Of the whole movement, ~ -
close the December defeaC OF ne a. 80 ~ vs.
5eId BACK for time by the initial activity Of tns
first Russian parliamentary ~, 49, DoIITns
entered upon its third stage ....,+,r+,0-,,,t
siiJI 10 I1,sfods Of struggle then tried How did
this phase end? should be very Inucn p.i41Iso,si
e+h5Ss of struggle have not ended yet But tbs
xyo1IId not account for the predonnnanI 49, ~
c+e-izs.5 namely the Increasing use OF Unconsti
tutionaI methods by the enenaiTS OF tL r sII fh
fourth phase counter revoi!JtoTlaTy. oeS1 .f
1,,,a and N became particularly enphauc aLtes
i,1,aneoIsly with the dissolution OF the second
The national phase dstinsushed by the s az
~ ~ - c,,nnon Even groups which in the revolu-
tionarv stage went far asunder SonirIoulsu 7,- ,o
esther TO the success Of the initial pnase-s ~
- ifs verv origin the movement was Jwofola- y
opened with the famous pettiSn f or rlnI s ~
ssIt1v and two months later II was reinforced oy
TL rne u. c.s61 led ~ the Winter Palace the Red
sunday January q 1906 The nnal trllInrn. ne
!id1t the fndscrirninate cooperation OF all the
advanced groups AIer S1r5 oi Us ,,,i+s ,rrrsea