The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-09-19

the bounds . moderation that no further
attempt has been made to dissolve il. i
has gradually gained in power and popu
larity and has become a recognized anc
unalterable feature OF the Russian Gov
ernment.
In 1909. just about the time when Pre-
mier Stolypin was decorated with the Order
OF the White Eagle. his enemies began re.
ioicing over his impending exit from Office
A,ain in 1909 he was said to he completely
! cut Of favor with the Car and on the
Joint OF retirement. Nothing happened.
however. until the present year. when
on March 10 he actually handed in his
resignation. II was all over the question
of extending the Zemstvo or local council
the methods by which the Premier hoped
to develop the faculty Of self-government
in the people. The Duma had passed the
bill without difficulty, but the Council OF
! the Empire. made UP largely OF Grand
Dukes. members OF the nobility. hig h
; ofhcials-the reactionary classes, in short
rejected it, The leaders Of the re-
dictionary class. p. n. Durnovo and Via
imir and Trepof. the Governor of KisI
, urged the Car to stand firm and support
the Council. Stolypin. they said. would
back down and his power as a dangerous
radical would he broken
Quite the contrary proved to be the
case: Not only did Stolypin stand firm
but he insisted on Durnovo and Trepoff
being eliminated as members Of the Coun-
| oil OF the Empire as the condition of his
remaining in office. The Car yielded.
He suspended his Premier 3 two enemies
until january l. 1912. and that means
their virtual dismissal from the Council
altogether. as their mandates expire on
that date. Stolypin consented to remain
In Office. He suspended the sessions of
the Parliament esta blished his provincial
council system by imperial decree and
then blandly called the two parliamentary
houses back to their duties, to hear himself
roundly berated in both for his "unscrupu-
Ions and rsactiona!y conduct"
Under Stolypin's rule the reign of
terror OF i!oi-s was gradually put down.
Industry and agriculture took "a new
start. wave Of wealth and prosperity
began TO rise throughout Russia, thu
army was reorganized. the building
OF a new navy to take the place of the
one destroyed by Togo in the war with
surplus Of many million rubles was de-
veioped in the imperial treasury.
1t was just after his appointment as
Premier that the second attempt was
made on his life. That was the ocoa sion
when. on August 25 1908. bomb was
Island while a reception was in progress.
Stolypin himself and two Of his daugh-
tsrs were wounded. Thirty persons
were killed outright. including TWO of
ths TOUR bomb throwers. and score
were more or less seriously wounded.
Stolypin was black haired. black
bearded man OF severe countenanoe
with an extremely high forehead, TO
the effect Of which in recent years his
growing badness added. He had a
Arm mouth and menacing eyebrows.
In his family, which consisted of his
wife: one soIe and four daughters, and
amid a small circle OF friends and rela-
tives he was idolized. In general he
was regarded as cold and forbidding,
He was desperate worker. He began
al O'Clock in the morning on a cup of
cohee and kept at it until I p, NJ. when
he devoted a quarter of an hour to lunch
con. Then he kept on again until o clock,
when he dined. the meal taking forty
minutes. Half an hours walk in the
gardens OF his residence. the Elaguine
Palace. followed; then perhaps an hours
talk with his family. But at o'clock,
unless some imperial function called
him forth. he was back at his desk often