New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-19

| tween the mob and its victim and ex-
| claimed: 'Jf you want to kill the response
BILE official, IT is l. The superintendent is
| only doing his duty in executing my orders
He had no choice but to carry them out
1t was | alone who issued them, and here
am" The crowd surprised at such an ex-
hibition of courage. dispersed in silence.
At the time OF the bomb attack on NJ.
Stolypin in his palace, when thirty-two
persons were killed and the Premier's own
son and daughter were injured, he found
opportunity in the midst Of his own danger
and keen anxiety for his children to express
his grief at the death OF the old hall porter
of the palace.
Peter Alexander Stolypin was born 1T
tie more than fifty years ago, the son OF
Major General Already Stolypin, one OF the
defenders of Sebastopol. After a law edu-
cation at the St Petersburg University he
began his career as a bureaucrat in the
Department of Crown Lands. From this he
was transferred to the Department OF
Home Affairs.
Retired to His Estate.
Later he retired to his estate in Kovin
4
nobility there. In this capacity he won
such distinction that in 1902 the govern
ment made him Governor of Grodno. As
Governor his fairness and frankness and
his energy in suppressng abuses among the
lesser officials won him the respect Of all
classes, including the Jews. The next year
he became Governor Of Saratoff. where he
remained TIL he became Minister of the
Interior in the Goremykn Cabinet, formed
on May s, 1906. Later the Douma accused
him of instgating attacks on the Jews
while he was Governor Of Saratoff. His
frmness and dignity in meeting these
charges added TO the respect with which
he was viewed, more especially as he was
able absolutely TO vindicate himself
On July % 1906 NJ. Stolypin was appointed
Premier by imperial ukase, retaining the
portfolio Of Minister OF the Interior In
defining his reform policy at that time the
new Premier defended the action Of the
Gar in dissolving the Douma, declaring
that his majesty had no other course and
characterizing the Douma as a dying body.
His endeavors to reform the Cabinet
failed at the outset He proposed 10 in
troduce a number of Constitutional Demo-
long negotiations the Gar fatty refused
TO accept the conditions TO which the
Premier had agreed in his negotiations
with Count Heyden, Alexander Guchkon,
Prince Nicholas Lvoff, Paul Vinogradof
and Senator Koni. Later, however, the
Premier did introduce new men into the
ministry. Prince Vassilschikoff became
Minister Of Agriculture; NJ. FHossofoff,
Minister of Commerce. and NJ Iswolsky,
brother of the Foreign Minister, Procurator
General Of the Holy Synod.
His Escape in 1906.
on August IT, 1906. Premier Stoypin, i'm
PEELED by the prevalence of agrarian riots
sent circular to the provinces directing the
authorities to spare no efforts to prevent
further disorder. These orders and result
ing measures only infamed the Terrorists
further. Assassinations became epidemic
The climax came on August 25, 1906, with
the bomb throwing in the palace OF the
Premier, with its tragic results, from which,
by remarkable good fortune, NJ. stolypin
himself escaped.
Despite this and other attempts Stolypin
continued his firm middle ground policy,
ruthlessly suppressing disorder as long as
disorder lasted ever working to bring har-
mony between Douma and Car, between
populace and aristocrat
In March, 1907, Premier Stolypin outlined
before the lower house Of Parliament a
programme of reform that met wide APP
proval. The principal points advocated
were freedom Of speech and of the press,
liberty of religion, habeas corpus. single
form Of martial law, local self-goyernment
reform of the zemstvos, responsibility OF
officials, agrarian reforms, abolition of free
entry OF goods into VIadivostok, compile
ton Of the Trans-Siberian Railroad and
popular education.
Only a few days later there was un-
earthed a Terrorist plot 10 assassinate the
car and several high officials. including
the Premier Three days after this dis
coyery NJ. Stolypin was the centre of a
dramatic scene in the Douma. Suddenly
claiming the floor, he denounced the con-
fict then existing between the house and
the government. lie declared that the
forcible appropriation of land proposed by
the agrarian committee could not be per-
mitted He warned the house that speeches
exciting peasants must cease and init
mated that the Douma was I'm danger Of
another dissolution. This speech was de-