Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-22
future OF RUSSIA
Changes Likely Under Pre-
miership of Kokovtsoff. I
NATI0NALISM TO CONTINUE
Duma Will Pass Bills Requiring
Finland to Pay Share of
Expenses Of Defense.
Correspondence of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star f
LONDON, November II, 1910
The st. Petersburg correspondent Of tho
Times says: M. kokovtsoff will, on his
return from the Or inca. and the duma
about to enter on its last session. The
tragic death OF NJ. Stolypin and the i'm
minence OF general election have nat
urally brought the whole field Of Rus
sian politics into sharp perspective The
nationalist movement, fostered by the late
premier. is subjected to reappraisement.
Whatever the underlying motives for it's
inception may have been. II is unde-
niable, except among interested partisans,
that nationaiism has acquired immense
prestige In the country. In common with
all political ideas Ii has been sneumbered
by unne essary extremes: but to the
average Russian they do not overshadow
its vital pr nciples
NJ. Stolypin's memory will live long as
that OF the first Russian statesman to
appeal to national sentiment among tho
people and to instill national feeling into
the agents and representatives of the
government. Russian nationalism IN its
best sense my yet prove to be the long
sought golden bridge" between the
Bureaucracy and the people And M.
Kokovtsoh Is too much Of q patriot and
statesman to ignore or neglect the pos
sioilities OF the great political idea be-
aueathed to him by his predecessor
Outline of the Future.
Admitting the correctness of these prem
ises. II Will not be presuming too much
to outline the general aspects Of the
political future Of Russia under the pre-
miership Of Kokovtsoff. The essential
features Of nationalism will be retained.
but without undue intrusion OF purely
class interests. In other words. the spe-
semi-bureaucratio faction which has ar
rogated to itself the name of the ma
tionalist party in the duma will no longer
be dominant. and the proposal to IN
corporate two Finnish parishes-probably
also the bill for the creation of Rus
sian province out Of the border districts
OF Poland-may be expected to lapse.
The duma will, on the other hand, lose
no time In passing the bills by which
Finland is called on to contribute her
share to the expenses of national defense
and to establish equality of rights he
tween Russians and Firms. The Firms
themselves agree that 1t Is both right and
proper that this should be so In principle,
but they have unfortunately raised so
many obstacles and invoked so many
bubbles and reservations on both SUBJ
1ects that Russian sentiment and Russian
feeling almost entirely support the neces-
sity OF imperial legislation thereon.
As regards Poland, the position is modi-
fed by recent changes In Polish politics
The irreconcilable attitude of the national
democrats displayed In their boycott OF
the state schools and university has end
ed In a strong reaction toward a more
conciliatory policy. Russia will respond
by a considerable modification OF the
course hitherto pursued toward the Poles.
Policy Of Government.
In purely internal matters the policy
OF the government may be sketched as
follows: Utmost rigor In Graduating the
abuses of the secret police department,
disclosed in connection with the Kief trag-
edy; greater tolerance toward the univer-
stiles and far as possible more leni-
ent. though none the less firm administra-
tive. touch" all round. In the treatment
Of economic questions the preponderant
interests OF agriculture Will. Of course. re-
ceive foremost attention. The agrarian
policy inaugurated by M. Stolypin will
be developed by the promotion OF COOP
erative societies and. generally speaking.
by stimulus to public and private initia-
tive and enterprise.
The education OF the masses forms the
background Of all these measures. The
growing claims Of trade and industry will
find an adept exponent in the person OF
NJ. Kokovtsoff. Bills on the labor ques-
ton will be feature of the session and
II may be taken for granted that no ex-
periments In the nature OF compulsory
decentralization Of trade will be at
tempted. On the other hand, IL is doubt
full whether the Jewish problem, core
lated Herewith, will undergo radical re-
vision. The time has not come to handle
so knotty a subject
There will, presumably, be no appre-
ciable change in the attitude OF the gov
eminent toward the left or opposition
parties, but from the very day on which
NJ. Kokovtsoff assumed the premiership
q notable moderation became apparent In
the tone of the controversial articles in
the >Rossiya, and II must be admitted
that they gained in effectiveness and
point. In dealing with the purely reac-
tionary parties, the government will find
its hands considerably strengthened by
the growing recognition that under osten-
tatious devotion for the monarchy and
the church they In reality conceal ten
denotes of demagogic and revolutionary
character.