The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-21
Premier Stolypn Has Resigned and
May be Followed by the Entire
Council of
Ministers.
CHINESE SITUATION
Russian Political Circles Arc Sur
prised at the Turn in Affairs
and Are Seeking for
the Reason.

81. PEI EhS o Y HI, March AI.---i-ie
mier Stolypin has rendered his resig-
nation, and it is understood the car
has accepted it, but statements differ
as to the cause TOR the sudden step,
which has created intense surprise in
political circles.
One reason given for the resignation
is that of an adverse vote on March t
IL. when the council OF the empire
turned down the essential feature. OF
Stolypins bills establishing the Zem- !
stvo feature, or Polish electoral col.
leges, in the government of the west
| ern provinces.
Until the resignation was announc-
ed it was not thought the vote was a
I crucial one. 1t is reported that
/ kokovtsoff, minister of finance, has
been named to succeed Stolypin, and
the czar had signed the appointment
Discussions in the Russian cabinet
over the measures adopted to compel
China to adhere more strictly to the
provisions of the treaty Of 1881, par
ticularly as they affected Russian
trade in Mongolia, have been report
ed recently.
II has been stated that NJ. Sazonoff.
the minister of foreign affairs, dealt
more vigorously with the Chinese gov
ernment than was justified, in the
opinion of NJ. Kokovsoff, the minister
| Of finance who was not enthusiastic
/, over the prospect of q heavy expendi-
ture necessitated by military dem
: onstration against China. At the
| same time the cabinet as a whole had
t been sharply criticized in the Duma
5 for failing to maintain Russian pres
: tige abroad.
The Stolypin ministry was formed
t July 90. 1906. There have been fire.
: quent changes, and Finance Minister
d Kokovsoff is one of the few who en-
e tered the government with Stolypin.
r The council of ministers was in
e session last night, and it is believed
the members will decide to present
! their designations as an indication o1
q solidarity and adherence to the form
g er premier, M. Makaroff assistant te
|, the minister of the interior, it is said
y will receive the post of minister o
e, interior while NJ. Kokoysoff desires
Ir to retain as far as possible, his pres
IS ent colleagues.
II 1t is possible that two or three o
% the ministers will retire. Among thu
~ candidates mentioned for the portfolio
of minister of foreign affairs, nov
u held by NJ Sazonoff. is former Pre-
mier Goremykin.
le Former Assistant Minister of Fol
ie eign Affairs Naratimoff, who was az
IN pointed minister during the illness 0
is NJ Sazonoff, has already been ga
y zetted
ls NJ. Stolypin presented his resigna
% tion personally to the emperor. TIL
~ premier decided to make the crisis
'u personal issue and the quickness {
vi the emperor's answer was accepted i
NJ certain quarters as substantiating tn
report current recently that the en-
peror had abandoned the premier
his fate, telling the conservatives
"a the council of the empire, through \
1'repoff to vote according TO the
conscience" but it was learned late
ihpfAS'''1i
made by the emperor on NJ. Stolypin
recommendation. after his majes1
lad exhausted all means to persuac
the latter to retain his position.
1e' The reactionary groups which pic
us ted Stolypin's fall, thus get small sa
oi isfaction The present crisis like TIL
is in 1909, when the question OF the I
go organization of the Rus in admiral
ut came near to disrW the cabine
lot seems to indicate he reactio
So- aries lack a statesn the prop
csliber to command h. ajesty's co
fidence.
Changes His Mind.
hs ST. PETERSBURG, March 81.
iel Rumors are so strong that the RI
'ns sian minister to China has been I
sassinated that Premier Stolypin h
temporarily recalled his resignati
and will continue to act fearing
Ills crisis between China and Russia.
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