Show REBUFF FOR WITTE st petersburg officials refuse to banquet him st petersburg oct 5 A strong sentiment against count witte developed at a caucus of the st petersburg municipality yesterday evening called to discuss civic action in recognition of his services at portsmouth suggestions that a banquet be given in his honor and that he be presented with the freedom ot the city or an address were rejected and a resolution was adopted declaring that he is not worthy of any special honor because his services at portsmouth were only a redeeming for the political mistakes in which he has acquiesced and which were responsible for alio war the first act of the ministerial committee the sessions of which have been resumed with count wittes return has been an important concession on the language question permitting tho commercial schools of warsaw riga and roval to use polish or german as the language of instruction in all studies except russian grammar history and geography |