| Show BETTER DAY Y FORI FOR COMMON PEOPLE PEOPLES S r Downfall of Bureaucracy in Russia Seems at Hand HandS S DEPENDS UPON EMPEROR EMPERORS r S S BRINGS MATTERS TO A At AS S FOCUS S i it it S t t rg Nov ov OThe Zeni Zem t 0 me adopt adapted d the er of the memorial almost literally as cabled to the Asso ted Pre yesterday and besides considered several s articles providing for practical o oper ti n of ip the Red 8 work nd for cr ext of oC school facilities The vote on the of the adoption ot of the me stood SS to 10 The meetIng bly will wUl be continued several dayS The rhe memorial arid and minutes or of the meeting g will be bc sent to Prince for trans transmission transmission mission to the emperor What the re result suit sult will be IS atter ob speculation but the men participated In Inthis Inthis this e In most eases cases the most influential and able In theIr re respective pr prOvinces vinces and are resolved to press the everywhere with the greatest vIgor I S SS S Banquet to be Given A banquet will be arranged for Dec 4 the fortieth Ury of the emancipation proclamation l by y Alexander I II mId on occasion speeches along the line of the memorial will be made Later the h are to meet om 01 Dec 14 will m be urged to adopt embodying a similar of agitations The governments attitude Is a waited awaited with breathless InterEst The mere fact that a meeting with a was permitted although official aus auspices auspices were d denied nied it is but the vigorous character of the memorial adopted and the resolution to push the agitation must compel the government to act A parting of tile tle ways is again at hand Iland and the auto it would seem mUst once more choose whether the people shall be al allowed allowed lowed ft voice in the government for It Itis its is s inconceivable that it can allow an agitation for tor a elective bod body to decide whether the time has not come In the language of th the memorIal for tor a specially elected bod body to par in legislation the in intention intention yielding of Bureaucrats Horrified of course couse are horn horri horrified fled fied at the mere of anything approaching u a parliament or a constitution tUMon All their power and influence already are in the scale but bt no malter cr which way nce is believed to mark an epoch In history The actual participants In the meet meeting lug ing here are far from hopeful but sincerely believe the of 01 U the e i country dep on the solution they have to offer and have the satisfaction of knowing that as representatives of the most authoritative provincial institutions institutions of the empire they have for once spoken out their views and taken measures to ha have vc them spread before the world as well as the government which is addressed For one r result sult It itis is sure to give a trem tremendous Impetus to the cOln ir try in the throes throe of oC a great and hitherto hitherto unsuccessful foreign War and disturbed conditions tit at home the i measure which is aimed to i action might overrule other considerations considerations Wavering I Th The Associated Press has heard that recently the emperor has spoken much or Wittes famous memorandum written just before beCore his fall on the thc advisability of yielding the people a voice in n the government One thing which must commend Itself strongly strong to the emperor is 15 the fact that the mem represents the thc of able und and mo moderate erate men who ha have no sympathy with revolution The They have taken particular pains to discourage the stu which were planned for fOI Saturday and Sunda Sunday in of the Kazan cathedral and none occurred Not a single word about the meeting lies has been printed in the newspapers here and y t the news has spread ever everywhere where and created a tremendous stir sUr and today was almost the sole tonic of dl In St Petersburg While the Associated Press is not at liberty libert to give ghe a detailed report or of the speeches it is able to summarize Ute the chief points or of the discussion preceding the adoption of the memo memorandum memorandum The chief characteristic of Ru existence is complete estrangement of rulers and people due to the lack or of mutual confidence This condition has been Intensified during recent yearn yeara and has been especially noticeable dur durIng during Ing the of the war which dl di the true internal condition of f the S STruth country countr Truth is Not Known U the existing condition of oC at af affairs fairs the government has no ito means of knowIng the truth about tha th country und and Is 8 sa reduced to act upon what it for the people But such sucha a 0 only makes matters worse and leads t tO blunders id d as nt The trouble Is the are excluded from any part In th the Instead of self reliance we foster tutelage b by central centralizing centralIzing izing power In the hands of bureau rats The result of this thle Is especially noticeable in cities where the state of siege doge renewed from year to year ear per permits permits mits arbitrary rule ot law lawand lawand and Interference wit elective assem bibs bUes yet are t Increase of the already wide ide authority of provincial governors An All this thi tie de destroys the feeling of safety and exer exercises exer olsen a disintegrating Influence up upon n nall all branches ot of Pro Progress ress Is Imp Impossible so long as bureau bureaucracy cracy blocks the of personal thereby paralyzing the very ery eS en eSsence sence of individual tue ab absence abSenCe sence of oC freedom or of nce and press are prime factors In the es estrangement estrangement o of rulers and people peopleS S Evils of Bureaucracy Bureaucracy y promotes religious in muzzles the tho press and stifles Q ot speech In eider cider t give it 3 sp appearance of to the ot of the state stat The Phe bureau efforts to Imprison the peoples inevitably leads to brute force We Ve want a free and independent nd ad administration ministration of f justice n as an essential safeguard against this the life and liberty of Time rhe viduaL UNo No teal real reform is pc without equalIty of all before LOle e eIan Ian For this reason peasants must be from their Present condition or f servitude and granted equal rights with other classes of the thee Peasants must be given the widest share In local ocal government by the orea crea creatIon tIon or of a small unit the system be thoroughly revised so as s to bring It Into closer ont ct wIth the people and the method of oC as assuring suring these r form li 11 liin in the fp tiC dt the i peo e epIc plo pIc e r reform of th the j jc I c |
