Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-01-11 | Page 1 | Despotism in Russia Seizes all War Power

k5l Resignation of Premier Trepoff and Count Ignatieff and Elevation Eleva-tion of Prince Golit-zine Golit-zine Said to Mean Elimination of the Duma Du-ma During the War. EMPEROR WILL BE SUPREME Watchword of New Government Is "Everything "Ev-erything for the War; Everything for Victory' Vic-tory' ' ; No Time to Think of Reforms in the Interior. PETKOGRAB, Jan. 10, 3 p. m., via London, 9:35 p. m. The political situation sit-uation during the last two months, for which the word "crisis," seems entirely entire-ly inadequate, has taken a now turn with the resignation of Alexander Trepoff from the premiership and of ('uiint Ignatieff, minister ot public instruction, in-struction, and the appointment of a new premier. The official announcement announce-ment of this change which has fallen upon the country, continuously excited and emotionally' exhausted ly the drama of swift changes and climaxes, hardly created the effect which would have been natural under other circum-sta circum-sta nces. This time the tide has suddenly shifted, shift-ed, and is running strongly in the reverse re-verse direction. Prince Goiitzine, who succeeds Trepoff, is a member of the extreme conservative group, who always manifested the strongest reactionary principles, and, as a member of the imperial im-perial council has always shown little sympathy for tho progressive tendencies of the new regime. The ostensible reason rea-son for his replacement of Trepoff was the apparent inability of the latter to preserve a strong, united cabinet. Cabinet Unable to Agree. 1 1 had been known for some time that there was a great divergence in the point of view between two distinct groups in the cabinet, in one of which stood Trepoff and Ignatieff, and in the other M. Trotopopoff, the minister of the interior. The fall of one group or tho other became essential. The significance signi-ficance ot: this latest change in the ministry can best be judged by the following fol-lowing sentiments expressed by Prince Golitzine in an interview after his appointment: ap-pointment: "I have not yet had 'time to formulate formu-late a programme, but my watchword will be 'Everything for the war; everything every-thing for victory.' ' ' Being occupied with this aim, we can not now think of reforms in the interior. After victory we can begin the reorganization of our internal lite." Emperor Supreme. The new premier said that, he was a firm believer in the responsibility of ministers only to the will of the emperor emper-or and that in this principle the government gov-ernment must be united. I "This, however, does not exclude the legislative chambers from taking an interest in-terest in the affairs of government. ' ' he font inued. 1 ' There is no reason to believe that the work of these chambers will be postponed beyond the date already al-ready set for reconvening." The Kusskia Volia, a newspaper recoil re-coil tly founded, commenting on the change says: "Tho old regime has been strengthened strength-ened in the direction taken at the time of Protopopof f 's appoint men t its minister min-ister of the interior the original conservation con-servation course, to which have been added new reactionary elements. There run be no talk at present about cooperation co-operation with the legislative chanibers.1 Wf sen before us desolate parliamentary parlia-mentary pi ospects. '