Emery County Progress | 1905-10-28 | Page 2 | Czar Will Lean upon M. Witte's Shoulders

GAR CZAR WILL LEAN UPON MI WITTES SHOULDERS count Is in imperali al favor and great things are expected of him by the downaro down trodden aden russians 11 st petersburg count witte it now seems has definitely come into imperial favor and the shrewdest ob servers consider it certain that he will shortly be in active direction of the government as premier and head of a responsible cabinet since his return from the united states count witte has ranged himself on the side of the liberals and has not only advocated complete liberty of speech of the press and of assembly as a car of the coming douma but has urged the extension of the powers of the douma along the lines demanded by the reformers as well as a broader franchise so as to admit of fuller representation from the ranks of la bor and the cultured classes the emperor to whom the count personally outlined his views dis played much sympathy with them and it Is learned favored a number of ministers suggested by the count in eluding general assistant minister of the interior who now ranks as one of the most broad mind ed of his majesty s counsel counsellors coun lorg and who Is understood to be working bar with count witte