NEWS OF THE WEEK.
.ASTOLYPIN, the Russian Prime Minister, has tendered _[ e his resignation though it is still thought possible that he may remain in office. He has no doubt come to the con- clusion that his opponents in the Upper House are too strong for him, and that his usefulness ended with the rejection of his Bill for establishing Zematvos in the south-western provinces. He has held office for five years. He dissolved the llama twice, and controlled the elections so as to secure the return of a Chamber which he thought suitable to the "condition of the country. It is very easy to criticise his methods in dealing with the Finns and Poles, or to deplore, with Tolstoy, the judgments of the courts-martial by which the revolution was suppressed. But the fact remains that under M. Stolypin Russia has emerged successfully from its reign of anarchy and chaos ; and we are among those who believe that it was he who saved Constitutional government. The tenacity and courage with which he stayed at his post while his life was in hourly danger are beyond praise.
