The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-09
GORKY INDICTMENT
IS INCRIMINATIN
Attributed With Authorship of
Accompanying Document
REClTES EVENTS OF JAN. q
Accuses Gorky of Appealing to the
People to overturn the Existing
Social Regime-Trled Be-
hind Closed Doors.
REclTES EVENTS OF JAN. %

st. Petersburg, April S.-The indictment
of Maxim Gorky, who Is styled therein
an artisan of .Nizhni Novgorod. Alexis
Maximoff Mesohokon.' contains the text
of document found in the St Peters,
burg residence of Advocateugene kedrine'
and the authorship of which Gorky is al
legged to have admitted. His document
styles the shooting of the workmen pre-
meditated massacre, accuses Prince
Sviatopolk- Mirsky( who at the time was
Minister of the Interior) with wilful anu
unprovoked murder 1t continues;
Emperor Nicholas was informed OF the
character of the workmen's movements
and the peaceful intentions of his late
subjects, the innocent victims killed Ds
the soldiers, but Notwithstanding his
knowledge, he allowed them to be mas
sacred. We therefore accuse him also Oh
having caused the killing of people who
in no wise provoked such measures.
Details Events of January y.
The document details the events of Sun
day January %. the day on which the
troops fired on the workmen in st. Peters
burg and points out the absence OF revolu-
tionary character to the demonstration
1t relates that the day previous to the
disturbance, the signatories OF the oocu-
ment went to Minister of Justice Mura-
vieff with view to requesting him not to
order out the troops and to enable the
workmen to speak freely with the EN-
peror. The signatories were informed thae
1t was no affair of the Minister OF JUS
tice Afterwards the document says they
went to the president of minister's M.
White, to whom they expressed rear Una.
blood would be shed. M Wltte replied that
Minister of the Interior Sviatopolk-Mirsky
was more accurately informed as to the
state of affairs, but Emperor Nicholas
had been made acquainted with the situa-
tion.
m Witte had added that personally he
was impotent to do anything. He tele-
phoned to Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky ask
ing the minister of the interior II ne
would receive the deputaton; but Prince
Svatopolk- Mirsky refused to DO So Inc
document concludes:
I'VE declare that such an order of Things
cannot longer be tolerated and call on all
citizens of Russia to enter into an I'M
mediate relentless struggle with the au-
tocracy The indictment sets forth that
Gorky admitted in writing that he COM
posed the document referred to above
with a view to sending 1t to all St Peters
of them would publish 1t. After describ-
ing Gorkys discussions with the work.
men, the indictment says:
Deputation included Gorky.
"'He went on the evening of January
% to the offices of the Journal Nashidnl,
where 1t was decided to appoint a depu-
tation to wait on Internal Minister
Sviatopolk- Mrsky for the purpose of beg
ging him as minister and as a man,
to take all possible measures to prevent
conflict between the workmen and the
police and troops. The deputation in
cluded Gorky. whose account of its re-
ception. according to his own avowal
was written at his own initiative, and
without informing his colleagues, who
only became acquainted with its contents
later.
THE document accuses Gorky of APP
pealing to the people through the docu-
ment to overturn the existing social re-
gime. and says that the fact that the
document was not circulated was due to
circumstances outside of Gorkys control
The trial of Gorky will be behind closed
DOORS