New-York tribune., 1905-01-26
BIG FUND FOR STRIKERS.
liberals Gire Freely ZenlstUo8
Speak Plainly to Car.

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Speak Plainly to Car.
ST. Petersburg. Jan. 25-Reports late this
afternoon say that the insurrectionary move
ment is extending at Moscow. Narva, saratof
Kharl5off. Kishineff Riga and Reval.
Quiet continues in ST. Petersburg. Evidence
accumulates that the strikers have supplies OF
money SUFFICIENT TO meet their present needs. All
sorts of stories are aioat TO the size and
origin of the fund. Money is undoubtedly being
supplied by the Liberals. 1t is said that they
have fund Of S2OO0.0Oo. some OF which was
supplied by German Socialists. but there is no
way of verifying the reports It is seriously be-
lieved in some quarters that money is being fur
nished from japanese British sources 10 bring
on q revolution or such internal complications
as viii compel the government to make peace
notice was posted this morning at all the
works giving the strikers twenty-four hours to
resume their employment. ard ntimating that
those who did not comply would be deported to
villages.
deputation from the ST. Petersburg press
waited on Prince sviatopolk-Aiirsky to-day and
presented petition formulated at a conference
of editors N. Souvorin. Editor Of the "Novoe
vremya" said that the only means of restoring
public confidence was to grant freedom to the
pres and to summon a congress Of zemstvos
He declared that IL the press had been free none
Of the recent deplorable events would have hap
pened
The Minister Of the Interior replied that this
petition would be considered, but that he must
confer with Governor General Trepoff.
The zemstvo of Taurida, at its first meeting
of the year to-day. unanimously adopted the fol-
lowing address TO Emperor Nicholas:
Sire: The Tauri5a zemstvo congratuates your
majesty well the Empress on the birth OF
81 heir TO the throne. This event occurred in
q terrible year Of national grief a year OF cruel
and bloody war, year Of bitter internal dis
order Let peace dawn on Russia and her from
tiers That is the best wish Russian subjects
can express at the cradle Of your SON
Your decree OF December % held out to the
nation hopes OF internal peace in the future.
which everywhere is dependent on the preserva-
ton and maintenance of the law and equal
rights OF citizens. on freedom Of conscience and
rehglon, freedom OF speech and the press. free
com OF association and public meeting.
sire. We are strongly convinced that the full
hnlent Of all your great intentions for their in
volatility can be assured only by the partici-
patton OF elected representatives of the whole
believe that In the union OF the power Of the
state with that Of the people be found the
only pledge for the complete development of the
productive forces Of the country.
IL you summon representatives Of the nation
TO take part in legislation. finance and admin
lstratve control. and fulhlment Of the law and
the intentions Of your imperial majesty you will
make Russia powerful and invincible from with
out and nourishing within her borders in the
light OF right and truth.
Fourteen members OF the zemstvo Of simbIrsk.
Kazan. have adopted the following resolutions:
During our whole lives we have been forced
70 observe silence in all our new ideas The au-
thoFlties see red spectres threatening TO destroy
the foundations OF the State For forty years
we have said ''All is well" We had been SO ac-
customed 10 this course that TO say otherwise
~oulo have been political crime.
This attitude on the part Of the people de-
Daseo 70 slavery has LED Russia TO a crisis
Inrough which she cannot safely be brought by
pa!natlVes or half measures Russia IS on the
road to complete ruin and the fatherland is
threatened with terrible danger, not alone by the
Foreign enemy with whom she is now struggling
out by an internal foe against whom the bu-
trous results
The danger lies in the prostration OF the gen.
efaI development Of the country, brought about
ny the bureaucracy. The development Of Russia
has been artihcially arrested, and all her insti-
surons stricken unto death and cannot be
Drought back 70 life. The greatly depressed
condition Of the country also constitutes a dan
ger from which there is no escape The zenstvo
.tpresehtaufes hao an opportunity Of freely and
honorabiy speaking their minds on the subject
OF abuses, but the bureaucracy took measures to
prevent them.
The president OF the zemstvo proposed an
snenoment TO this resolution, but our duty to
the fatherland and the throne Obliged us 10
refuse TO vote the address in the form he sug-
gesteo- II is crime TO shut our eyes 10 the
condition Of the country.
Freely elected representatives alone can lb-
crate Russia. These representatives would point
10 Russia and the Emperor a new path TO peace
and glory.
The council Of the Polytechnic Institute to-
day adopted the following resolutions:
one OF the members OF the family OF the poIv-
technic Institute Of st. Petersburg the student
5ayinlin, died a violent death shot on January
y IN the Alexander Gardens savinkjn was one
OF the victims OF the butchery against a peace
ful, unarmed crowd.
The council OF the institute, being revolted and
depressed BY the acts OF January % which
prove that in Russia the very lives OF peacaa HE
cltlzens are unsafe. express profound indiRna-
non on account Of the general firing one OF the
victims OF which was Savinkin
lhe council hnds that under the present rom
c.tions teaching IS absolutely impossible and
resolves '-'4N
First-To inform the Minister OF Finance ~
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