The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-17
NO ESCAPE FROM
BL00D.LETTING
Russian Proletariat Openly Defies
the Government.
VOLCANO READY TO BURST
TREMENDOUS EXCITEMENT IN
ST. PETERSBURG.


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ST. Petersburg. Friday, Dec. IS. =
= via EydJkuhneR. East Prussia. =
Dec. 1.-THE prOletariat orgahi- y
cations united In the issuance 10 =
day of "A manifesto in which the y
= government is openly defled. The y
manifesto has created tremend- y
Z Gus sensation and wholesale ar =
rests are anticipated.
= Ia the document made pub j. >
= The government is declared to be .
y bankrupt. and the people ale or y
= dered not 10 pay taxes and 20 re-
fuse 10 accept anything except =
= Sold in the payment % cages. =
= They are also warned 10 with =
drew all their deposits from the =
= savings banks.
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Ncw York. Dec. ia cable ois-
patch 10 the Herald dated ~. Peters
burg, Dec il. via Eydtkuhnen. Dec. 10
SAYS.
The revolutionary party throws down
the gauntlet TO the government in the
shape Of a manifesto which VIII APP
pear Friday and viii surely Squire az
a historical document IL is stamped
with the official seal Of the WOrl1mcu'
alliance and means purely and simply
that the government VIII have 10 pro-
coed TO measures Of force or give way
entirely. IL reads In part thus;
Strong Language Used.
The government is on the high road
20 bankruptcy. 1t has destroyed the
fatherland, soWn it with corpses,
starved the peasants, VINO are unable
TO pay another kopek in taxes.
-'-rI4da * GF1n0STIlt and 0ISDr-
ganiZed. Factories are closing and no
work is forthcoming.
Those who have grown accustom2d
10 enrich themselves at the expense nI
the government 10 not know what 70
do, and are hurrying 10 close mp the
government bureaus and WORKSHOPS
Bankruptcies are numerous. Even TIE
banks are lettering, while the trade
turn over is reduced 60 nothinsnesS.
This struggle between the govern
ment and the rcvOlutionaries Is causing
nothing beyond continued agitation
and suspense.
Foreign capital is being RAPIDLY
Withdrawn. Wealthy people are hur-
riedly disposing of their property and
are taking refuge abroad.
No Mans Life Safe.
Robbery is rampant No mans life
and property are safe. The govern
ment formerly expended unlimited
ssums on the army and navy, nothing
on education or on roads and other
means Of communication, leaving the
state in "a hopeless condition.
Notwithstanding all this, the treas
uTy does not possess the means TO ma
the humble fare necessary for the SOL
der and sailor.
IAN over the country hungry and
disaffected troops are multiplying. the
railroads are completely disorsanlzed'
their money being appropriated by me
government To place them on q. prop
er basis requires many hundreds OIL
millions.
"The gold reserve in the Imperial
hank is quite insufficient 10 meet the
oNernment obligations and its general
economic position. The result would
he something awful if the government
were called 10 meet its obligations IN
gold.
Taking advantage of its irresponsi-
buity. the government has been ac-
customed to obtain loans infinitely
above the power Of the country 10
meet. making new loans for the pur-
% pose Of meeting calls for interest on
old obligations.
Il )
is Derpetrating shameful receptions,
drawing up budgets in which expenses
are shown purpOsely diminished and
income increased.
To undo these terrible facts and all
this long continued speculation, the
only possible medium is an effective
assembly. That body must, as It's first
task. take IN hand strict inYestiga-
lion into the finances Of the country
and show the people an honest picture
Of the position in all its horrors.
The terrible enigma before the pa-
tiOnal assembly Is how 10 straighten
out the existing financial chaos, ...-.-
Refuse TO Pay Taxes.
zone way out Of this is to vanquish
the government and 10 take from it
The last shred of power. 1t is neces-
Sary To knock from under il its last
support. namely. its income. This is
necessary not only on account OF the
economic position of the country but
ia order 10 enable us 10 hold up our
heads before other civilized countries.
We have therefore resolved TO refuse
TO meet any form Of government AKA
ton and 10 demand that the go, efii-
ment shall pay for everything IN spe-
Gle. even for small sums, insisting upon
receiving coins, not paper money; 10
withdraw everything from the Impe-
rial Savings banks only in gold. and 20
demand the abnegauon of the autoc-
racy. which never had the authority
Of the people 10 incur such heavy tlnan-
cial commitments.
AT the present moment the govern
meut behaves to its subjects rs though
it were a conquering power. Therefore,
we have resolved not 10 allow the re-
payment of such loans as the imperial
government has contracted while car
rving on open warfare with the PEG
pie"
The document is signed by the COun-
Ell of the Workmen's Alliance, the
heads Of committees of the Peasants
league. the central committee of the
democratic workmeu's party and the
central committee.