The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-12
AT 1ORNEYS LIFT
CRY FOR REFORM.
Russian Lawyers Joined by Col
lege Men in Demand for
Political Change.

st. Petersburg, April 1.-THE radi-
cal position taken by the Pan-Russian
congress Of attorneys, which has been
meeting here, in it's denunciation Of the
and it's demand for q con-
stitution, and similar action taken at a
meeting of college professors, have Gre
ated a great sensation. u
All the efforts Of the government to
prevent the meetings being held by
bling in public were unavailing.
The newspapers were than Forbidden
to mention the meeting, and, for dis.
Obedience in referring to the attorneys
meeting, tins mornings issue Of the
Son Of the Fatherland was confscated.
The Russ also boldly defied the au-
thorities by printing the resolutions
adopted by the professors.
Cutlery Against Bouligan. " !
The action Of these influential bodies
serves to emphasize the growing outcry
against the Bouligan commission which
is proceeding with it's work, without
any representatives Of the people, thus
furnishing the liberals with Justification
for the charge that the execution of the
reforms outlined in the imperial re-
script is completely in the hands of the
bureaucracy against which all classes Of
society are fighting.
The bh s}R.r Of Mn MovggoSod+ ha,
the Moscow Gazette, which he says is
stirring up war between the ignorant
and the intelligent classes.
The commission which has been deal.
ing with the newspaper censorship un'
der the presidency Of Privy Councillor
Kobeko, has decided to abolish the cen.
sorship Of special kilograms to daily
newspapers.
Complete Reform Demanded.
The resolutions adopted by the pro
amble declaring that the closing Of al
the higher schools was only insignifl
can't evidence Of the general crisis.
"The whole Of Russia'' it was added
| "awaits impatiently a complete reform
in the organization Of the government
We believe it to be our duty to de
clare that the country is on the verge
Of a precipice: The poverty-strick
Russian people are driven by thi
malev.olence of the government int
agrarian and industrial revolt. The so
cial and economic questions cannot b,
solved by the bureaucracy.
" Political reform is imperative
Each minute of delay increase the an
archy and revolt. The governfnen
4 should be reformed in accordance will
modern principles, representatives O.
the people should have the principal in
fuence and the bureaucracy should b,
relegated to minor role.
1.-THE reformed government should b.
absolutely democratic. The people >
representatives should make the law
and control the administration and tn
budget. All class privileges, politica
or religious, should be obliterated. Tn
principle Of universal suffrage should b
adopted, which will never be accom-
plishable thru the bureaucracy.
! Restrictions Must 90.
Consequently the abolition Of ever,
restriction on liberty of speech, meet
1ngs and the press should precede tn
convocation OF the representatives o
the people, 80. = 4:
z&y..>s,. Peasants Divide Land. a&sz.94
| The4peasants at .Orgeieff, near Odesss
recently seized the land Of some Of tn
big estates and proceeded to divide il
Troops have beer dispatched.
Near Byelostok, the peasants demand
ed that the landlords cease to use ayr;
cultural machinery, and as their att;
tude became threatening Cossacks wer
required to dispense them.
An additional force Of Cossacks ha
beeen dispatched to Saratoff to que
! the agrarlan movement there.