Bisbee daily review., 1905-03-19

lowing statement of Sasoneff, the as- sassin of von Plehve, is through the Associated Press today given to the world
 T am accused of using explosives for murdering officials of the State. and
 T am accused of having killed the Minister of Interior, Plehve, to attain the ends of the Social Demo crats.
 To these accusations l can answer,
 Yes, 1 was a member of the Social Revolutionists and had the honor of being a member of the Fighting Sec tion of the Social Democrats, and by the latter's orders 1 killed Plehve. 1 do not consider either the society or myself guilty of the intentions of which we are accused. viz, to by force attempt the overthrow of the existing form of government and so- cial conditions of the country. The Society has no such large aims as to overthrow the form of autocrat- ic government in Russia.
 First of all I must state tina, one cannot say that the Fighting Sec ton" is Secret Society" in the usual of the word. The Fighting Organization" is not a sep arate body, but only a part of the big party of Social Revolutionists, and the Fighting Organization fol lows out strictly the orders of the larger Society. Therefore it is not possible to talk about the Fighting organization" alone, but one must al so include the party of Social Revo- lutionists.
 T cannot say that it is Dy means of the activity of the Fighting Or ganization that the Social ReYolu- tionists wish to do away with the autocratic form Of Government or even the present social conditions of Russia, nor is it by means of terror istic acts that they intend to gain their ends, but there is one thing which the party meets by terroristic acts carried out by members of the Fighting Organization" and that is to answer by armed attacks those acts of the Government where the lives and honor of Russian citizens are not spared, not to speak of the life and honor of the Russian revo- lutionists.
 Our relations to the state are in reality indifferent, if only the people had the right to talk freely and fight for their own interests, and were these rights not taken away from the Socialists. Where the public and declared socialists have that right equally the conditions of the States do not suffer from the socialiStic propaganda, but there also, of course, the rich cry out against the struggles of the interior enemies of the country"
 Some fractions of the German So cialists so much hate the word rev olution" that they try to do away with it, declaring this conception as a prejudice of the events of by-gone times. Lucky are the German So- cialists.
 ''Is it our fault if we Russian So cialists are forced to become revo- Iutionists? All our efforts at peace full activity are met with persecution on the part of the State. There was a time in the nineties when many of the Socialistic fractions abstained from talking with the workmen on politics. These were merely" econo mists" and did not leave the narrow limits of the workmen's needs. How ever, for their work they were also declared state criminals.
 Russian Socialists have learned by experience that the rights of speaking ones mind freely Is not to be had in the Russian Empire. Con sequently, together with their aims the Russian Socialists have made fl their duty to try to attain such con ditions in the Empire as will make it possible to talk and write freely in accordance with individual views We are compelled to spread the ides Of changing the existing order ot things In Russia We preach whaf is essential for the people. the right freely to air their needs through ths press and meetings: the right to dis cuss and make laws. the right to con trol the state expenses. Yes, we So cial Revolutionists preach this and consequently preach n totally differ ent condition than that existing al present in Russia. But at present we are only preaching. Our weap ons are the printing press and wort