The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19
Statement Made by Sasoneff,
 the Assassin of Won Plehve

1of the larger Society. Therefore 1t is not possible to talk about the Fighting organization alone. but one must also ists:
 tion that the Social Revolutionists wish to do away with the autocratic form of Government or even the present by means of terroristic acts that they intend to gain their ends, but there Is
 one thing which the party meets by t tsrroristic ts u; acts carried out by members that is to answer by armed attack the lives and honor of Russian citi- the life and honor of the Russian revo.
 We. are not a party of force Our of force and attaining their aims by force. The ideals of the party, as are also the means by which they agitate for their ideals. are all of peaceful Social Revolutionists are peaceful is shown from the fact that the Govern ment laws do not forbid the entry in-
 '9saas 1a9ars 0f not SSets voc who Sf as sG tate amongst the various classes of so- ciety: The agitation arises without cln.!ss oGr neip: It ths is not we who made the and with one interest. As many as there are In society different groups of inhabitants with different means of interests which are in no way mutual. | The peasants and workmen have one interest the labor employers and land crats. support the interests of the working classes. It is our task to try to learn the needs of the people, and SIso to learn how fiUS they can be fulfilled ought not to exist any exploitation on one part of the population by the other, and that all tha means of production, land, ought not to belong to indivluu- als. but to society at large and should always be under the control and man. final ideal which means peace on the face of the earth and for the peoples thereof. All the rest of our tasks are in strict accordance with this ideal. task we consider to be to arrange that the exploitation of the workmen by the employers and the inhabitants in gem as possible.
 With Peace Ideals.
 We, come to the people with our manner that they can see their best interests. and teach them to find for themselves the best means of fighting 1Ss %sre thsse ideals without there breaking of machines, and also without us there existed disorders during which landlords were killed. We try men and peasants from using force and to teach them to fight for their ideals in a peaceful way. The trouble people but from the fact that they are in a totally different position before the law to the landowners and labor sosG by hs a snd tRe lighting S PGS against exploitation Is to fight against the laws. We Socialists do not insist on the people taking our views. We means by which we agitate are of a views by means of the press and by all kinds of violence. We are certain that to struggle against aconviction is useless, as you can fight it as much as of the world it's originators, but 1t will always arise again, stronger than be- fore.
 had the right to talk freely and fight for their own interests, and were these rights not taken away from the so- clared socialists have that right equal ly the conditions of the States do not suffer from the socialistic propaganda.  Tout against the struggles of the "in- terior enemies of the country"
 Some fractions of the German So- iutiOn that S aSe they hS try to S do ~ away witn prejudice of the events of by-gone times. Lucky are the German Social
 'Ts 1t our fault if we Russian so- cialists are forced te become revoiu;  aSslVx tSs part a of tRs ' state @ ThsTs %as sociaiistic factions abstained from The@ were merely "economists' and l did not leave the narrow limits of the workmen's needs. However. for their work they were also declared state
 "Russian Socialists have learned by experience that the right of speaking ones mind freely is not to be had in together with their aims the Russian Socialists have made 1t their duty to ltry to attain such conditions in the Empire as will make 1t possible to talk and write freely in accordance with individual views.
 IsocisSists, IIs % but also nOt for t the whole of Russia Even If we Socialists did not exist the need would nevertheless ex-
 Social opinion 1,.a,, has hssro mo aGeqsase n
 sia. That which the Russian press
 speaks of daily cannot be called an expression of Russian Social opinion, liy. and so freely that 1t becomes for
 intelligent people joke. Of the Rus
 sian social opinion one can judge only by those occurrences where the press is subject to punishment. Social opin- lion yearns for freedom to speak of lthose questions which are forbidden
 to the press Social opinion speaks