Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-08
Russian Government Crit
cised at Public Meeting.
AIDING THE PEASANTS
MOVEMENT FOR RAISING FUNDS
FOR THEIR RELIEF.
Representative Baker Attacks the Gear
and Criticises District Of Coluln-
bia Government.


| an enthusiastic "antI-czar'' meeting in Mac
| c.hee Hail Ia ct ni,a,t called for the nurpose
oaoee liai' ast ~ W.. ny pr;a,,
of raising funds for the aid OF the RUSSIAN
| revolutionists. Former Civil Service Com
! missioner Charles Dudley Foulke of Indiana
is president of the "Friends of Russian
Freedom Society and the first steps toward
! the organization Of local branch were
| taken last night. At the close of the meet
ing SIG was collected as a nucleus of
rs eA' "' 90 " -,
Russian ala 1und ana the Ioho"iis iesoi"-
ton was adopted:
/ THAT we. citizens Of washington, d. c.,
+be oon,t., o;+,. ~ thaso Irn;tea states of
| -. " - r...,,
America, enjoying the DRESSINGS VI poh'i0"
! liberty. won for us by the heroic sfrug-
giles Of the founders of this republic, do We
| hamentlv danounca tha bureaucratic sys-
| 49,, of ,..,..,.,..et .s..:,:.. -, p,,s.;. .s
49, eur VI sosei .,.iieit piesais in nntthie
| us $500 M, ~ ieeso.l CIV ft 80
| 49, - sss' Ididt ~ - w. .ei htb
| orc in III p 81, Iii Etc. ~ .hai ,nisht and
| e -, A..si. WIN tisS ~ - - e ~ -
aI 49, s iatneI anu aI1hi .ne
| Eulseu phsht ot au.ocracy anu IIocioIin
| IoertS ana equal fisntS TOT all nat We
uaieca she SoninI..ee III charss 10 loi lr
through Tue proper Ghahneis COPY VI
| t;l+; ~ tp .o s VIZ. ~ INC -
| iitionarv orpan;zatinn of tSa Rnssia, neo-
PIE
| "A nesting VIII pe caiieo III the near IL,
ranoi, 81 , So ~o mant 70 iornh Ioeai
grahcH oi the \ Iiehos OF RUSSIAN FREE
| uoil Sooiety. anu arrahsemeits wiz De
the local theaters. The following persons
sn t. Tue ron VI tn9 proposes Ioeai oran9n
d. Mackenzie. A. ShlIlman r Y. PowderIy
| Daniel Waters, Rev. Alexander Kent.
Franklin II. Wentworth, William Macon
Soie"an' II. l.. Clark; j. ). Candeli, J.
| C;eraci Anthonv Mess,neo NJ Rassas' r
| NJ Foer San Shaniro Holm Kavasivitz. s
J. Spier, Mrs. N. ]. Stone. M. L. Jacobson.
LOUIS BroWdy, Frank t'oer, Charles L.
| ho1,n Nc Esan-i II 49,; 3 Hr 80
pet, Albert Turoff, Joseph YoseIsson. Blaine
McCollum.
hepresehtatlve BAKER OF Brooklyh the
made q motion r. ed;ourn The House ont ~
nilus a iiiosloi 20 aoJotiI me house OUT oi
ants was tbe enc az th peas
| uttaro 80, - oIaC',,r,.4 ~ - p -
Mo natnrv oraar Ir tha anu " tn ne ea
drass 10 ~ ncoo.io' me eou,sI u ms au-
Nc IF tha n;str;at ~ - Ui nay .ma. une PEI
| 1o1-otrosso. -. ~ -, GA. ., aie hoi c
NV ere ZEE p anu shdchieu IMAM are even
| Tho fret sraaLer AZ ~, ,,; . ~,
uonrrich ~, ~, .no ZIG; eFeniiS was ~
leading IN 70 The 81 petarsh,, tie Events nus
| Of Jannarv 80 ara ~ 80 - ii.a a 6 6
| tha sida tbst he ia rs So, So .ne stoiy ~ ~
untold - He dac,srad 80 ~ 10, o..ell ieIs
! government under which, tbo p,,..;o, AZ u
| nira is at n,asant r,'1ad a. ny ny aeueslau en-
the Russians h,,t i r,aro, ~. W isilia! VIII
| the old Tartar eoyernuent nc ne iei ILL; ol
country has been r,,,nd fnr ~ 1 VII, .i.eh tie
|
| Possibilities of Peace
| Mr. Franklin TT wa,+uou+h &c ,ru.
,.a.4.a -. " y. III VI Niassa-
ehuset.s spoke OF the sentiments of the
other nations OF Europe and predicted In
reference in behalf of peace He stated
however, that he was sure the peasants
"o"iu oe pei iii''eu 70 iisht 1of their rights
.art.e
power IA DeriIiahy that VIII
soy ~ ',,e e.hpeior' MOI herman soldier
'.oaSe' Inc iioh.ier Vi RUSSIA In the cause
y, ."e |Aa.' 'o,o MI wentworth amid the
~ ms hearers ana the same
n.h' eAists all over hurope-in France
M fl f1a.na en- beigium-ahd may add in
eve have seen enough If that ,.tr;ot,sn,
| which johnson calls the last stand Of the
scoundrel," continued he land I saw with
| Theodore Parker, "A thinking neasant
| makes quaking throne"
Rev. DIR. Alexander Kent pastor of tho
| Peoples Church followed with a b,ief ad :
dress on the subject of popular govern
| ment, and former Commissioner of Immi-
grafton PoWder1y spoke ar some LENGTH
He commented on the fact that the citizens
of the District do not possess the riebt nf
| franchise and pointed ont facts and oh
servations from his own experience in re-
gard to Russian imn1igrat iou to tbis
| country He said that wise governments
do not drive out the people who found If
and maintain it, There is a vast Territory
I of rich agricultural land in Russ;a iaroar
| in area than ria-Huncarv France snd
| italy combined of which onlv nortion
| is Under cultivation and which sboulI ba
deyeloped by the ienorant and undesirahIs
| Russians who are row forced to im,nigrate
| to This country
|
MI. Bakers Address.
In the course of Mr.. Raker's inna ssionad
| aaross ha s.yaro,,, ,rr.Irv,o, az s-o..a.
| "oo 60. ~ e'' '.'aieueu the soFerh-
ment or the District. lie said In part:
When I was asked to attend this meet
ing in behalf of the friends of Russian free-
dom gladly consented to come and speak
ior ie" moments put II did seem to me
| TO De mishomer 10 speak OF friends of
freedom ffeeoom Is a divine right 1t Is
the 1riehds VINO are suHerfng from the loss
OF Ireedom .hat we are here IN behalf Of
riebt of ayarv ;ndi.,idnai thot IL hnr,, iuta
the world. It is his natural birthright. and
| it is to my mind an extraordinary condition
that IN the lwentieth century, anywhere In
1850 20. for ,,satines ~ ho III, snouiu pe
of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO do what is our d.