New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-08
NO CONFIDENCE IN THE STATE.

Therefore it at once voted it's lack of confidence
The district provincial councils. municipalities and
Minister coupled with expressions in the direction
Of demands for liberal reforms. Others raised the
question point blank of radical reformation of the
state. The press, taking advantage of found
freedom and constitutional organization With thu
assent OF the government there took place in St
representatives in the eleven points OF whose mem
| freedom and constitution. At this meeting the
provincial workers for the first time openly APP
programme.
Then the constitutional democratic press entered
upon the scene, the former "Pravo" the new
'Nasha Zhzn. Syn Otechestva" and NASH
and making an extensive agitation for its reforma-
ton a basis of freedom. The remainder Of the
Everywhere public gatherings took place, political
We're brought forward. the same sort of resolu-
lions, condemning the present regime and demand,
adopted. The provincial assemblies. with Few eX-
cepIons drew up consHIuu99al, an@ &c hibnet
authority In cases conservative addresses
were adopted by an insignificant majortty-for in
stance, in the sImbrsk assembly. by majority OF
four. And the minority usually drew up special
The SIavophiIe addresses called for direct union
of the autocratic Car with the people ana the
absence between them OF the bureaucratic paruss
ton The government, having insincerely aroused
head at sight Of them It attempted to return
the path Of reaction. 1t resorted anew to censure;
tempted massacre. 1t turned the mob upon public
municafion Of December 49, 1900 in which it de-
cared all public agitation rebellous and threat
But ali these measures proved pOwerItess against
ton The movement had caught the masses In
the beginning Of January this year IN 81 feteI
nronnds bHf soon became inextricably involved
with the popular demands for political freedom
and a constitution Again losing its head the GOV
demonstration Of the workme9 With rihe yoIe ed
wounded brothers the Russian pro!gtarlat TGGTtTGa
its first revolutionary baptism me ba VDboIs
! country.
THE STORM OF REVOLUTION sOWED.
| In Warsaw in Lodz, in Riga and in other cities,
with volleys Of musketry the goyernment so"ed me
proletariat All life in the country stood aghast
Quickly gave way to redoubied hatred of the rotten
regime. The bloody events made the demand d LOT
| freedom irrevocable. Even the provincial oppoSr-
ton, always before bearing peaceful chaTafteF
became sharp and voiced itself IN open open Proie5
| in order openly display their indignation, An
! kinds of public assemblies and corporations con-
fbc bieber educatona institutions in the country
| were closed by the complete unprecedented accord
! Of both teachers and scholars. The tempo OF pup
lie political life increased, in spite of the reaction
replacement of the higher leaders OF politics; IN
the place OF retiring Sviatopolk- Airsky BoullSan
was appointed Minister of the Interior the heapest
1oPntery Piayea pP9i I EN- , PsT its soul
Collective constitutional declarations Of numerous
! sions were published. The representatives of in
dustry and labor. science art and literature, Rus
sian women, students, all Joined in one general dec
laration that this sort of life cannot go on and IN
| one general demand for a free state regime Even
me na59rlty OF goetr cie nj go ap6e1e1 Win
connected, expired) expressed themselves, if not
for constitution at least for zemsky sober (the
brings TO the Emperor all the truth regarding the
The last great act the internal political life Of
the Russian public was the assasSlna ton OF Granu
Duke Serious who had ALREADY Long INSPIRED tRe
prci cp6 q GfTO
his death was almost approved. The bombs or the
ment, had created such conditions as made it i'm
possible for the government TO return TO the for
Promise DISa sew With n the s' existing regime
ALI. CLASSES DESIRE A NEW LIFE.
The aim Of the present movement for freedom, It's
roots IN the NE OF tLT COUNT SeIii must ne TI
| and its replacement by a free constitutional sys-
freedom is enormous 1t means the people viii no
longer hesitate before an open struggle for freedom
sessed by the thirst for new, free fe-the working
! ages, the zemstvo, the commercial and Industrial
| classes. and even to large extent the nobility.
! awakened giant chained with poverty and igno-
rance, But this giant. too. Will soon be aroused.
STEP and above all its agTaTian needs form a too
! cation for slavery and for the thirst for new,
But speaking of agrarian needs. must not
! close ones eye to the existing and growing social
| popular ignorance and lawlessness fatally more
| and more deepens the immemorial abyss of social
| ennity in the country between the poor, starving
| peasantry and the rich land owning class Of the
| privileged nobility.
And only free constitutional regime can relieve
| the country Of the menacing danger, bringing to
the people political and civic competency and broad
| enlightenment
All, the more then. and with redoubled vigor,
for the iiberatinn Of the 3aIion from 5utocrt{c
! bGreaIcratic arbitariness Even the ARM that
eternal buttress of Russias absolutism even Il is
| receiving on the fields of Manchura and in the
| streets OF St Petersburg Warsaw, Riga and other
cities political education and is learning to ap.
Iefs and fire on its bFotbers fatbers and children
| How deep and abiding is the movement for free
| dom may be judged by the determination and the
| self-sacrhce with which thousands Of unarmed
| proIetarians faced bullets in the streets of ST.
tests against the regime made 6v hitherto peaceful
| The very first fact the meeting OF the zemstvoiss
| in Petersburg also bears witness to this There
| We're representatives, at that meeting from con-
| servative zemstvos. But this did not prevent the
| meeting from unanimously expressing itself in
| favor Of radical reform OF the government or
| ganzation.
RETURN OF SLAVERY IMPOSSIBLE.
| Another stin more striking phenomenon shows in
| the strongest manner the depth and maturity Of
| the present political movement. 1t must be adj
| mittdd that In the zemstvo FOR example the ad-
| But their moral REORGANIZATION is so great ana the
| actual needs Of Russian life EXPRESSED i'm their de-
mind Of this compact, active minority is dominant
| in provincial circles. Only end is possible TO
| the fight for freedom which has begun-the attain
| ment Of freedom. The return TO slavery is i'm
| possible.
| The war in the Far East cannot end in victory
and this renders the bureaucracy powerless TO
turn back the wheel OF time The whole life OF the
! country is at standstill The state is involved in
| unpayable debts. The bureaucracy IS already IN
able to mend matters by its own strength 1t must
| Inevitably turn TO the popular VII and to public
activity. If the bureaucracy should not have suf-
| Gent perspicacity to do this, and continue stub