The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-23


One Socialist attempted to make a epeech,
| but was shouted down. The workmen
/ cried. Tomorrow We ourselves may
! be Socialists but to-day we are followers
! Of Father Gapon and have no other leader
but him" Where,ipon the Socialists dis
appeared suddenly.
said Troops wouldn't Fire.
Two intelligent looking men entered the
! hall wearing overcoats under which were
military uniforms One. having asked to
be heard said: Brothers, you say to-
morrow you are going to the Winter Palace,
perhaps to death Are you really going?'
We are going at all hazards was the
reply
Do you wish the soldiers to refuse to
FIRE on your
That we do most heartily was the
answer
Very well. brothers. they will refuse 10
fire. At this rnement they are talldng
II over among Themselves. They will not
shed your blood. If ordered 70 FIRE they
will refuse We have come 20 tell you
this
Then hearty shouts arose Long live
our brothers the soldiers
The Petition.
The next act OF the meeting was 10 add
several clauses to the petition, including
demands for the separation Of Church and
State. 1t was also resolved unanimously
that the workmen should march on Sunday
n peaceful, loyal subjects Of the Gar
trusting 10 his desire to redress their griev-
ances and armed solely for the purpose Of
Legitimate defence.
It was further declared that il they had
any preliminary guarantees that the SOL
diers and police would make no arrests
except for genuine breaches OF the peace.
they would g. unanned. It was finally
resolved that II tho Car would merely ac-
cept from their hands me petition and say
that he would consider 1t they would re-
turn home satisfied and grateful, but that
# he did not appear they would stay before
the place until no did
Meanwhile literary man Of eminenoc.
on the part Of various Social groups. called
on NJ. de Witte. President Of the Council.
and requested him to throw the weight of /
lis authority on the scale on tho side OF I
the people NJ dc Witte listened and /
asked what was expected Of him. Tho (
representative Of Liberal Russia said
Tomorrow three hundred thousand |
men are going TO the Winter Palace in
the hope that the Gar, who IA a, TsarsSoe-
Selo will come to town 10 receive their |
petition. They are peaceful men. truly
loyal. DESTROYS Of doing things without
bloodshed or violence
What We ask is that the soldiers should
not he called out against them and hat
no measures Of repression be employed
Perhaps your Excellency would generally
disregard formulas AT time when much
more than formula sarc being swept away.
and would place the matter before his
Ma iesty. who surely desires only what IL
just and fair
NJ de Witte who displayed lively interest
in what was sold showed genuine desire
to help. He expressed profound regret
that the neediul machinery was beyond his
reach. He said the mutter belonged 10
tho Minister Of the Interior He himself
was merely president Of the Committee Of
Ministers.
Meanwhile twelve operatives acting on
the advice Of Father Gapon. presented A
letter composed and signed by Father
Canon at the Ministry Of the Interior. The
letter declared that the workmen and other
residents Of 81. Petersburg must zee the
Gar on Sunday. They would guarantee
the inviolnbilty Of his person Otherwise
the moral bond hitherto linking tho Car
and the Russian people might be severed
The writer urged on Prince Mirsky that il
was his moral duty to the Emperor and
the nation to lay before the former what
the workmen said and also their petition.
The letter concluded A copy Of this
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