The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-31


is outside the law. The executive Gov
/ eminent has judged it lawful to kill peaceful
| citizens coming to present petition. AT
the present moment it is completely i'm
possible to speak of legal aid for the victims
! OF tho Governments action. The ukase
Of Dec. 25 which gave assurance Of legalitr
and promised the abolition of exceptional
laws, has been followed by an ordinance
subordinating the la % the administration.
The advocates of st. Petersburg now as
sembled officially declare that the country
cannot be put at the mercy Of the abusers
Of power and the authors Of bloodshed,
which would not have happened II there
had been an appeal TO national represent
tation and If there had been established
guarantees Of the political and individual
| liberty of all citizens OF Russia. without
distinction of nationality
The vote stood l34 for the motion TO 20
against it, Fory-one members abstained
from voting.
WARN GAR or CIVIL WAR
The Provincial Assembly Of Kharkoff.
consisting OF Marshals OF the nobility, noble
men and zemstvoists, has voted an i'm
portant address to The Car, from which the
following are extracts
We regard il as our duty to tell you,
sire, that not only the horrors Of war and
grief for our reverses darken the cradle Of
your heir, but other clouds hang over 1t
md > ~. I,I
years Of bureaucratic oppression, violence
arbitrary rule. impoverishment and the
total disfranohisemen Of the people the
utter violation OF the principle Of freedom
OF the person, and freedom OF thought and
conscience have created state Of things
in no empire which can no longer be en-
dured. These same conditions are bringing
down the future storm of which the first
thunderous symptoms are already audible
That tempest is fraught with a bloody civil
war to our country and with the subversion
Of your throne
After appealing to the Gar to ward OF
the oalami,ies before IL is too late, and
urging him to summon freely elected repre-
sentatlyes Of the people to participate in
establishing legislative power, and to allow
freedom Of the press and freedom Of speech.
the address continues:
1T pleases your Majesty in the ukase OF
Dec. rs TO sketch a series OF legislative re-
forms and to charge a committee Of the
Ministers 10 realize them, but the Ministers
are ignorant Of our needs and only repre-
sentatiyes Of the Russian land. freely
elected by the population, are capable Of
carrying out your intentions. Your great
forebear, Peter l.. said it was vain TO in
scribe laws If they were not to be fulfilled,
and these words are engraved on the mirror
Of Justice in all the government buildings
OF the smallest Russian towns, yet Russia
is still governed, not by laws, but by cir
oulars and provisional rules. which evade
and violate the laws
1t is not enough to make laws. II is in
dispense bic to guarantee their observance.
1t is indispensable TO guarantee TO the peo-
pie their rights. 1t is indispensable bic to ex-
ercise wakeful vigilance.
mo bureaucratic system can accomplish
this The bureaucracy has already forfeit
ed the confidence Of the country. Neither
is any monarch, however great, able TO
know anything to act for all, and alone to
be responsible before God and the nation
for the destinies OF his fatherland.
DO not trust, sire. 10 negligent and willy
servants, but repose confidence in chosen
representatives OF the nation. Hasten TO
convoke them to a permanent chamber
endowed with legislative powers and quail
fed to see that the laws are not broken,
that the treasury is not robbed and that
the milliards accumulated from the nations
mites are employed suitably and for proper
purposes. Allow these representatives to
share with you the responsibility for the
further course OF events and the issue Of
the bloody struggle in the East.
"Sire, build up out Of Russia an empire
OF free citizens possessed OF full rights.
Then great will be your merit in the eyes
OF your native land and to your crowned
successor you viii leave as his Inheritance
a well ordered. peacefully developing realm
and insure him tranquil peaceful reign
1t il stated that the Society Of Consulting
Engineers has decided to cease professional
work for tho Government il 1t does not
receive better assurances regarding the
government Of the country.
Revolutionary socialists from Germany
who we're stopped at the railway station
here have been sent out OF the country.
Our Life. one of the leading Liberal
papers, which received its first warning
a few days ago from the Minister Of the
Interior and has lost four members OF its
star by mysterious disappearance since
the beginning Of the strike. received Its
second official warning to-day
MOSCOW MEN RESUME WORK
Moscow. Jan. 3O-The striking work
men in this city have returned 10 work
practically everywhere. except at the Brom-
lev and Prokoroh works. Most Of the
employers have granted part Of the mems