Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-23
BANKRUPTFD ruler
PEN MIGnTIER Than THE BOMB
Russian Revolutionary Leaders
ISSUE Manifesto DeclSring
the Treasury Bankrupt

Ordering Their Followers 60 Cease
Paying Taxes in Order 20 Utterly
Ruin Czardom-WithdzSw Of All
Bank Deposits in Gold Urged-Gov-
eminent Said TO be Covering Up
Deficits by Proceeds Of Foreign
Loans-No Money TO Pay Starving
Soldiers-Document 4 Sudden and
Terrible Blow.
81 Petersburg. Srecial.--rae pro-
leteriat orgunizH IONS through tac sin
visible government threw a oomb in-
to the camp Of the official sovsfnmsnt
during The night. issurins 4 iaaaifcst"..
following ,hc tol,a 81 the regular i'm
perial document. declaring the 5anS-
ruptcy of the Treasury. ordering the
prole,aria army everywhere to refuse
to pay take, ~ any dcscriptio> 10 IN :
sist on The payment of wages ~ sold
or silver. aud to withdraw Ii their
deposits from the savings >lrks IN
gold.
The manifesto ! terrible irdict-
mcnt ct the manner III when the
bureauscracy has brou~n, The country
20 financial I7iin. asserting that tho
government has sqAaudercd 40; only
the counirv's income. but i-ic pro-
ceeds eft the foreign loans OF railroads.
the army and the feet. ieavu, the
people without schools or roa =.
No Money 20 Feed Soldiers.
I; is declared that there Is ~ money
: 60 feed the soldiers and that every
b where there are insurrectior> % tho
beggar and starved troops and sailors.
The manifesto even chargc, he gov
= | ernment with using the deposits IN
= the goverumen: savings banks 20 spe-
n culate on the bourse and Ai.h the
q covering mp H. chronic dehcit, ~ The
interest an he immense dch' hN. the
IL proceed, 90 the foreign loar-. which
r are M last exhausted. The rich. Il ~
p furthc- declared. have already take
l. warning and are converting their
ia property Int" securities and gold and
T. are sending them abroad. The only
2 salvation for the country. according
T. 10 the manifesto. - the oveTfnroW ~
y the autocracv by constituent assem-
10 blv. and 'the sooner the government
falls the better Therefore th" last
source OF existence of the obi regime
its financial revenue, must ~ stop
IN. ped
h, The document Is signed by The mem
n. bers of tire Workingmen Council
ice the committee of the Paa-kuSsI
IN Union and the central committee q
he the SOcisl Democrats. SOcia. ReVOlu
IL. tionists and Socialists Of Poland.
Tho Caught The Government Mapping
!, This great step of the revolution
Tie aries which throws down the gauge q
tho battle Ca the government. w.> prepai
ar ed with such Sccracv that the author
not ties were taken off their guard amt ala
vii not even attempt 20 prevent Its publ
cation IN the newspapers. tae rcVoi'
tionarv leaders expect that Il viii
followed by rcprisals and arrests. lot
all this has been foreseer The lea
ers laid their plans deeply before is~
ne ing the manifesto. The new commi
az, tees of the various organizations ha
been placed IN the third amt iour
degree II ONE set OF committees
\ put behind the bars, another will Ia
Its place and carry on the work.
u.s. The League Of Leagues was NOT n
-" ed 90 ioin M the manifesto. being
garded with some jealousy by the p'
I, letariat organizations which claim
9 be bearing the brunt of the rcvoulti
~ and 10 be entitled 10 the fruits there
'''',. The proletariat leaders ciaim 90 h;
absolute knowledge that the COVE
"'"i ment has just issued SlZj,ooO.o0o
paper money. Under the provisl'
of the press law. the editor of ev'
paper which printed the manifesto
tions rendered himself liable 80 en-
Rich. months mpr. comment ami $1,000 q
enc Now must com, the ties, ot the COVE
ment 5 power
pres Ii develops that among the par
work of II. Krustleff, the president OF
.e of executive committee of the WorSme
riders Council. seized at the time of his
new rest. were documents which furI
evidence of a wcll-planued conspl
70 seize and carry off Premier W
Damaging Sleet Storm.