The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-04-19
FOR RUSSIAN REFORM
A Central Body Organized By the
Lawyers.
TO UNITE ALL PROFESSIONAL MEN.
Despite the Police Who Forbade the Meet.
Ing ap Organization Was Perfected Whose
Purpose Is to Secure a Representative Par
lament and Responsible mlnistry-Spec-
iaI Honor Shown TO the Poles.

St Petersburg, (By Cabe) Tho
radical position taken by the Pan-Russian
Congress Of Attorneys, which has been
meeting here, in its denunciation of the
bureaucracy and its demands for con-
stitution, and the similar stand taken
at meeting Of college professors have
created a great sensation All efforts
of the Government to prevent the meet
ings by prohibiting the delegates from
assembling in public were futile
The newspapers were then forbidden
to mention the gatherings and for dis
obedience in referring to the attorneys
meeting the mornings issue of the Son
of the Fatherland was confscated. The
Russ also boldly dehed the authorities
by printing the resolutions adopted by
the professors.
The action of these influential bodies
serve to emphasize the growing outcry
against the Bouligan Commission, which
is proceeding with its work without
any representatives of the people, thus
furnishing the Liberals with justification
for the charge that the execution Of
the reforms outlined in the imperial
rescript is completely in the hands of the
bureaucracy, against which all classes OF
society arc fighting.
The resolutions adopted by the pro-
fessors were preceded by a strong pre-
amble declaring that the closing OF all
the higher schools was only insignificant
evidence of the general crises in Russia.
""The whole of Russia" it was added,
awaits inipatiently complete reform in
the organization of the Government. We
believe it to be our duty to declare that
the country is on the verge OF a precipice.
The poverty-stricken Russian people are
driven by the maevolence of the Gov
ernmcnt into agrarian and industrial re-
volt. The social and economic questions
cannot be solved by the bureaucracy.
Political reform is imperative. Each
minute of delay increases the anarchy
and revolt
The Government should be reformed
in accordance with modern principles;
representatives of the people should have
the principal influence and the bureau-
cracy should be regulated to minor
role. The reformed government should
be absolutely democratic The peoples
representatives should make the laws and
control the administration and the bud
get All class privileges, political or re-
ligious, should be obiterated
"The principle of universal suffrage
should be adopted, which will never be
accomplished through the bureaucracy.
Consequently the obolition of every re-
striction on liberty of speech, meetings
and the press should precede the con-
vocation OF the representatives Of the
people"
1t was decided that the title of the
attorneys association shall be the Con-
stitutional Democratic party.
The formation of national profession
al reform league to unite the activities of
lawyers, doctors, teachers engineers and
other professional classes of Russia to
bring about the characterization of the
| Government and the institution of a rep
resentative parliament and a responsible
ministry is the ambitious project set on
foot by the congress of lawyers which
finished its work here last night. The
plan proposed is the formation of nation
al associations of the various profession
al classes, each of which shall elect dele
gates to central bureau, which is to
direct and coordinate the efforts OF
the "intellectuals' in the direction of re-
| forms.
Another Zemstvo congress has been
called to meet in Moscow on May 8, in
which representatives OF the nobility also
will participate. From three to five dele
gates from each provincial Zemstvo have
been invited. 1t is reported that an en-
deavor will be made to align the moder-
ates with the nobility in favor of re-
forms without going to the length of
the constitutionaism of Western Europe.