The Irish standard., 1905-02-11
|MPUDENT FAKES
Rtsts In St. Petersburg Form
entsd by English Honey.
Imperial Investigation Lays
Bare the Conspiracy.

The monstrous exaggerations and
impudent fakes with which the Amer
lean papers We're flooded in regard to
riots in st. Petersburg were the worst
exhibition Of reckless and unprincipled
journalism that ever disgraced the
United States. They were all the
more inexcusable because Of the fact
that the Associated Press dispatches
were fair and reasonable. Instead of
the impartial reports sent by an Amer
lean, the New York journals, without
exception, parade the wild inventions
OF the yellow Jew sheets Of London,
and the American people were thus
iumbugged into the belief that Russia
was in the throes of veritable revolu-
ton. Even the Herald, which is
usually fair to Russia, sinned in this
way by displaying the wild yarns Of
the London Daily Mail, Daily Tele-
graph and the Express ahead of the
Associated Press dispatches and
founding the headlines on the rubbish
clipped in London. This was because
apparently there was no Herald
correspondent in St. Petersburg at the
time and the Englishman who edits
the foreign news allowed his anti
Russian prejudice to run riot.
Inc Herald has been since making
amends A correspondent was sent to
the Russian capital, and his ;nvestiga-
tons soon resulted in series of short
dispatches pointing out the gross
eSaggerations and wild inventions
which have been palmed off on the
American people as genuine news. In
last Mondays issue he gave the fol-
lowing as the result of several days
impartial Investigation:
st. Petersburg, Monday.-Of late
the papers all the world over have
been filled with extraordinary alarm
lists reports from here Thousands of
people are reported to have been killed
and wounded owing to the brutality of
the bloodthirsty soldiery under the di
rection Of the Grand Duke Vladimir,
who has been described as a man Of
Unsuitable cruelty and tyranny, revell-
ing murderous plans 'for killing de-
fenseless people.
Doubtless the correspondents have
been imposed upon by host Of social
istic minded persons who infect the
capital, who are experts in the dissem-
ination Of false news and who keep in
close touch, under one guise Or another,
with the representatives Of the news
papers, filling them with the widest
md most exaggerated fctions con-
rerning events in which the socialistic
Element is concerned. Since I have
'een here, in the twenty-four hours
his is the most striking thing that
'las affirmed itself. After the in
luiries 1 have made 1 learn that the
'amentable riots which SO shocked the
world were purely socialistic, au-
laciously and cunningly screened
lnder the names of workmen's de-
nOnstrations.
The whole purpose Of the movement
vas shown by Father Gapon, who
fter writing out a honey worded
Message Of peace for publication to
he world at large, breathing meek
'ess and good will in every line, went
own to the workmen's club, and,
hrowing off the mask, addressed a
hosen few, telling them the real
bject of the morrow's demonstrations
as to separate the Emperor from his
minister's. If that were not accepted
lis Majesty, the Car himself, would
| the sacrifice.
Gapon and all surrounding him
new perfectly we'll that the Emperor
as not in st. Petersburg. They were
Informed beforehand of the impossible
+; " Of his receiving them. They were
warned the demonstration would not
G tolerated. Yet they replied that
hey would come or die. Pillage and
lans for setting public buildings on
re with petroleum were on the
rogramme. The demands formulated
I'D little connection with the work
mems needs.
On the other hand, the demands
made were for sweeping reforms Of
he nature Of those refused few
weeks ago. All these things were
;nown to the government, which was
lever under any illusion as to the
nature of the movement to be dealt
With. Since have been here I have
'eceived practical proof of the willing
ness of those connected with the re-
pressive measures deemed necessary
to show clearly what happened.
| First, the orders given the troops
were shown to me; also the reports of
the officers upon the events Of the day
in question, the painful January %.
In the former the troops were
strongly warned not to fire unless in
the case of absolute necessity and in
case the police should find themselves
unable to hold back the crowd.
Also three distinct warnings, given
verbally. followed by three signals of
the bugle, were to be given before