The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-07
MOBILES URGE GEAR TO ACT.
GAIL on HIN FOR A SHARE IN
the GOVERNMENT.
Country's safety in This Crisis Demands
Cooperation With the People--Assem-
bles OF 81. Petersburg and Moscow
Make Similar Appeals 10 the Ruler.
Special Cable Despatch 10 THE SUN.

to summon elected representatives to assist
the Government Following are extracts
from the address.
Sire, we have met In distressing times
Our hearts are troubled at the sight Of our
difficulties abroad and the demonstrations
and disorders at home. Foes are attacking
us. Their aim ia to bring Russia 10
shameful peaoe, TO ruin her, to wrest from
her her distant territories and to bring 70
naught the system Of government which
has the sanction OF centuries. Such
situation puts a strain on the moral and
material forces Of the country. way
out of our difficulties must absolutely be
found Sire, all our hope Ia in yous
After an appreciative reference to tho
decree Of Dec. rs, and recalling that Russia
has weathered troubles In tho past, coming
out stronger, the address continues:
From the union between an autocratic
monarch and a devoted nation Russia has
ever derived strength which neither a
foreign foe nor troubles at home could eI-
haust.
sir, the nobility OF ST. Petersburg
are convinced that this union has not been
shaken and must prevail with the aid Of
God Our valiant troops. sparing not their
lives for the Emperor and fatherland, will
crown the Russian arms with fresh glory.
With the aid Of God the unrest at home,
too. will abate. Your Intentions, Sire. are
clear. and the whole nation awaits with
eagerness the fuhlment OF the imperial
will, but offcials and statesmen, whatever
their qualities and zeal, cannot solve all
the questions in the nations life.
Sire. your forefathers hearkened TO the
voice Of Russians elected by the nation,
and this custom. far from weakening
strengthened the autooracy and aided
it TO attain its present greatness. Order
now representatives of the country freely
elected, to raise their voices 10 rhe throne
and take part. in accordance with your
sovereign directions. III legislation and in
the discussion Of governmental measures.
The Mobiles of st. Petersburg believe
in all sincerity that, provided union Of
throne and nation is supported by con-
fdenee on the part of the Emperor, the in
ternal troubles will vanish and that all
Russia will rise to serve the sovereign faith
fully and TO good purpose for the salvation
and glory OF the country and the confusion
Of It's enemies"
Eighty members OF the Moscow Assembly
OF Mobiles have adopted a declaration in
reference TO the conservative address tn
the Gar adopted by the Assembly on Satur-
day. 1t declares that those signing II
believe 1t 70 be their duty TO tell the EN-
peror the whole truth and TO set forth
measures which they believe will pacify the
country The declaration adds:
The only way to free the country from
all It's calamities is TO secure an abiding
organized union between the sovereign
and the nation. That union can only be
realized by representatives OF the nation
freely elected. single word from the
Emperor saying that he will listen to the
voice of the country, and that representa-
tives Of the nation will be summoned, will
tranquillize public feeling All this seems
evident. yet in the address voted by the
majority the very idea Of this union is
declared o lie premature. The vices of the
bureaucracy have been revealed before
all Russia
Although they are masked in the de-
cree OF Dec ?5 every one knows that the
bureaucracy. which ia paralyzIng Russian
society and the Russian nation, IL a source,
not OF strength, but o. weakness 10 Russia.
yet the address OF the majority indicates
be changed Their address will be Of no
public benefit for it mseads the Govern
ment IA to the resent situation and calls
upon it to pursue the perilous path Of reac-
ton and repression. + hat ~ why we are
unable to associate ourselves with IT,"
This declaration IS receiving fresh sigma
lures.
The so-called workmen's deputation
which was received by the Car few days
ago continues to be repudiated by the
genuine workmen. who have decided 10
elect bona fine deputation represent
ing every mill and factory They will petit
ton the Gar to receive this deputation
and hear statement Of the workmen's
grievances It ia practically certain that
the petition will be rejected.
LONDON Feb. IA despatch 10 the
STANDARD from 81. Petersburg says that NJ.
dc White. President Of the Council, has
received a deputation representing l79 st.
engineers, who presented u
accusing the Government Of an
iagonizing the employers and the employed
and declaring that the only solution Of the
difficulties was to give the workmen abso-
lutte freedom to organize and conduct trades
unions. Thls, the memorial said, was pos
sible only on condition that political liberty
he guaranteed by a constitutional govern
ment.
NJ Wtte listened attentively, pune
tuaiing the reading OF the memorial with
some expressions of approval In the
course Of his reply be said
You say the sole remedy ia a constitu-
ton. do not say no, but 1t is disputed
question, the most serious matter Of all.
We cannot trife with it, The country
must look before il leaps. Nine hundred !
and ninety-nine people out of thousand |
ire crying for a constitution. yet who knows
but that the thousandth cool headed man
Is right. | am not for a constitution and |
am not against il. but have begun to
grow tir ed OF the parrotlike cry. read
and hear the same thing in the same words |
A hundred times day
NJ Witte added that nobody knew |
whether the peasantry really wanted a
He promised 10 submit the |
memorial TO the Car and the committee Of |
Ministers.
The correspondent states that 100 of the |
persons arrested on Jan. - started for
Siberia on Monday Others will follow
Ia no On0