The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-01-28

oclatic L.ator party" One proclama
ton, dated Jan. 20, reads:
No Hope While Autocracy Exists.
Comrades: So long as autocracy
exists no improvement in our condition
is possible. Therefore we continue to
inscribe ON our banners the following
demands:
The immediate cessation Of the
war.
The summoning Of a constitutional
assembly of representatives of the
people elected by universal and equal
suffrage and direct, secret ballot.
The removal of class and race priv
ileges and restrictions.
1.-THE in%violability of the person and
domicile.
Freedom of conscience, speech, the
press, meetings, strikes and political
associations"
A second proclamation, dated Jan.
%, says:
1.-The proletariat of all countries are
united.
Citizens, you yesterday witnessed
the bestial cruelty of the autocratic
government. You saw blood flowing
in the streets. You saw hundreds
slaughtered, defenders of the of
labor. You saw the death and heard
the groans of the wounded women and
defenseless children. The blood and
brains Gf workingmen we're spattered
around where their heads had been
laid.
who directed the soldiers to aim
their rifles and fire bullets at the
breasts OF the laborers?
1T was the emperor, the grand
dukes, the ministers and generals, the
mobiles of the court. They are the MUIR
derers. Stay them.
"To arms, comrades. Seize the ar
senals and the arms at the depots and
at the gunsmiths. Lay low the prison
walls. Liberate the defenders OF free
dom. Demolish the police and gen
darmerle stations and all the govern
ment and state buildings.
We must throw down the emperor
and the government and must have
our OWL government.
"Long live the revolution"
Father Gopon Opposes Violence.
Father Gopon's popularity is unim-
paired, but it is already evident that
the Social Democrats are getting the
upper hand and that they arc urging
the people to violence. From a trust
worthy source it is learned that Father
Gopon sent a letter to the Social Dem
ocrats in the following terms:
They have fired upon and massa-
cred us, but we are not vanquished
and the day of our triumph is nigh.
Do not spoil our triumph by taking up
arms and resorting to violence. Con-
tent yourselves with destroying the
portraits OF him who is no longer
worthy to be our emperor"
This pacific admonition irritated the
Social Democrats and does not meet
with a response from the w0rkingmen,
who apparently r thirsting for ven.
geance and are clamoring for their
leaders to distribute arms. 4
The revolutionists are also reported
to be actively preparing bombs and
Internal machines to wreck the post
and telegraph offices and destroy; Other.
government property. The revolution
lists talk wildly of issuing a manifesto,
declaring q provisional government.
They seem to have broken completely
with the ~zemstvoists, whom they treat
with contempt on account of what they
call their trucking" to autocracy.
Even Prince Trubetzkoi. who led the
reformers of Moscow, is. regarded by
them with. suspicion and even hatred
because. In an article published by the
Pravo, he described the revolutionists
as Port Arthur inside of Russia"
which Russia would have to over-
throw.
M. Hessen, editor of the Pravo,
whose advanced liberal views are we'll
known, has been arrested.
The Workingmen's club has been
closed by order of the project of pO-
lice.
Cossacks, while dispensing a crowd
OF strikers at 4 p. M, drew their
swords and wounded several men.
Work has been suspended at the
works of the Belgian Electrical com.
pany. which furnished the majority Of
the electrical supply of st. Petersburg.
SPREADS TO OTHER CITIES.
.
All Work Stopped at kovno and Wilma,
Russia.
Kovno, Russia, Jan. 25.-WOrk has
haon slammed at oil tho fanforiac and