Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1905-11-03
Russia Fired
With Revolt

The Russian pleasantly, with
torch and bomb, has risen In
lrevolt against the car, and the:
ldoWn trodden people beckonl
death as sacrifices on the altar,
| Iof liberty. All the principal.
Icities are under military rule
lReval lis on FIRE. the play thing
Iof the ncendiary torch. Famine:
stalks abroad in all the land.
The people do no cry Tor bread.
they demand human rights.
lover against this restless deter.
mined sea Of angry, debrutalized
humanity, hurling itself against
obstruction, with everything to
gain and nothing to lose. the
czar is Fastening all available
troops. The result is in the
.gravest doubt. For the first
ltimesin their history the revolu-
ionistsare thoroughly organized.
lit is not one class, but all classes,
rising against the bureaucracy
rising against slavery worse
than slavery. The full strength
| of the government has been gag
led. No one may te il what.
fstrength there is in the revolu-
ton until the shaggy underlifes
fgets upon its feet AS matters.
now stand the government un-
able to maintain control. If the
revoiutionists stand firm, they.
will overthrow their oppressors.
Thousands of them will probably
Idle in the clash. but they must
| Idle anyway. IF they succeed
their children will enjoy life
land liberty. If they fail, both
ithey and their descendants wifi
lose both life and liberty The
railway strike, from which has
arisen the present evolutionary
condi ditions in Rlasia, was begun
about three weeks ago, and at
first only affected the line be-
tween Moscow and st. Peters
burg. The demands Of the men
were for an eight hour day and
increased wages. Gradually all
the roads in the empire became
involved. 1t soon became obvi-sl
Gus that not only railway en-
fployes alone were interested.
The labor branches affiliated
with the railway workers dis
covered, apparently too late,
that not, only a strike. but a rel
volution was declared, and that
"a masterhsnd was directing the
operations Of the toilers. Since
last July and more especially
since the S Bloody Sunday s.
massacres at st. p ersburg, a
spirit Of unrest has been display
Led in all Russia. Strikes Of the
various trades have occurred at
frequent intervals. IL the bakers
were not out it was the printers,
! if not the ironWorkers it was
1.-THE butchers. Disasters to the
larmy and navy in the far east
were made the occasion for the
Idenno onstrations, more or less re
1voluti tionary in character. The
lracial outbreaks in the Caucasus
Ihad further tend dency to- infame
1.-THE people and render them res
tive and impatient Of the ap-:
iparent vacil illations Of the czar
land his government. The blood
land iron methods Of repressing,
9|sonle of the toilers' outbreaks
1talso had xasperating effects.
i Hence, when the present rail-
lWay disturbance began, and the
i people began to note that the
linen were winning their Way,5
Iadherents iIocked to their ban
1ner, and within a week the COM
Imerce of the empire was virtual
55Ely paralyzed. hat there has
system In the various de-
demonstrations. for they are moth
ling hut demo- ratins against
1.-The government is now illanif fest.
i The workers have made it,
leyident To the bureatic that
/ they were In a position 0f power
/ latent at the time. s5s1t, I,avnrs. /.