The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-01
Why Is America Aroused?

I remember when America was our
great friend. Why has all this changed?
What has Russia done to deserve it?
What has Russia done to America? Why
should the foreign press, especially that
Of Great Britain, not hesitate before any
calumny?
No invention seems too horrible for
them to print. They do not explain that
on Saturday every dead wall in st. Pc
tersburg was placarded with warnings to
the people not to assemble. No; but they
tell that thousands Of innocent people
were killed and other thousands wounded
and paint the streetsias running red with
blood
They even. say the. dead were pushed
under the ice of the Neva at night. It Is
infamous. IN .E
They say nothing; of the isolated off,
GERS set upon by mobs In the streets and
men killed or wounded, AS matter Of
fact complete returns show that ex-
actly 1875 are dead. Several hundred
were wounded. can't give the precise
figures Of the wounded but you shall
have an opportunity e see the full re-
ports .--sS
Loyalty Of Troops.
cit is asserted .tIat some Of the
troop srefhsed TO aSt3seommands, Twas
the next snggestion1 go ~
''There Us no auessthh of the loyalty
Of the troops, - asserteG the grand duke.
"They did their duty. They are ready,
as am ready, to die in the service OF
workingman why he fred. the question
er saying to him: you'll be a work.
ingman soon.' Perhaps was the reply
then you may be al soldier and know
what it is to obey your oath to do your
duty to your emperor -
"Might ask your imperial highness
view of the present situation7' sale
the correspondent.
Going Thru Crisis.
"With this unhappy war upon oul
shoulders" said the grand duke, eve
are passing thru crisis: I will not
attempt to conceal it, it cannot be con
cealed; but with the help of God we will
emerge from it as we have emerged
from other troubles in the past. I,
discord, but the situation is not SO bat
as it is painted. = The disorders at War
saw, Kieff and other places are largel.
industrial, produced on account Of tn
war. They are not revolutionary a
base.'
Then, without being asked, the gran
duke went on:
"People speak of constitution. /
constitution would mean the end o
archy would. supervene and when it enc
ed the empire would be disintegratet
Finland, Poland and perhaps other fror
tier provinces would have broken away
Russia is not ripe for a constitution
ego out among the peasants VIII
comprise the vast bulk Of the empire
population and try, to explain to the,
government by suffrage. The peasar
knows nothing Of suffrage; he does nc
knows his emperor; for him the empert
is everything. Give the peasant a yot
and all would be anarchy. Still, the,
is necessity for reforms and they will k
granted by the autocracy.'
People to Be Heard.
Maintaining the principle Of aut
cracy, then, the people will have an o.
portunity to be heard in the govern
the rd t5S Sey esn
T am sure they will be given a voic
: Of that I am CERTAIN and he repeate
. the words emphatically, 1T am &c
tain,''' and continued even more deli
. erately: ~. -.
"They will be given the means
presenting, their needs and }grievanc
direct to the sovereign" 49,. "a
e With. these significant words, for
:, ing Of something in the nature Of t!
? zemskyzabor Gland parliament), tt
t grand duke. who is three times remov.
J: from the throne Of the Romanof
q ended the interview. We than turned
!. Prince Belazelsky. instructing him
e give the Associated Press every facili
for independent investigation.