The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-16
Russia 's"InYisible Government
Issues a Manifesto.
Urging the PrOletariat to Keep
Their Money.
TREASURY BANKRUPT
They Declare and Financial
Ruin Is Impending.
WOrkmen Are Urged to Demand
Payment in Coin.

81 petersburg, Friday, Dec. 15-
Morning, via Eydtkuhnen. East Prussia.
Dec. 16.-The proletariat organs through
the invisible government threw a
bombshell into the camp of the official
government during the night by issuing
manifesto following the form Of a reg
ular imperial document, declaring the
bankruptcy of the treasury and ordering
the proletariat army everywhere torefuse
to pay taxes of any description, to in
sist on the payment of wages in gold or
silver and to withdraw all their de-
posits from the savings banks in gold.
The manifesto is a terrible Indictment
Of the manner in which the bureaucracy
has brought the, country to financial
ruin, asserting that the government has
squandered not only the country's in
come but the proceeds Of the foreign
loans on railways, the army and the
feet, leaving the people without schools
or roads, yet it is declared, there is no
money to feed the soldiers and every
where there are instructions Of the
beggared and starved troops and sail
ors. The manifesto even charges the
government with using the deposits in
the government savings banks to spec
ulate on the bourse and with covering
up its chronic deficits in the interest of
the immense debt by the proceeds of the
foreign loans which are at last exhaust
ed The rich, it is further declared,
have already taken warning and are
converting their property into securities
and gold and are sending them abroad.
The only salvation for the country, ac-
cording to the manifesto is the over
throw of the autocracy by a constituent
assembly and the sooner the government
falls the better. Therefore the last
source of the existence Of the old regime
its financial revenue-must be stop
ped.
The document is signed by the mem
| bers Of the woEkmen's council, the
committee of the Pan-Russian union
and the central committees OF the social
! Democrats, social revolutionists and
socialists OF Poland.
This great step of the revolutionaries
which throws down the gage of bat
4 tie to the government was prepared
with such secrecy that the authorities
| were taken off their guard and did not
! even. attempt to prevent It's publication
| in the newspapers. The revolutionary
| leaders expect it viii be followed by
| reprisals and arrests, but all this has
/ been fOreSeen. The leaders laid their
! plans deeply before issuing the mani
festo. New committees of the various
I organizations have been elected in the
| third and fourth degree. If one set of
| committees is put behind the bars an
| other will take its place and carry on
/ Lu6 WOLk.
The league Of leagues was not asked
| to join in the manifesto, being regarded
I with some jealousy by the proletariat
organizations which claim to be bear
| ing the brunt of the revolution and to
l be entitled to the fruits thereof. The
| prOletariat leaders claim to have abso-
/ lutte knowledge that the government
has just issued $125, 900, 900 in paper
money.
Under the provisions of the press
/ laws, the editor of every paper which
/ printed the manifesto has rendered
! himself liable to eight months impris-
onment and $500 fine. Now must
come the test of the governments
! power. 1t develops that among the pa
| pers of NJ. Krustaleff, the president Of
/ the executive committee of the work
mems council, seized at the time of his
| arrest were documents which furnish
evidence of a well planned conspiracy
to seize and carry off Premier Witte-
Linevitch in Trouble.
New York, Dec. ia cable dis
patch to the World dated st. Peters
burg, December IA. via Helsingfors,
Finland, December Is, says:
"I can not combat the growth and
spread of revolutionary movement in
the army, already more than mutin-
ous,'' General Linevkch telegraphed
| from Manchuria. 1.-The reserves de-
mand to be sent home Immediately and
refuse to take paper money. Telegraph
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