Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-27
DEMAND FOR EQUAL RIGHTS
Russian 2smstO Congress Outlines an Elab-
crate Political Program.
ABOLITION OF FREE PASSPORT SYSTEM
Complete ResponsIBiIity in Eyes of
the Law for OmcIaIs and
Individuals
Alike.

MOSCOW, Sept. 8.-The congress Of the
representatives OF the zemstvos and mu-
inequalities today was presided over by
Prince Dolgorouki. owing to the resigna-
ton OF the members OF the Tifis douma
the Tifiis delegation was unable to attend
but its members wrote asking the congress
to support their demand for two members
from the Tifis district in the imperial
douma. The congress granted the request
and expressed its indignation because OF
the circumstances which necessitated the
resignation Of all the members Of the Tinis
douma.
The congress decided on a political pro-
gram which includes;
Complete responsibility in the eyes of the
alike ~
Recognition of complete equality in the
personal rights Of ali citizens OF the EN-
pire.
Equality Of the rights of peasants with
those of other classes OF society.
Liberation of the village populations from
administrative guardianship.
Abolition CT the zemsky natchalnik
Immediate recognition OF the inviolability
OF person and domciles.
Guarantees Of the freedom OF conscience
1alth speech, meeting and association and
OF the press.
Abolition OF the passport system.
FORMATION of national assembly which
shall participate in legislation, institute a
regular budgetary system and have control
over the legality of the higher and the
lower administration.
The program also advocates the principle
or representation on a national and not
on class basis, the election of repre-
sentatives being by universal and direct
suffrage. Together with a representative
assembly elected by universal suffrage the
congress declares that there must be or
ganized special body to be drawn by the
Eemstvo, formed on a democratic basis
and extended throughout the entire en-
pire.
The delegates from Siberia urged that
the elections should take place in Siberia
in time to enable the representative of that
country to participate in the first imperial
douma.
Bomb for Policeman.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept 26.-Cheif OF
Police Ivanoff, three policemen and three
women were severely wounded today by the
explosion of bomb thrown near the town
gardens at Kovno, northwest Russia The
thrower Of the bomb escaped
The Finnish progressives of all shades
Of opinion have decided to unite in n
common petition formulating their de-
mands. This is being drawn up and the
progressives declare that If It is granted
1t will furnish a real guarantee OF tho
of the country.
Troops Reach Baku.
BAKU, Caucasia, Sept. 26.-Reinforce-
ments numbering LOO men, with three bat
teries of artillery, have reached the city |
The governor has issued an order forbid |
ding the troops under any circumstances to |
IRE on houses occupied by foreigners |
Should shots, however, be fired from these
buildings at the troops the landlords will |
be heavily fined.
The proprietors Of the naphtha wells and |
have been ordered, under pain |
of arrest, to pay all the arrears Of wages |
due to their employees.
t~. Experiences of British. y.
LONDON, Sept. 26.-Interesting incidents
of the experiences OF the Englshmen con-
nected with the OIL industry at Baku are
reaching their relatives in England. VIII =
ams. one Of four Englishmen rescued |
from a mob at Ralakhan. writes that the |
stories of the horrors give but feeble idea
If the actual occurrences. He adds:
was shut up in my place at Zabrat for |
i've days without any water, except naizan !
local mineral water). AL the people here |
we're crying and fainting. All around were |
Tres and rife shots. Ten Armenians were |
killed out of those in our own yard. You |
could not walk yard without several |
shots being fired at you We tried to save |
he wounded, but the shooting was too |
good and we had to give up the attempt.
Edward MacCallum, another rescued |
British subject. fully confirms the stories |
II massacre, burning and pIllage. After |
describing the commencement of the out |
break September 2. when the Armenians |
300 Tartars he describes how |
Turing the night OF September Tartars |
entered the workmen's barracks at Ro- |
mani and massacred everybody in them |
within an hour. Five hundred Tartars sur |
'ounded the works where MacCallum was
stationed and forced him to give UP the |
Armenians hiding on the premises.
Fourteen OF these we're butchered in our
,wn yard with fendish brutality" he says
One man had his entire stomach cut out
rhe band sacked the nelghborhood in the
most systematic manner. They had carts
eady to take away their plumber to- the
Tartar villages. Fifty Cossacks, with
,olice chief, arrived on the scene, but did
Iothing but look on at the work OF mas
acre The whole time we were besieged |
We lived on condensed salt water"
HELSINGFORS. Sept. 26.-Prince John
)bolensky, governor general OF Finland,
las informed a gathering of Finnish poll