The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19

when the Kishineff massacre was known all over Russia, Jews of some towns fearing the same thing asked for. the protection of the governors they would be treated in the same way If they did not keep quiet,
 7th. Plehve put down all attempts to work legally for the people The the yoke of the censor. zemstyos were suspected and disbanded. The elected of the Zemstvos. who repre- sntsd s the owsa o s1eR o5 she held all Russia down on the plea of ''safeguard."j He covered Russia with Ia network of gendarmerie and null tipiied the police and secret police so impossible to breathe.
 9th. On Plehve falls the chief re- sponsibility that in the existing war and the flower of the land are perish ing, its most healthy and robust citi- gems are dying and the peoples money Is being wastefully squandered. Plehve and Russian social opinion and did not allow them to speak about the war In order to prevent 1t.
 Removal Found Necessary.
 "All this was done in Russia during the two years of the government of Plehye. All these crimes were com mited by Plehve himself or by his agents. and for that the party of So- to remove Plehve in order to save Russia from his future crimes. and in order to show that such fearful crimes against the Russian I;assd people could mot mot party of Social Revolutionists called its Fighting Organization together and gave to 1t the sentence of death on Plehye, and I, a member of the Fight ling Organization of Social Revolution rists" with the feeling of deepest grati- tude for the great honor shown me. swore to do my duty and carry out t.ie sentence.
 .Personal motives for killing Plehve I had none Although I am not a nov ice in socialistic propaganda; although by experience 1 can appreciate the awful wrongs of Russia, should not be able to raise my hand against the life of a man from personal motives. To this I might add that one of the crimes which was committed In the time of the government of Plehve. and which took to heart as much as 1T 1t had been directed against me person. ally ad against my nearest h, retatives. yes fins in the streets, an unlimited num- Der of wounded and two files of sol- diers. l remember the awful hecatomb of inhabitants shot down near me and who were victims of the interior poll
 '.Now 1 woul dwith your permission like to relate how I, a man my person. al character and bX birth destined for a peaceful and contented family life, was converted into & revolutionist, and gladly undertook to kill the man. My family was highly religious and monarchial and had emigrated from 8 village to a twon where they became wealthy in the exploitation of the Bashkir forests. The spirit with which I was brought up while entirely un~er the influence of my family was utterly opposed to every. kind of protest and discontent with the conditions of Rus sian life. Photographs of the Emperor and ikons ornamented the walls in the house of my father. The school did not destroy the traditions which l took from my parents house. but de- veloped them even more Off school can be permitted to make any tangible im- precision on such young ideas). School for me and for all my comrades with out execution was hated house." There they stamped out all life. they extin- euished systematically our spirit and fhe Vlively questions which came into our young minds. Not only did the latter get no answer but the most in- terestirig subjects of history were sup pressed, and the teachers openly Jeer- ed at the Jews and the Poles. It was not the fault of the Russian teachers, they were used to reading the lies which the government told them. and if was contrary to their own ideas and nerhaps to former traditions. And so wac a total stranger to any general