The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-12-21
BANKRUPTED ruler
Pen MIGHTIER THAN The BOMB
Russian Revolutionary Leaders
Issue Manifesto Declaring
the Treasury Bankrupt

the Treasury Bankrupt
Ordering Their Followers to Cease
Paying Taxes in Order TO Utterly
Ruin Czardon-Withdrawal of All
Bank Deposits in Gold Urged-Gov-
ernment Said to be Covering Up
Deficits by Proceeds of Foreign
Loans-No Money 20 Pay Starving
Soldiers-Document a Sudden and
Terrible Blow.
st. Petersburg, Special.--The pro-
leteriat organizations through the IL
visible government" threw 4 bomb III
to the camp Of the official government
during the night, issuring manifesto,
following the form of the regular i'm
perial document. declaring the bank
ruptcy OF the Treasury. ordering the
proletaria army everywhere to refuse
to pay taxes Of any description, to i'll
sist Oh the payment of wages in gold
or siLcr. and to withdraw all their
depc It's from the savings banks i'll
gol,.
The manifesto is a terrible indict-
mcnt of the manner III which the
bureaucracy has brought the country
to financial ruin, asserting that the
government has squandered not only
the coantry's income, but the pro
ceeds of the foreign loans on railroads.
the army and the fleet, leaving tic
people without schools or roads.
No Money 20 Feed Soldiers.
Ii is declared that there is no money
to feed the soldiers and that every
where there are instructions of the
beegar and starved troops and sailors.
The manifesto even charges the gov
ernment with using the deposits III
the government savings banks to spc'
culate on the bourse and with the
covering up its chronic deficits i'll the
interest on the irnmenSe debt by the
proceeds Of the foreign loans. which
are at last exhausted. 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, according
to the manifesto. is the overthrow Of
the autocracy by a constituent assem-
bly,. and "the sooner the government
falls the better. Therefore the last
source of existence of the old regime,
;ts financial revenue, must be stop
ped"
The document is signed by the men,
bers of the Workingmen's Council,
the committee OF the Pan-Russia
Union and the central committee Of
the Social Democrats, Social Revolu.
tionists and Socialists of Poland.
Caught The Government Mapping
This great step Of the revolution
aries which throws down the gauge of
battle to the government, was prepar-
ed with such secracy that the authorl-
ties were taken off their guard and did
not even attempt to prevent its publ
cation in the newspapers. The revolu-
tionary leaders expect that it will be
followed by reprisals and arrests, but
all this has been foreseen. The lead
ers laid their plans deeply before issr-
ing the manifesto. The new commit
tees of the various organizations have
been placed in the third and fourth
degree. If one set of committees is
put behind the bars. another will take
its place and carry on the work.
The League Of Leagues was not ask
ed to join in the manifesto. beins re-
garded with some jealousy by the pro-
letariat organizations which claim to
be bearing the brunt Of the revolution
and to be entitled to the fruits thereof.
The proletariat leaders claim to have
absolute knowledge that the govern
ment has just issued $125,OOO.0)0 in
paper money. Under the provisions
of the press law, the editor of every
paper which printed the manifesto has
rendered himself liable to eight
months Imprisonment and 81 500 fine.
Now must come the rest of the govern
ment's power.
1t develops that among the papers
of NJ. krustlieff, the president Ct the
executive committee Of the Workmen s
Council. seized at the time Of his ar
rest. were documents which furnish
evidence of a well-planned consDiricy
to seize and carry off Premier NVitte.