Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-13
Russian Government Informs Them
That Poland is lstegraI Part
OF the Empire,
IT is NOT TO BECOME A FINLAND
Gravity Of the SituatiOu Recognized
Reform Measures Affect Polish
People Equally

ST. Petersburg Nov 13,-Poland is
not to be permitted TO become second
Finland, The Russian government I'm a
strongly worded communication pub
lished this morning serves notice ON the
Polish Nationalist That for good or III,
the ancient kingdom OF Poland has now
become an integral part Of the Russian
empire, and that while the government
intends to fully observe the national
rights Of PC,and, any attempt to wrest
Polish autonomy from the emperor
I would be considered am act Of revolt
and would lead the Poles into the sor-
roWlul paths trodden by them In 1881
and 1853
The Russian authorities recognize the
gravity of the movement IN which two
| antagonlsilc parties, the Nationalist
| and the Socialists under the leadership
| Of such Poles as Henrik SieDkiwicz the
| novelist, nave joined forces, and they
| declare that u'ne of the benefits Of the
| emancipation manifesto can be con.
! tcrred on "a country in revolt
The communication issued this morn
! ing recalls the fact that the imperial
| ukase OF Dec. % last established a ba-
| sis Of the gradual renovation Of the
| civil life of Russian subjects and points
| out that the measures adopted I'm pun
| suanCe Of that ukase affected equally
! the Polish people.
The communication says
I'm accordance with the ukase, the
| exceptional laws hindering the free de-
| velopmeut Of the nation were abro-
| gated and the Poles were given the
| same rights as the Russians Educa-
| tional, municipal and judicial reforms
| were introduced as stipulated by the
! decisions arrived at hy the committee
| Of ministers on June is and by the
! ukase Of April 30 regarding religious
| liberty. The general measures adopted
| by the government We're extended to
! Poland, which also was given the right
| of participation I'm the douma and free
| dom Of meeting.
Finally, on oct 60, the Poles wase
! fully recognized as fr.a ci izens, there
| by obtaining full OPP )rturity TO pro o
| heir capacity BY partiC pating iH a
| gteat creative work they would, c-n-
soQuItly have gradually attained the
| uu'tII llogrCss of rEa Polish Mason,
| with the end Of the electoral inst, u
| trdlS, which naturally wcrld have sy n
| bIthzcd vita their fac.
| 'ForgctuI s the plnt1l lessons %. he
! past tho loiluCllns who are dire IN ;
! tn lWim al movement I'M the k'rs lem
| uf Eular' are mating atv npts aS uuT.
! ger ~ .- th0 Polish POI iation ls ;htv
| are iGsulCnt toward Russia. 20 bring
! about The separation OF the emphe.
| EcitvilUg the idea OF NO ,lng in COM
mon with TIE Russian teople in the
douma, they are demanding I'm a series
Of revolutionary meetings. the complete
autonomy of Poland with cOnstitu-
tionol diet, thereby aiming at the res
toratlon of the kingdom of Poland, Two
| political groups. one Socialist and one
| Nationalist, who are opposed 20 each
| other are united IN this aspiration,
which Is upheld by many writer's, pub
| licists end popular orators, who carry
| the people with them.
in different districts If the Nistull
| there have been numerous professions.
| the participants IN which carried Polish
| flags and sang revolutionary songs. At
| the same time, there has begun the ar
| bitrary exclusion by the Poles OF tho
state language, even In governmental
| institutions where it's employment ia
provided for by law, In certain locall-
ties bands OF woik vlen and peasants are
| pillagnR the schools, the state spirit
shops and communal buildings, destroy
ing all correspondence IN the Russian
| language, Representatives Of local au-
| thorities. I'm defending order and pub
lie safety, have been watering the earth
for a year past with their blood, by
! falling victims to political crimes, and
the reasonable part of Polish society
Is impotent against the growing pres
sure Of revolutionary organizations.
"The government viii not tolerate at.
tacks on the integrity OF the empire in
surrectonsry plots or acts Of violence,
IL declares I'm a decisive manner that
as long as the troubles In the Vistula
districts continue, and as long as that
part OF the population adhering TO po-
ltical asltators continues it, present
sway hese districts shall receive none
Of the benefits resulting from the mani
festos of Aug. IS and oct &c. 1905.
"Thcrc could obviously be no question
OF realizing raciic principles IN a coun'
try I'm q revolt. Therefore for the res
torat'on Of order. all tho districts Of the
VistulR are temporarily declared TO bC
IN a state Of war.
"ThA future OF the Polish people thus
depends upon themselves. The govern
ment having q desire to continue safe
guarding the integrity and national
rights Of the Polish people, extended by
recent legislative nets expects the
people to recover from the political In
toxiCaton which has come over the
kingdom OF Poland the population of
which has beCme prey 90 tho aglta-
tors, while az the same time, Il is put
ting the people ON guard against enter
ing a dangerous path which, unfortu-
nately. they have not for the FIRST time
trod'