Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-19

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Sncr he gave them stone instead of
bread, In this manner he deprived the
naked Of their only shirt. Plehve ex-
s}laIstcd the people, spending their
lard-carncd money on the develop
%lncn1 of the secret police in Russia
and on the protection Of his own per-
son. & @
9th Plchve allowed the wilrul
massacre Of the kishineff Jews in the
.prcscncc Of the police: Jews, old men.
g women and children were beaten and
KILLED. Women were inSulted, the
property Of the poor Jews was destroy
cd and p!undcrcd. OF plchves partic-
ipatiun in this wilful massacre the for.
cisn press and the Russian Rcvolu-
tionary press clearly made mention
Further mention OF this is made in the
description Of the circumstances which
preceded it and which description was
given in the more or less decent or
81 sans oil the Russian press. How can
We trust the information given by the
government? What right have we to
2bclicvc either it or the scrvile re-
q marks OF the Official Messenger? What
right have we to believe either it or
stne servile remarks Of the anti-semitic
y newspapers. when they attempt to OK
scmpt Plchvc from participation in this
, crime, and attempt to put all the
4; blame Oh the drunken crowd OF van
tlals and the peoples hatred Of the
Jews. Such articles do not admit Of
: any trust
Pei1ve and a Mendacious Press
During PlchHc's time freedom OF
4 speech and protection was given to
:. only those papers which could tell lies
and papers which hated the Jewish
( people which, during long space Of
S time tried to make Jews and Russians
enemies and tried to make the com
} mon people hate the Jews Poles and
Films. The Jewish press could not
8 protest as it was always being pcrsc-
II cuted in Russia and could hardly
z breathe. Plehvc permitted the Kishi
nell massacre in tn eintercst of the
same policy which he had followed in
othcr parts OF the country. He tried
as much as he could to weaken the
mower Of the Rcvolutionists in order to
lrlShten the Jewish macontents
II is known for a certainty that
when the kishineff massacre was
known all over Russia, Jews OF some
towns fearing the same thing, asked
!: Tor the protection Of the governors ana
3 police. and received answer that they
4 would be treated in the same way If
they did not keep quiet.
18th. Plchvc put down all attempts
TO work legally for the people. The
Il press was suppressed and put under
]. mo yoke OF the censor II IeInstvos
f were suspected and disbanded. The
elected OF the Zcmstvos, who repre-
sented the government Of the people,
were not allowed to speak. Plehve
held all Russia down on the plea of
!. safeguard. He covered Russia with
network of sendarmcrie and multi
piled the police and secret police SO
that in the infected atmosphere it was
impossible TO breathe
Sth. On Plehve falls the chief re-
sponsibility that i'll the existing war
Russian blood. is FLOWING like water
and the flower OF the land are perish
ing. its most healthy and robust citi-
Zens are dying and the peoples money
IS being wastefully squandcred. Plahvc
!, IS guilty because he gagged the press
4 and Russian Social opinion ant; did not
allow them to speak about the war in
4 order to prevent it,
Crimes Committed BY Plehve.
All this was done in Russia during
Plehre. Ali these crimes were com
mittcd by Plehve himself or by his
agents, and for that the party Of Social
f Rcfoil1tlonlsts found it necessary to
remove Plehve in order to save Russia
( from his future crimes. and in order to
SHOW that such fearful crimes against
INC RUSSIAN people could not remain
: 'lipHhlshel. That is why the party
u Social Reyolutionists called its
flShtlng Organization together and
gave to it the sentence OF death on
pichvc, and J, member Of the Fight
ing Organization OF Social Revolution.
lists, with the feeling Of DEEPEST graft.
: Jude Tor the great honor shown me.
S"ore TO do my duty and carry out the
sentence.
Personal motives for killing Plchvc
had none Although am no, q nov
lcc III SDcialistic propaganda: although
py experience ! can appreciate the
a"i"l wrongs Of Russia. should not
l'c able 10 raise my hand against the
ne ni man from personal motives.
10 this might add that one Of the
crimes Which was committed in the
''inc 81 NE government Of Plehvc. and
wien ;pok 70 heart as much as if it
hua hcan directed against me person.
~! an" against my nearest relatives,
as procession OF IS collins in the
H'''N'ls. an unlimited number Of
"o'inuetI and TWO flies Of soldiers
,.nish1hcf INC awful hccatomb Of in
hanilaGts SHOT down near me and who
were victims Of the interior policy. Of
,lel.vc
How He Was Converted.
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