The San Francisco call., 1905-01-26
For the First Time the
Populace Is Outspoken
in It's DenunciatiOn of
the Governments Course
BREAKS THE SILENCE
OF LONG CENTURIES
Members of the Romanoff
Family Accused of Arti-
ficially ,Arresting the De-
yelopment of the Nation
81. PETERSBURG. Jan. 25.-The
council of the Polytechnic Institute
to-day adopteN the following:

81. PETERSBURG, Jan. 25.-The
council OF the Polytechnic Institute
to-day adopteH the following:
One OF the members of the family of the
Polytechnic Institute of st. Petersburg the
Student Savinkin. died violent death, being
Savinkin was one of the victims OF the butch
cry against a peaceful. unarmed crowd. The
depressed by W the Iasa acts Of January 22, which
prove that in Russia the very lives OF peace
able citizens are unsafe. expresses profound
indignation on account Of the general firing,
one Of the victims OF which was the student
savinkin. The council finds that peace under
the present conditions existing is absolutely
impossible and resolves. first. to inform the
Minister OF Finance OF the opinions Of the
council regarding. the events Of January %:
second, to suspend lectures In the institute
and third, to defray the cost Of the funeral
Of Savinkin.
The students of the institute sent a
declaration to the director, declaring
their agreement with the resolution.
Fourteen members Of the Zemstvo
south-southwest Of Kazan) have
adopted the following resolutions:
During our whole lives we have been forced
to observe silence in all our new ideas. The
authorities see specters threatening to destroy
have said "Aii is we'll" We had been so ac-
customed to this course that to say otherwise
would have been a political crime. This atti-
tude on the part Of the people debased to
slavery has led Russia to crisis through
which she cannot cam safely be brought by pal. h.
road to complete ruin, and the fatherland Is
threatened with terrible danger, not alone by
struggling, but by an internal foe against
whom the bureaucracy has been 90 long fight
Ing with disastrous results.
The danger lies In the prostration Of the
general development Of the country, brought
about by the bureaucracy The development
Of Russia has been artifcially arrested and
all other institutions stricken unto death and
cannot be brought back to life. The very de-
tutes danger from which there is no escape.
The Zemstyo representatives had no oppor-
minds on the subjects of abuses but the
bureaucrats took measures to prevent them.
The president of the Zemstvo proposed an
amendment to this resolution, but our duty
to the fatherland and the throne Obliged us
to refuse to vote the address in the form he
the condition of the country. Freely elected
representatives alone can liberate Russia
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glory.
SkMPEROPOL, Jan. 25.-The Zems-
two at Taurida. at it's first meeting Of
the year to-day. unanimously adopted
the following petition to Emperor
Sire: The Taurida zemstvc congratuIates
your Majesty. well as the Empress. on the
birthsof an heir to the throne. This event oc-
year Of cruel and bloody war. a year Of bitter
internal disorder. Let peace dawn on Russia
and her frontiers. That is the best wish
Russian subjects can express at the cradle of
your son.
Your decree of December 25 held out to the
nation hopes of internal peace in the future,
which everywhere is dependent on the preser-
walton and maintenance of the law and equal
rights of citizens on freedom OF conscience
and religion, freedom Of speech and the press,
freedom of association and public meetings.
Sire: We strongly convinced that the
fulhlment of all your great intentions for their
inviolability can only be assured by the par
ticipation Of elected representatives of the
whole nation in the legislative power We sin
cerely believe that in the union of the power
of the state with that Of the people can be
found the only pledge for the complete devel-
opment Of the productive forces of the coun-
try.
If you summon representatives Of the nation
to take part in the legislation, finance and ad-
ministrative control and fulhllment Of the law
and the intentions of your imperial Majesty,
you will make Russia powerful and inyincible
from without and hourishing within her bor-
ders in the light of right and truth.