New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-19
WHY HE KILLED Won PLEHVE
s4SONEFF, THE ASSASSIN, TAINTED TO TELL ALL
ABOUT IT.
Not Aoed to Read at His Trial Is Noe Reeaged
to the World

landowners. seeing and not expecting help from
anywhere. tried to obtain bread by force
not to die, they were answered with increase
of taxation. This was PIehves idea of satisfying
national needs In this manner he gave them a
stone instead Of bread. In this manner he de-
prlVed the naked of their only shirt. Plehve
hausted the people spending their hard earned
money on the development of the secret police in
Russia and on the protection of his own person.
'Sixth-Plehve allowed the wilful massacre of
the Kishinef Jews IN the presence of the police;
Jews old men. women and children were beaten
and killed. Women were insulted. the property
Of the poor Jews destroyed and plundered. OF
Plehves participation in this wilful massacre tho
foreign press and the Russian revolutionary press
clearly made mention Further mention of this is
made in the description of the circumstances.
which preceded 1t. and which description given
In the more or less decent organs of the Russian
press. How trust the information given
by the government? What right have to be-
Heve either it the of the Official
Messenger? What right have to believe either
it or the servile remarks of the antiSemitc news
papers, when they attempt exempt Pehve from
participation in this crime and attempt to put all
the blame the drunken crowd of vandals and
the peoples hatred of the Jews? Such articles do
admit of any trust
During Plerve's time freedom of speech and
protection given to only those papers which
could tell lies and papers which hated the Jewish
people, which, during a long space of time tried
TO make Jews and Russians enemies. and tried
to make the common people hate the Jews, Poles
and Firms. The Jewish press could not protest
it always being prosecuted IN Russia and
could hardly breathe. Plehve permitted the
KishneT massacre in the interest OF the same
policy which he had followed in other parts of
the country. He tried much he could TO
weaken the power OF the revolutionists in order
10 brighten the Jewish malcontents.
4. is known for a certainty that when the Ktshi-
nen massacre was known all over Russia. Jews of
some towns. fearing the same thing. asked for the
protection Of the governors and police, and
ceived answer that they would be treated in the
way if they did not keep quiet.
"seventh-Plehve put down all attempts to work
legally for the people. The press suppressed
and put under the yoke of the censor. Zemstyos
suspected and dsbanded. The elected of the
zemstvos, who represented the government of the
people, not allowed to speak. Plehve held all
Russia down the plea of safeguard He COW
cred Russia with network of gendarmerie and
multiplied the police and secret police. that
the infected atmosphere it impossible to
breathe
"Eaghth-On Plehve falls the chief responsibility
that in the existing Russian blood is flowing
like water. and the flower of the land perish
ing. its most healthy and robust citizens dying
and the peoples money is being wastefully sQuan-
dered. Plehve is guilty. because he gagged the
press and Russian social opinion. and did not allow
them TO speak about the in order TO prevent It.
''AII this done in Russia during the two
years of the government of Plehve. All these
crimes were committed by Plehve himself by his
agents and for that the party OF Social Revou-
tionists found it necessary to remove P1ehve IN
order to save Russia from his future crimes and
Ia order show that such fearful crimes against
the Russian people could remain unpublished
That is why the party of Social Revolutionsts
called its fighting organization together and gave
to 1t the sentence Of death on Plehve, and /,
member of the fighting organization Of Social
Revoutonlsts. with the feeling OF deepest graft
tude for the great honor shown me. swore 20 do
my duty and carry out the sentence
Personal motives for killing Plehve Fad none.