Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-08-02
TO ARMY and NAVY
The Outlawed Russian Parliament
Issued a Strong Appeal for AS
sistance Against Oppression.
SOME STRONG ARGUMENTS


St. Petersburg, July S1.-The full
text Of the appeal to the army and
navy adopted July q by the radical
groups Of the outlawed parliament IN
conjunction with the central commit
tees of the proleterait organizations
is as follows:
SOLDIERS and Sailors: The govern
ment has by imperial command dis
solved parliament and troops nave
been assembled from all sides to OPP
press the people by armed force. The
peoples representatives were elected
from among your fathers and brothers
in order to lay before the emperor
the needs Of the people and to obtain
land and liberty. But the emperor
would not listen to the elected OF the
people. He hearkened to his former
councillors, the grand dukes, minis
tiers. generals and the wealthiest OF
the land owners. who did not want
10 give up their lands, their proper
ties their emoluments amounting to
many thousands Of roubles) and their
irresponsible power. Russia is now
divided into two parts. One side Is
the vast majority, all the peasants ana
workmen, all the poor and oppressed,
the best educated and the most en-
lightened citizens, the soldiers, VINO
see the most clearly, the best officers
and all the martyrs in the jails In
GLIDING many thousands of soldiers
and sailors. On the other side is
n collection of oppressors, such as
Trepoff, Pobedonostseff and the Man
churian generals, who ran away from
the Japanese but who fred on the
people at Moscow and Odessa, and To-
hita. the petty government officials
the police spies and the whole Black
Hundred and these rely on your
strength to beat down the whole Rus
sian people. WIN you shoot the peo-
Die, shed the blood Of the people and
transfix the peoples breasts with bay
onets? Remember that you are the
children Of peasants, that you are
the children Of the Russian people
and that at the same time In the VII
lagos where you were born your own
brothers who are remaining home are
also agitating, are also demanding
land and liberty and that the govern
ment Is sending other troops to shoot
and beat them. Why will you defend
the government? Do you yourselves
live so we'll? Are not you yourselves
in state Of servitude? You are II
worse state of bondage than all thu
others. You are given slavish EN-
ployment as officers servants, you arr
tormented in discipline battalions, 10
every free word you are sent to har'
labor or shot. We, the representa-
tives Of the people, wished to promul
gate laws providing for reduction, o
the term Of military service to tw
years. the abolition Of soldiers EN-
ployment as servants, for the pay
ment of a monthly wage to soldier
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suits to the rank and file by thos
placed over them We wished to In
prove the lot Of the soldiers, but III
great aim before us was to improv
the lot Of the whole working popul'
ton. To prevent all this the govern
ment FASTENED To dissolve parliamen
sailors and seamen, we, the legal
elected representatives Of the pea
ants and workingmen, declare to y
that without parliament the cover
ment is Illegal. Orders which i nj
now issue have no legal force v
call on you,
Firstly, to cease to obey the illee
government and to actively oppose
n conjunction with US and the whs
Of the poor population You Ia
tatsn an oath to defend the fath'