The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-04
GRAND COUP IS
BEING PLANNED
No More Sporadic Uprisings of the
Proletariat in Russian
Empire.
WORKERS SEE THEIR ERROR
WILL REORGANIZE ON A NEW
BASIS.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 4, 2:40 g. m.-The
general meeting OF the workmen's coun-
ell and of representatives of the probe
/ taTiat organizations which was held
! across the Finnish border. lasted for
! thlrty-six hours, adjOurning only an hour
! agO. The practical result of the meet
/ Ing was a confession that the govern
/ ment had proved to be too strong in it's
! fight against the strikers and the prOle-
/ LarlaC organizations, and that it would
! be necessary to organize on new ba-
| sis the armed revolution to which the
| delegates at the meeting were commit
/ ted 1t was admitted that the attempt
/ to give battle to the government with
/ out having made due preparation was a
mistake, and q complete change in tao
ties was decided upon A new council
was elected. Similar councils will be
| organized everywhere, following which a
general congress will be called and an
elaborate plan Of battle against the gov
eminent formulated.
Agitation Programme.
In the meantime the propaganda of the
agitators will be kept up, especially in
the army, in order to show that the pro-
| letariat organizations are firmly re-
solved not TO compromise with the gov
eminent. It was also decided not to
/ take part in the election for the douma.
Just prior to the adjournment of the
meeting q resolution was passed to turn
the anniversary Jan. e. CRed Sunday,
an appeal will be made to the socialist
WOrkmen'S organization both in Europe
and the United States to manifest their
sympathy with the Russian revolution
aries by holding demonstrations on that
day.
Have Lost Prestige.
A member Of the workmens council
with whom the Associated Press con-
verscd after the meeting, acknowledged
that the movement had been severely
crippled by the government as many of
the ablest leaders had either been killed
or arrested. He said that the movement
mad lost considerable prestige among the
proletariat and that if the present system
of repression were persisted in it would
be Increasingly difficult to disseminate
the propaganda or further to organize
The main danger was that the leaders
would be unable to gather sufficient
force to strike a blow before the meet
ing Of the dOuma. Nevertheless this in
dormant insisted that the organizations
he represented were not discouraged and
that the fight would be continued until
the prOletariat achieved a final victory
He stOutly maintained that the policy of
repression to which the government had
returned only demonstrated once again
that it lacked the moral support Of the
public and that the sole reliance, as of
cannon.
All Russia Must Rise.
we now see clearly" said this member
Of the wOrkmen's council, that nothing |
Definite can be accomplished by sporadic /
uprisings. The possession of a city such /
as Moscow or even St. Petersburg might /
not prove decisive All Russia must /
rise at the same time"
In answer to a question as to whether |
meantime the prOletariat organizations |
mad decided TO abandon their acts of /
terrorism. the members OF the council re- /
piled significantly: Perhaps. There have /
been no acts of terror because the per- /
sens condemned have been too wei
gUardeS."