The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-24
ARMY TO BE URGED TO RISE IN REVOLT zzs
People Will Appeal to TroopsPoviona Government Prepared
Assume Control of Affair." = $3.50

st. Petersburg, July 24-An appeal
ly, the revolutionary forces. In the
event that this should be successful, a
provisional government is ready to as
sumo control Of affairs, in the perma-
nent executive committee of the dou
ma, appointed before. the members left
Viborg, with Prince Paul Dolgoroukoff
at the head. ~. -. =.
q The, members Of the group Of toll and
their allies, the proletariat organize
tions of ST. Petersburg, were in active
consultation last night and this morn
ing. While they fully Endorsed the
parliamentary address to the country,
50 far as it goes, they consider it o.
halfway measure and hold that It
should be followed up by an appeal to.
the s:s army, prepaTStory TO e uprising g
5 Such an appeal will probably be is
sued immediately. = IL. - * -
!. = :. Executive Committee Silent.
The membership Of the permanent
executive committee, which is headed
by Prince Paul Dolgoroukof, together
with itskafture plans, are kept secret,
but it is virtually prepared to assume 2
! the role Of q directory, or provisional
government should Developments make
such "a course advisable. $50
Such an intention, however. is not
publicly acknowledged. but all the
groups participating in the address to
the country realize the gravity Of the
stand they have taken; =. -: -. <. y
f. HWe: carefully avoided summoning
an active revolution, ~ SAID one Of h the
stand committed before the country and
! the world to the limits Of passive re-
sistance. Further than this we did
not go.' - d" o. ~ 81
~ Homes Searched %&'..'s. !.
Domicihary searches continue in all
quarters Of the capital. The prisons
are already filing, and the old blind
system Of attempting to conceal from
the people what is happening has been
adopted.
The censorship Of the press has been
established with -vigor unknown
since the days of the late Interior Min.
lister Won Plehve, accompanied by the
wholesale confscation Of newspapers.
! No word Of the proceedings Of the
members Of parliament at Viborg or Of
the address adopted has been permitted
to be published. .....- ..-
Telegrams from the provinces telling
Of the universal indignation aroused
by the dissolution, and even. those from
abroad outlining public opinion in for:
! eign countries, have been emasculated
! or suppressed. Not word Of the
speech of Premier Campbell -Bannermar
| before the Interparliamentary union II
London yesterday has been allowed tc
Strana and the Twentieth Century were
confscated as they left the press thi:
morning. .s -, ~. .....,:, <z.-..# ,-- .
Cossacks with workmen.
i At two meetings last night, one neal
the Narva gate and the other in thu
Viborski district across the Neva, tn,
Cossacks, sent to dispense them, refused
openly to do so and fraternized will
the workmen. -
i This is partially confrmative Of TIL
revolutionists' boast that the troop
will not fire upon the people.
1 The most serious problem confront
H ing the government L. what to do witt
!! the members Of the outlawed parlia
Il ment. Isolated arrests Of members hav
occurred in various parts OF the coun
try, and it is difficult to see how tn
government logically can avoid arrest
ing all who participated in the Viborl
meeting. -.
Prisonnent Expected. -..
The members fully expect to b
] lodged in prison, and the great bulk Q
them, about one hundred and ninet
in number, delayed their departure unit
today, in order to give thepermanen
executive committee an opportunity, t
! scatter. It was decided to return her
this afternoon, the members preferrin
to be arrested IN a body than to b
: hunted down singlysa-
81 Douma Members Home.
More than one hundred Of the Rui
; sian members of parliament, who yeste1
] day issued an address to the country
3 reached the Finnish railroad static
! here from Viborg at o'clock this a
3 ternoon. A crowd Of several thousan
3 iersons gathered there before the arriN
al Of the train, but q heavy force
g tpendarmes PROMPTLY hurried the peopl