Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-07-27
ISSUE ADDRESS
TO THE PEOPLE
Action Of the Car Simply Unites All
Factions in the Russian
Parliament.
DEPUTIES MEET IN FINLAND
Differences Are Forgotten When the
Threat Of Force Is Made
Gloomy Outlook.

st. Petersburg, July 24.-The great
news of today is the adoption OF an
address to the people by the deputies
to parliament who assembled at vi
borg, the language of which. with its
revolutionary demands that the peo-
pie cease to furnish money and troops
to the government and repudiate FUR
Their loans affords pretext enough for
the government to lodge its authors IN
the fortress if it feels strong enough.
A rumor was spread tonight that this
course had been decided upon.
A large crowd gathered at Finland
station tonight, where the deputies
were expected to arrive. but only a
few appeared and these were not mo-
Tested neither was there a popular
demonstration.
Among the arrivals were President
Mouromtseff and Ivan Perunkevitch.
The former came on a local train, en-
tirely unattended. He was plainly
downcast, and responded to the salu-
tation of the Associated Press CORE
spondent by the mere raising Of his
hat and hurried on to escape an in
terview NJ. Petrunkevitch, filled with
the revolutionary spirit, claimed for
the constitutional democrats the text
of the appeal.
! Copies of the appeal to the people
are in the hands Of all St. Petersburg
newspapers. but it will scarcely be
printed tomorrow. for the reason that
detachment Of police is posted at
the door of every newspaper printing
office in the city, with orders not to
permit any papers to leave the build
ing until authorized by the censor
The authorities hope by equally Wig.
orous measures to prevent the publ
cation of the appeal in other cities
and in the meantime to nullify the
fears of the people as to the possible
effect of the appeal
Differences Disappear.
, Until the last moment it seemed the
uSSlIe lOl duOPeAOAi ~ SAAN
: manifesto would be wrecked. There
: were sharp differences between the
constitutional democrats and the rev.
. olutionists, the latter wishing to pro,
claim the house in perpetual session
i. and abrogate the allegiance Of the
people. while the constitutional dem
/, ocrats favored the declaration of the
5 general strike.
9 The psychological moment which
changed the minds of the moderates
/ was the arrival of Governor Rochen
:, berg, with the court command to dis
q perse or take the consequences, wher
n even the more conservative of ths
constitutional democrats. such as NJ
d Petrajavitsky and Professor Hertzen
stein, who had made speeches in ia
vor of moderation. struck hands will
the radicals, and the whole assembl.
foreswOre amendment and debate ant
;, adopted the address,
The socialists. on their part, with
drew the proviso that the house con
= stitute itself a constituent assembl.
and compromised on the election o
permanent executive committee
o With the exception of Count Hayden
k Michael Stakovich and the Polish de-
egates, every member signed the ad
:, dress, the Polish delegates stated tina
/. they had no credentials to advise tn
Polish nation as to further tactic
= and that they cannot participate in d
t. recting the Russian people; but tina
# all their sympathies were on the sid
of the Russian revolution.
o Immediately after the announce
e. ment of the governor that the NEE
I'd ing of the members of parliament mus
disperse, a detachment of infantr,
I'd was marched past the Hotel Belvidere
III to give emphasis to the threat to Ell
III force the order of dispersal.
1t is reported that arrangement
e. have been made at St. Petersburg t
greet the deputies on their arrival her
~, with a formidable demonstration
their favor and that a general strik
~, may be declared, but on these poinI
ac- the utmost secrecy is maintained.
III. A Ringing Address.
The following is a text of the pa
- liamentary manifesto:
~ ITO the People, From Their Pop
m. lar Representatives:
}" Citizens of all Russia: Parliame
has been dissolved by ukase of Ju
p. You elected us as Representative
. and instructed us to fight for our cou
for try and freedom. In execution of 20
He instructions and our duty, we DIRE
ity up laws to insure freedom to the pr
M pie. We demanded the removal
ny irresponsible ministers who were {
for pressing freedom. First of all. no
IS, ever, We wanted to bring out Ii
respecting the distribution of land
working peasants and involving t
~ assignment, to this end, of crown {
nd. panages, monasteries and lands
a longing to the clergy, and compulso
Try appropriations of private estates. T
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