New-York tribune., 1906-07-31
APPEAL TO THE FORCES.
Radicals Urge Arny and NaUy
TO OUerthrO1O AutOCrGCy.

ST Petersburg July SO.-The text OF the ap-
neal to the army and navy, adopted on July -
by the radical groups Of the outlaWeo parma"
1uent In conjunction with the central commit
tees Of the workingmens organizations Is as Ao4-
lows
Soldiers and Sailors The government has by
in1perial command dissolved parliament anu
troops have been assembled from all sides 20
oppress the people by armed force. Inc peo@kIe @
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 WouIo not
listen 10 the elected OF the people. He hearK-
ened to his former councillors the grand dukes
ministers generals and the wealthiest OF the
landowners, who did not want to give up their
lands their properties, their emoluments
amounting to many thousands OF rubIes) anu
their irresponsible power.
Russia is now divided into two parts on one
side is the vast majority. all the peasants ana
worknen, all the poor and oppressed. the pest
educated and the most enlightened citizens, the
soldiers who see the most clearly, the best off,
GERS and all the martyrs in the jails. including
many thousands OF soldiers and sailors on tne
'Trepoff Pobiedonostsef and the Manchurian
generals who ran away from the japanese. put
fired on the people OF Moscow, ODESSA ana Chlta;
the petty government of1lcla!s, the ponce Spires
and the Black Hundreds, and these rely on
your strength to beat down the whole Russian
Win YOU shoot the people, shed the blood OF
the people and transiiX the peoples breasts
with bayonets? Remember that you are the chll.
the Russian people, and that at the same time
in the villages where you were born your own
brothers are also demanding land and liberty
and that the government 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 in a worse state Of bond
age than all the others. You have slavish en-
pioyment as officers servants. you tor
mented in discipline battalions, for every free
word you are sent to hard labor or shot
We, the Representatives OF the people. wished
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Of the IN of military service TO two years
the abolition of soldiers employment as SER
soldiers and the effective prevention of all in
suits to the rank and file by those placed over
them. We wished to improve the lot OF the
to improve the lot Of the whole working pop
ulation. To prevent all this the government
FASTENED to Dissolve parliament.
Soldiers and sailors. we, the legally elected
representatives of the peasants and working
men declare to you that without parliament
the government Is illegal. Orders which it may
now issue have no legal force. We call on you
TO cease to obey the illegal government and ac-
lively oppose It in conjunction with us and the
whole OF the poor population You have taken
an oath to defend the Fatherland. Stand be-
side US for land and liberty.
Any man who shoots at the people is a
criminal. traitor and the enemy of the people
We inform all such IN the name OF their faith
ers and brothers. that they will not be allowed
to return TO their homes and that over their
names will hang the eternal curse OF the people
The government entered into negotiations
with the Austrian and German emperors and
German troops are ready to invade country
to defend the government which opposes the
people with the power of foreign arms.
BY such negotiations we declare the gov
ernment has betrayed the country and is now
outside the limits OF the law.
Soldiers and sailors. your sacred duy is 70
Iree the Russian people from the treacherous
government and defend parliament. Every
man railing in this holy war will cover him
SER SEN WIN eternal fame and the Russian people
% VIII 9!ess his name. In this struggle your
SI@GIeo SraI,e representatives will be with you. Be
for land and liberty against the criminal gov
ernments ~ ''A eV'