The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-31
DUNA URGES revolt
AS IT is DISPERSED
Moderates Join Radicals When
MenaCed by Bay0nets.
MANIFESTO TO THE RUSSIANS
Calls on People to Refuse to Pay
Taxes, Be Soldiers, or Recognize
Future Loans - Revolution is
Threatened.


Threatened.
Viborg, Finland.-In the dining
room of the Hotel Belvedere 200
members of the dissolved Duma took
the first actual step in revolution
for the overthrow OF the Government
and the triumph of constitutional
rule. When troops were marching
in the streets, under orders to dis
perse the assembIage, the members,
without regard for party, passed with
tremendous cheering manifesto to
the nation All Russia was directed
mot to give kopec to the throne
or soldier to the army" The mani
festo breathed revolution in every
line. 1t took issue direct with the
Gear and his Ministers, declaring that
the only government in the nation
was that of the people themselves
1t remained for this quiet Finnish
city to see the most thrilling of all
the sessions of Russia's brief Parlia-
ment.
st. Petersburg. following is
y
festo sent broadcast
Citizens of All Russia-P Parliament
has been dissolved by ukase of July
81. You elected us your representa-
tiyes and instructed us to fight for
our country and freedom. In exc
cution of your instructions and our
duty we drew up laws in order to
insure freedom to the people. We
demanded the removal of iTresponsi-
BILE Ministers who were infringing the
laws with impunity and expressing
freedom. First, of all, however, we
wanted to bring out a law respecting
the distribution of land to working
peasants and involving the assign
ment, to this end, of Grown appan-
ages, monasteries and lands belong
ing to the clergy, and compulsory ex-
preparation of private estates. The
Government held such law to be in
admissible, and upon Parliament once
more urgently putting forward its
resolution regarding compulsory ex-
preparation Parliament was dissolved.
The Government promises to con-
woke a new Parliament seven months
hence. Russia must remain without
popular representation for seven
whole months, at a time when the
people are standing on the brink OF
ruin, and industry and commerce are
undermined; when the whole cour-
try is seething with unrest and when
the Ministry has definitely shown its
incapacity to do justice to popular
needs. For seven months the Gov
eminent will act arbitrarily and will
fight against the popular movement
in order to obtain a pliable, subser-
Went Parliament. Should it succeed,
however, in completely suppressing
the popular movement the Govern
ment will convoke no Parliament at
all.
Citizens, stand up for your tram
pled-on rights, for popular represen-
tation and for an Imperial Parlia-
ment. Russia must not remain a day
without popular representation. You
possess the means Of acquiring It,
The Government has, without the as
sent Of the popular representatives,
no right to collect taxes from the
people nor to summon the people to
military service Therefore, you are
now the Government. The dissolved
Parliament was justified in giving
neither money nor soldiers. Should
the Government, however, contract
loans in order to procure funds, such
loans will be invalid without the con-
sent of the popular representatives.
The Russian people will never ac-
knowledge them and will not be
called upon to pay them. According
", until a popular representative Par
lament is summoned do not give
kopec to the throne or soldier to
the army. Be steadfast in your re-
fusal No power can resist the
united, infiexible will Of the people
Citizens, in this obligatory and un-
avoidable struggle your representa-
tives will be with you.