Arizona republican., 1906-07-25
DECLARATION OF WAR
 BY RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
The SeVereSt Expressive Measure Outlined
 to Provincial Officials
It Has Been Determined Fully to Restore the Old Regime to It's Position Before the Attempted RetOrm

St. Petersburg, July 24.-War to the knife with revolution, and the knife to the hilt was proclaimed today by Pre- mier Stolypin in a telegram addressed to the governor generals, governors and projects throughout Russia and to the viceroy of the Caucasus, who are ordered to strike and spare no efforts to preserve order and crush the en- emies of society" Included in this category, as shown by the events of the day are not only revolutionists and socialists, but also the educated lib- eral and landed classes represented in the constitutional democratic party, whose clubs everywhere have been closed, and all the progressive news papers, which are not permitted to lift their voices anywhere throughout the entire land.
 Prince Stolypin's telegram is as fol- lows:
 ''In conformity with instructions re- ceived from the emperor with the view to securing full cooperation between the different local authorities, I here by inform you that the government eX- poets you to exercise vigilant and un- tiring supervision over your subOrdi- mates so that order may be promptly and definitely restored. Disturbances must be suppressed and revolutionary movements must be put down by all legal means. The measures you take must be carefully considered. The struggle begun is against the enemies of society, and not against society it. self
 Consequently wholesale oppression cannot be approved of. Imprudent and illegal acts are likely to give rise to discontent instead of conducting to calm and cannot be tolerated. The in tentions of the emperor are immut- able. The government firmly desires to assist in the amendment of the legal procedure and the laws hitherto en- forced which no longer serve their pur- pose. The old regime will be regen- erated. but order must be fully main tained You must act on your own initiative, as you are invested with re- sponsibility. Firm and vigorous steps taken on these lines will doubtless be upheld by the best part of society,""
 The manifesto bears a remarkable similarity to the earlier compositions of Ministers of the Interior PIehve and Bouligan and the reactionary press has lad slight difficulty in keeping 1t down to an appeal to the league of Russian men" and other old school Russians to rise and unite all the progressive classes.
 Even before the dissolution of the lower house of parliament the war of fee had perfected its plans for hand ling expected disorders, both military and civilian. General Muller Zakom- elsky. who suppressed the SebastopoI revolt and co-operated with General Rennenkampf in the reduction of the Siberian rebellion last winter, was re- called from the command of a corps and placed at the disposition of the war office, to be used wherever trouble might be manifested. Both the gov ernment and the revolutionists expect an outbreak in the south, and that it will roll nOrthward to the two capitals.
 This may induce the proletariat or ganizations to postpone the general strike until the contagion is borne up from the south. The raiIroaders, how ever, are anxious to have this strike declared at once. Members of the rail way employees union with whom the Associated Press correspondents have talked declared that they were ready to walk out at the first call from the