Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-04
REVOLUTIONISTs
WILL REORGAN|zE
ASK SUPPORT OF AMERICAN
SOCIALISTS
Leaders Say Acts OF Terror Not Aban.
doned and Intimate That Con.
demned Persons Are Too
Well Guarded
BY Associated Press

ny Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 4, 2.4C
q. m.-The general meeting of the
Workmen's council and of representa-.
tlves of the proletariat organizations
which was held across the Finnish bor-
der, lasted for thirty hours, adjourn.
ing only an hour ago.
The practical result of the meetine
was a confession that the government
mad proved to be too strong in It's
night against the strikers and the pro.
letariat organizations and that II
would be necessary to organize on a
new basis the armed revolution tc
which the delegates at the meeting
were committed.
IT was admitted that the attempt &c
give battle to the government without
paving made due preparation was q
mistake. and a complete change in tac-
tics was decided upon.
a new council of workmen. consist
ing of $50 members, was elected. SINH
lar councils will be organized every
where, following which a general con-
gress will be called and an elaborate
plan of battle against the government
formulated. In the meantime the
propaganda of the agitators will be
Kept up, especially in the army, tc
show that the proletariat organiza
N'biiS dit III my ltEolNcu Iul u CUl1l-
promise with the government. 1t was
also decided not to take part in the
elections for the douma.
Ask Socialist Support
Just prior to the adjournment OF
the meeting resolution was passed
to turn the anniversary, January 2.
Cred Sunday, into Il day OF mourn
ing. For this purpose an appeal will
be made to the Socialist worknen' s
organization both in Europe and the
United States to manifest their SYM
pathy with the Russian revolutionaries
by holding demonstrations on that
day.
A member Of the workmen's council
with whom the Associated Press cor
respondent converSed after the assem-
bly,, acknowledged that the movement
had been severely crippled by the gov
ernmenr, as many OF the ablest leaders
had either been Killed or arrested. He
said that the movement had lost con-
siderable prestige among the prole-
tariat and that if the present system
Of repression were persisted in II
would be increasingly difficult to dis
seminate the propaganda or further
to organize. The main danger was
that the leaders would be unable tc
gather sufiicierf force to strike a
blow before the meeting of the douma
Nevertheless this informant insisted
that the organizations he represented
were not discourse ged, and that the
fight would be continued until the pro-
letariat achieved n final victory.
Condemned Are Well Guarded
He stoutly maintained that the pol.
icy of repression to which the govern
ment had returned only demonstrated
once again that 1t lacked the mora
support of the public and that thC
sole reliance, as of yore, was on its
rifles and bayonets and cannon.
1--WE now see clearly said this
member Of the Worltmen's council
that nothing definite can he accom-
plished by sporadic uprisings. The
possession of a city such as Moscow
or even st. Petersburg might not
prove decisive. All Russia must rise
at the same time"
In answer to a question as to wheth-
er in the meantime the proletariat or.
ganizations had decided to abandon
their acts of terrorism, the member
of the council replied Significantly:
Perhaps. There have been no act:
of terror, because persons condemned
have nee1 too well guarded"