The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-31
Bourse Fairly stsady Yesterday.
RED APPEAL TO ARMY AND NAVY
1t Calls on Them Not to Cypress Their
Own People--Praises Parliament.

The text OF the appeal to the army
and navy adopted July ~ by the radi-
cal groups Of the outIawed parliament.
in conjunction with the central commit
tees IF the proletariat organizations, is
as follows;
Soldiers and saiIors-The govern
ment has BY imperial command dissolved
parliament and troops have been assem-
bled from all sides to Cypress the peo-
pie by armed force. The peoples repre-
sentatiyes were elected to lay before the
emperor the needs Of the people and
to obtain land and liberty But the
emperor would not listen to the elected
former councillors, the grand dukes,
ministers, generals and the wealthiest
Of the land owners, who did not want
to give up their lands, their properties.
their emoluments and their irresponsible
power Russia is now divided into two
parts. On one side i the vast ma
iority, all peasants and workmen. all
the poor and oppressed the best edu-
Gated and the most enlightened citizens,
the soldiers who see the most clearly.
the best officers and all the martyrs IN
the iails, including many thousands Of
soldiers and sailors. On the other side
are oppressors, such as Trepoif, Pobe-
donostsef and the Manchurian generals,
who ran away from the Japanese but
who fired on the people at Moscow and
Odessa, the petty government officials, the
police spies. and the black hundred. and
these rely on your strength to beat down
the whole Russian people. VIII YOU
bn ~.
breasts with bayonetsf Remember that
YOU are the children of peasants, and
that at the same time, in the villages
where you were born, your own brothers
who are remaining NJ home are also
demanding land and liberty, and That
the government Is sending other troops
TO shoot and beat them.
Soldiers and sailors, we, the legally
elected representatives Of the peasants
and workmgmen, declare 10 YOU that
without parliament the government is
illegal. Orders which ii may now issue
have no legal force We call on YOU:
ITO cease to obey the Illegal govern
ment and to actively oppose il in con-
junction with us and the whole Of the
poor population. You have taken an
oath TO defend the fatherland. Stand
beside Us for land and liberty.
Any man who shoots at the people
y criminal, traitor and the enemy
of the people.
I'VE inform all such, in the name Of
their fathers and brothers. TINT they
will not be allowed to return to their
homes and that over their names will
hang the eternal curse 81 the people.
"Ihe government entered into nego-
tiations with the Austrian and German
emperor and German troops are ready
to invade our country to defend the
government which opposes the people
with the power Of foreign arms. BY
such negotiations. we declare the gov
crnnGnt has betrayed The country and
is now outside the limits OF The law.
Soldiers and sailors, your sacred duty
IS 20 free the Russian people from the
treacherous government and defend par
linment, Every man falling ia this
holy war win cover himself with eter-
nal fame and the Russian people viii
bless his name. In this struggle your
elected president win be with yon. Be
brave for the fatherland, for the people
and tot land and liberty against the
criminal government"