The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-07-27

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money and repudiate further loans.
While the st. Petersburg newspa-
pers have copies of the address it Is
not probable that they will print it
today, as police are keeping close
watch over them, fth orders to
prohibit the issuing6f any edition
not approved by the censor. Fur
ther efforts are being made to cup
press it in the outside cities and to
nullify the fears of the populace.
Efforts are being made to form a
provisional government, which
will be an enlarged council Of min
letters, composed of the-leading men
of the empire and conservative mem.
bers Of the deposed lower house of
parliament.
When the people come to the full
realization of the act Of the czar In
dissolving their douma, they will
break forth in revolution, which
will mean gigantic upheaval of
the country. Slow to comprehend
the full force of the blow dealt them,
it has not dawned upon the people
at large as yet.
The news that ukase calling for
a general election, 10 be held the
first week 10 December, when new
douma will be chosen, and the re-
port that by dissolving parliament
the czar did not intend to take that
body away from the people, is re-
garded as strong counter move on
the part of the government to as
sist in holding the people in check.
Reports from Odessa show the
situation there to be very dark and
the Jews in state Of panic. The
anti.Jswish programme has already
started and 1t is stated that great
destruction Of property and a mas.
sacre is inevitable.
From the killing Of Coesack the
trouble arose and six Jsws have al
ready been killed, three of them
while defending their property. The
houses and shops are being looted
In the Jewish quarter by the Cos
sacks and General Kanlbars pre-
diets that the str, cts of o 1essa will
run knee.dt ep in blood. He stated
to the Jews, when they came to him
for protection, that be could vouch
for the good Conduct Of his own
troops, but could do nothing regard
ing the assaults of the Co sacks and
Christian civilians.
News of liots In the PROVINCES of
Orel and Vernezh has been receiv-
ed re-. The peasants are being
slaughtered by the hundreds by the
soldiers and total Of 500 killed is
already reported. The soldiers are
shooting down the peasants who are
bravely resisting while armed with
the only weapons they have, scythes
and pitchforks. The. reports Of the
deeds committed by the soldiers
are full Of horror, being of relent
less and bloodthirsty cruelty, of St
tacks upon unarmed women and
children and the slaughter cf de-
ferseless old men and boys.
The following is the text of the
douma to the Russian people:
"To the People from Their Pop.
ular Representatives-Citizsns of
all Russia: Parliament has been
dissolved by uksse of July 81. You
elected Us as your representatives
and instructed US to fight for our
c. euntry aud freedom. In execu-
tion of your instructions and our
duty, We drew up laws in o-der to
insure freedom to the people. We
de m ,nded the removal of lrrespons.
ible ministers, who we're infringing
the laws with impunity and op-
pressiog freedom.
"First Of all, however, we wanted
to bring out law respecting the
distribution of land to working
peasants and involving the assign
ment, to this end, of crown appan.
ages, mooasteries and lands belong
ing to the clergy and compulsory
expropria ton of private estates.
The government held such law tc
be inadmissa5le, and upon parlia'
ment once more urgently putting
forward its resolution regarding
compulsory appropriation, parlia'
ment was dissolved.
"The government promises te
tconvene a rev parliament sever
months hence. Russia must Rs
main without popular representa-
Ilion for seven whole months, at &
time when the people are standing
on the brink of ruin and industry
and commerce are undermined
when ths whole country is seethins
with unrest and when the ministry
has definitely shown its incapacitJ
to do justice to popular needs. Fol
seven months the government vii
act arbitrarily and will fight agains
the popular movement in order t.
/ obtain nliahle snhservient parlia