The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
DEFEATED THIS TIME
 BUT WILL REORCANIzE
RUSSIAN WORKMEN ADMIT THB GOVERNMENT HAS PROVED
 roo STRONG.

Meeting of the Worl1men's Council and
 Representatives of the ProIetariat
 Across the Finnish Border Lasts
 Thirty-six Hours--Decides Upon
 Complete Change i'm Tactics--A New
 Council Chosen--Propaganda to be
 Kept Up.
 St. Petersburg, Jan. 4-2:40 a. m.- The general meeting of the .workmen's council and of representatives of the proletariat organizations which was held across the Finnish border lasted for thirty-six hours, adjoining only an hour ago. The practical result of the meeting was confession that the gov ernment had proved to be too strong in its fight against the strikers and the proletariat organizations and that 1t would be necessary to organize on new basis the armed revolution to which the delegates at the meeting were committed, 1t was admitted that the attempt to give battle to he gov ernment without having made due prep aration was a mistake, and a complete change in tactics was decided upon. A new council of workmen consisting of 15O members was elected. Similar councils will be organized everywhere, following which a general congress will be called and an elaborate plan of bat tie against the government formulated. In the meantime the propaganda of the agitators will be kept up, especially in the army, in order to show that the proletariat organizations are firmly re- ernment. It was also decided not to take part in the elections for the douma.
 Just prior to the adjournment of the meeting a resolution was passed to turn the anniversary of January 22 ("Red Sunday into day of mourning For this purpose an appeal will be made to the socialist workmen's organizations both in Europe and the United States to manifest their sympathy with the Russian revolutionaries by holding demonstrations on that day
 A member of the workmen's council with whom the Associated Press con- ferred after the meeting, acknowledged that the movement had been severely crippled by the government, as many of the ablest leaders had either been killed or wounded. He said that the meeting las lost considerable prestige among the proletariat, and that if the present system of repression were per- sisted in it would be Increasingly diffl- cult to disseminate the propaganda or to further organize. The main danger was that the leaders would be unable to gather sufficient force to strike a blow before the meeting of the Douma. 1 Nevertheless, this informant insisted | that the organizations he represented were not discouraged, and that the | fight would be continued until the pro- | letariat achieved final victory He stoutly maintained that the policy of repression to which the government had returned crly demonstrated once again that it lacked the moral support of the public, and that sole reliance, as of yore, vas on it's rifles and bayonets and cannon.
 we now see clearly" said this member of the woIkmen's council, that nothing definite can be accomplished 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 whether in the meantime the proletariat organ izatlons had decided to abandon their acts of terrorism. tnc member of the council replied significantly;
 Perhaps. There have been no acts of terror because the persons condemn ed have been too well guarded"