The Colorado statesman., 1906-07-28
DOUMA REVOLTS
ISSUES REVOLUTIONARY AID.
DRESS TO RUSSIAN PEOPLE.
WOULD STOP TAX PAYMENTS

Calls Upon Russians to Stand Up for
Their Rishts-Government Has No
Right to Summon to Military Serv-
Ice Without Consent of Representa-
tves.
Viborg, Finland-The curtain drop
ped Monday afternoon on the final act
OF the drama of Russia's first Parlia-
ment, when under the spur of the
threat of Governor Rechanberg to use
military force to end the session. and
with troops already converging on the
Hotel Belvedre, where the meeting was
held, the assembled members of the
lower house, 1876 in number, hurriedly
adopted signed address to the people
which is thoroughly revolutionary in
its nature, elected a perpetual execu-
tive committee headed by Prince Paul
Dolgoroukoff, vice-president of the
House, to carry on the work of liber-
alton, and adjourned amid character
istic Russian embracing and kissing.
Following is the text of the parlia-
mentary manifesto:
ITO the People from Their Popular
Representatives:
Citizens of All Russia-Parliamrnt
has been dissolved by ukase of July
I'd. You elected us as your represen-
tatives and instructed us to fight for
our country and freedom. In execu-
tion Of your instruction and our duty
we drew up laws in order to insure
freedom to the people. We demanded
the removal of irresponsible ministers
who were infringing the laws with i'm
punity and expressing freedom. First
of all, however, we wanted to bring
out law respecting the distribution of
land to working peasants and involv-
ing the assignment, to this end, of
crown appanges, monasteries and
lands belonging to the clergy, and COM
pulsory appropriation of private es-
tates. The government held such a
law to be inadmissible, and upon Par
Lament once more urgently putting
forward its resolution regarding COM
pulsory appropriation, parliament was
dissolved.
"The government promises to con-
vene a new Parliament seven months
hence. Russia mrSt remain without
popular representation for seven whole
months, at time when the people are
standing on the brink of ruin and in
dustry and commerce are undermined;
when the whole country is seething
with unrest and when the ministry has
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justice to popular needs. For seven
months the government will act arbi-
trarily and will fight against the pop
ular movement in order to obtain
subservient Parliament. Should it sue
ceed, however, in completely suppress
ing the popular movement the govern
ment will convoke no Parliament at
all.
"Citizens, stand up for your trampled
on rights for popular representation
and for an imperial Parliament. Rus
sia must not remain a day without
popular representation. You possess
the means of acquiring it. The gov
ernment has without the assent of the
popular representatives no right to
collect taxes from the people nor to
summon the people to military service.
Therefore you are the government.
The dissolved Parliament was justi-
fed in giving neither money nor sol
dierS. Should the government, how
ever, contract loans in order to pro-
cure funds, such loans will be invalid
without the consent of the popular rep
resentatives. The Russian people will
never acknowledge them and will not
be called upon to pay them. Accord
ingly, until a popular representative
Parliament is summoned do not give
kopec to the throne or soldier to
the army. Be steadfast in your re-
fusal No power can resist the united,
infeXible will of the people.
Citizens, in this obligatory and un-
avoidable struggle your representa-
tives will be with you"