The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-03
ARMY AND NAVY
ASKED TO REOAL7
Radicals Issue a Stirring Ad.
dress Which May Have
Weight.
USE STRONG LANGUAGE
Calls Government Illegal and Criminal
Premier Stolypin Orders Gov
ernors to Collect All
Taxes.

ST. Petersburg, Aug. 1.-The full
text of the appeal to the army and
navy. adopted July 81 by the radical
group of the outlawed parliament in
conjunction with the central commit
tees of the proletariat organizations, is
as follows:
Soldiers and Sailors: The govern
ment has by imperial command dis
solved parliament. Troops have been
assembled from all sides to Cypress the
people and obtain land and liberty. But
h emperor would not listen to tho
elected of the people. He ~hearkened to
his former councillors, grand dukes,
ministers, generals and wealthy land
owners who did not want to give up
their lands, their properties. their emol-
umentS and their irresponsible power.
People Divided.
Russia is now divided into two
parts. on one side is the vast ma
jority. all the peasants, workmen, all
The POOR, oppressed, best educated and
most enlightened citizens, soldiers.
who see most clearly, best officers, all
sand soldiers and sailors. On the other
side is n collection of oppressors such
as Trepotf, P-obiedonoStseff and Man.
churian generals who ran away from
the Japanese, but who fired on the
people at MOSCOW. II Odessa and Ia
Illld, petty NeIIlllltll OlllClcllS,
police spies; and the whole black hun-
dred and these rely on your strength to
beat down the whole Russian people.
Will you shoot the people, shed the
blood of people, transtiX the peoples
breasts with bayonets?
Remember YOU are children of peas
ants; that at the same time in the viii
lagos where you We're born your own
brothers who are remaining at home
are also agitating; also demanding land
liberty; hat the government is send
ing their troops to shoot and beat
them.
Soldiers in Bondage.
"vvhy will you defend the govern
ment? DO you, yourselves, live SO Well?
Are you not yourselves in a state of
servitude? You are in worse bondage
han the others. You are given slaVlsh
employment as officers servants. YOU
are tormented with discipline, for every
free word you are sent to hard b
or shot.
I'VE are the representatives of the
people and wished to promulgate laws
providing for the reduction of the term
of military service to two years, aboli-
ton OF soldiers employed as servants,
for payment of monthly age TO SOL
diers. and effective prevention of all
insults to rank and file by those placed
over them. We wished to improve the
lot of the soldiers, but the great aim
before us was to improve the lot OF
the whole working population. 10 pre-
vent all this the government fastened
to dissolve parliament.
Soldiers and sailors. we the legally
elected representatives of the peasants
and workingmen declare to you hat
without parliament the government is
illegal. Orders which it may now is
sue have ne lega. force"
We call on you:
"Firstly-to cease to obey the illegal
government, to actively oppose 1t in
conjunction With us, and the whole of
the poor population. You have taken
oath to defend the fatherland,
stand beside US for land and
liberty.
Criminal and Traitor.
the people is a criminal. traitor and
enemy of the people. We inform all
sue in the name of their fathers and
brothers they will not be allowed to
to their homes and that over
their anne will hang external curse
of the people.
"Thirdly-1he government has en-
tered into negotiations with the Ger
man and Austrian emperors, and Ger
man troops are ready to invade our
country to defend the government
which opposes the people with the
power of foreign arms. By such ne
gotiations we declare the government
has betrayed the country and is now
outside the limits of law.
Soldiers and Sailors: You sacred
duty is to free the Russian people from
the ~treacherous government and defend
parliament. Every man falling in this
holy war will cover himself With eter-
nal fame. The Russian people will
bless his name. In this struggle your
elected representatives will be with
you.
people, and for the land and liberty
against the criminal government"