The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-08-02
ARMY AND Navy
ASKED TO RE0ALT
Radicals Issue a Stirring Ad.
dress Which May Have
Weight.
USE STRONG
Calls Government illegal and Criminal
Premier Ssolypin Orders Gov
ernors to Collect All
Taxes.

St Petersburg. Aug. 1.-The full
text OF the appeal To the army and
navy. adopted July % by the radical
group OF the outlawcd parliament In
conjunction with the central commit
tees OF the proletariat organizations, In
as follows:
soldiers and Sailors: The govern
mcnt has by imperial command dis
solved parliament. Troops have been
assembled from NIL sides TO opprcss the
people AMI obtain land and liberty. But
tho emperor would not listen to the
elected OF the people. lie hcarkened to
his former councillors. grand dukes.
ministers. generals n wealthy land
owners. who did not want to give up
their lands. their properties. their cmol-
umcnts and their irresponsible power.
People Divided.
Russia ~ now divided into two
parts. ON one side IL the vast ma
jority. all the peasants. workmcn. al.
the poor. oppressed. best educated and
most enlightened citizens. soldiers,
who see most clearly. best officers. all
martyrs In Jailn. Including many thou
sand soldiers m Eailors. ON the other
side H. "A collection of opprcssors such
as Trcpon. Pooicdonostsen and Man
churlan generals who ran away from
the Japanese. but who fired on the
people al Moscow. and odessa and Ia
hlta. petty government officials.
police spies: and tine whole black nun
dred and these rely on your strength To
beat down the whole Russian people.
VIII you shoe the people. shed the
blood Of people. transfx the peoples
breasts with ~bayonets;
Remember you are children OF peas
ants. that ut the same time I'm rs VII
lagos where you were born your own
brothers who nrc remaining At home
are also a~gitnting. also demanding land
liberty: that the government IN send
ing their troops TO shoot n beat
them.
Soldiers in Bondage.
why viii you defend the govern
mcnt? DO you. yourselves. live so weily
Are YOU not yourselves IN IA state of
servItudcg You are In worse bondage
than the others. YOU are given slaVish
employment as officers servants, you
nrc tormcnttd with discipline. for every
free word yCu are sent To hard labor
or shot.
we are the representatives OF the
people and wished Ia promulgatc laws
providing for the reduction Of the term
az military service 10 two years. nboli'
tinu OF soldiers employed ~ servants.
Tor payment 81 monthly wages To sol
dIers. and effective prevention OF All
insults To rank and Gle by those placed
over them. We wished To improve the
10, uf the soldiers. but the Ercnt aim
before US was 10 improve thc lot "i
tho whole working population. To rr'.
vent all this the government FASTENED
to dissolve parliament.
soldiers md sailors. We the lcEally
elected representatives 90 the peasants
and w"urkiugm-n dcclar" 4" YOU that
without parliament the government ~
illagal. orders which u may NOW Is
sue ~" no lc-ul force
I'VE call on YOU:
"Flrxtly-to cease to obey the Illegal
government. To- actively oppose II in
conjunction with us. and the whole ~
the poor population. You have taken
oath 60 defend the htheriand.
stand beside Us for land and
liberty.
Criminal and Traitor.
''Sccondly-Auy man who shoots at
the people IL a criminal. traitor and
enemy 81 the people. We INFORM all
such IN the name of their fathers u
brothers hey will not he allowed Ia
return To their homes and that over
;hcir names viii hang external curse
OF the people.
'Thirdiy-The government has en-
tered into negotiations with the Ger
mau ana Austrian empcrors, 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 rs now
the limits OF law.
Soldiers ana Sailors: our sacred
IL To free the Russian people from
the trcacherous government n defend
parliament. Every man falling in this
holy war will cover himself with ctcr-
nal fame. The Russian people will
bless his name. In this struggle your
elected representatives will be with
you.
''Rc brave for the fathcrland. FOR the