Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-04
IS THE CAR DOOMED}
Peasant Leaders Say That a
Revolution is at Hand.
LACK FAITH IN THE CROWN
Reign Of Terror Has Already Begun in
Russia, It is Said.
LACK FAITH IN THE CROWN
MARTIAL LAW IN PROVINCES
Many Prominent Men Will Attend
Mass Meeting to Be Held
This Evening.

NEW YORK, March 4-AIexis A,.d,,
iormeriy leader of the peasant Marty IN
INC russian duma, and N w, Tchaykov
eNs' rather of the Russian Revolution ;,
''iheu VI impending revolution in Russi.
oeiore the Ethical Culture Society In Car
,eeie r1ai yesterday morning Mr. Tcbav-
hoVsKy said that the Russian autocracv 70
's over the crater of a volcano" and
.hat even now 1t is too late to avoid viz
ience and bloodshed
reign OF terror had begun in Russia. he
saiu, ana the responsibility for it all rests
justly on the Russian government
49, mas announced that mass meeting
WOULD De held in Carnegie Hall tonight 70
arouse sympathy and interest for the - "
PIG VI RUSSIA In their struggle for Iiherty
! Or Lyman Abbott will preside at the mo-.
h, ms W Wilen Will be addressed, among others
py William Schenelin, DR. FeiiS taIa
george KEENAN,, Mr.. Tchaykovskv NJ
Aladln, Senator La Toilette of WiSnons;
and DR.. Parkhurst "'eeohsih
-. everywhere 1 CO." began Mr.. Aladdin
nave been asked bluntIy the nuastin,
whether the Russians are ever to bs stioh
se-,-goVerning people. AS Russians We are
making progress, even though II NAV no
quire Ten years or a hundred years to bring
about those far-reaching reforms in go,an,
ment and institutions which the trne Iead-
ers or the Russian people realize as a ne
cessity. i
Trust in the Duma.
The whole body of the Russian Mas
antry has no faith in the present minis
ters' and, moreover, the people think that
these ministers should be chosen from the
ranks of the Russian duma, the elected rem
resentatves of the people. We trust onlv
~. W. ,ne yuma, ana we say to our leaders,
GU must not forget that you are the sery-
ants or the people and you must follow our
instructions and present our demands fairly
and justly before the ministers of the gov
eminent" The speaker said that the neo-
pie solmenly promised to uphold the dina
III an demands made in their name to the
car. I'VE will fight and continue to fieht
II necessary. and as long as necessary, not
alone the troops of the car, but Combined
europe and America, as we'll, should we he
forced to face an autocracy upheld and
supported by foreign capital'
what violence there had been in Russia
Mr.. Aladdin said, was to be charged directIv
to the ruling authorities and the resnonsi
bility rested with the crown
Mr.. Tchaykovsky, who followed Mr.
Aiad1n, SAID that the natural aspirations of
the Russian people were directed toward
broader education: yet this had been him
dered and halted by the government. The
peasantry was told that the crown received
..r hign re inspiration from divine sources
This is the doctrine of the Russian church
today, said MI Tchaykovsky. land it is
the burden which the people have to bear"
Under Martial Law.
Mr.. Tchaykovsky charged that circulars
melting the people to riot, especially against
the Jews, had been printed by the million
by presses in the department of the in
terror at ST. Petersburg. THE autocracy
Of Russia and the car had many chances"
said Mr.. Tchaykovsky, yet these thew
have ignored; and only when it is too la te
to mend will they realize the impending
DOOM
The mass meeting tonight will be under
the auspices of the Society of the Friends
of Russian Freedom. According to Mr.
Tchaykovsky, who will speak at the meet
ing, "a out of 81 provinces of Russia are
now under martial law.
To-nights meeting is to be essentially
meeting to express indignation and en-
courage the fight for Russian freedom and
not a meeting to raise funds. The boxes
and reserved seats were given without
charge to those who applied, and any I'M
allotted seats may be obtained without
charge today at the headquarters of the
society at 500 9Th avenue. General adms-
sion tickets for the balconies also may be
obtained at the same place.
The list of persons who have sought and
received boxes includes Mark Twain, Jacob
H. Schiff, Dr. Parkhurst, William Jay
Schieffelin, Isaac N. Seligman. William H.
Maxwell, Bishop Greer. st. Clair Nickel
Cyrus SulZberger, Prof. E. r. A. Seligman,
Alton B. Parker, E. r. L. Gould, Judge
Samuel Greenbaum, Robert E. Ely, Ma
than Blur, Robert Underwood Johnson
Howard s. Cans, F. M. Stein, Edward L.
Lauterbach Rev. Joseph Silverman, Charles
Sprague Smith, w. Franklin Brush and
many others.