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Show TiBTY MILLION RUSSIANS il VEME OP STARVATION; PEOPLE DEMAND A UIUC M. Alladin in America to Solicit Aid for Revolutionists; Predicts Pre-dicts Greatest Strike in World's History This Year; Promises Prom-ises Made by Government Not fulfilled; Actual, Concerted Rebellion to Follow Strike and Mutiny of Czar's Army. NEW YORK, FEB. 15. ALEXIS ALLADIN, LEADER OF THE PEASANT PEAS-ANT PARTY IN RUSSIA, ARRIVED HERE TODAY. HE PURPOSES TOURING THE COUNTRY LECTURING LECTUR-ING IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM IN RUSSIA. HE ALREADY HAS i BEEN INVITED TO SPEAK AT HAR- VARD AND YALE. ALLADIN SAID THAT HE WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED SUR-PRISED IF THE NEW DOUMA IS NEVER ORGANIZED. "IT IS NOW TOO LATE TO STOP ; THE PROGRESS OF LIBERTY IN RUSSIA," HE SAID. "THE LIBERAL LIBER-AL SENTIMENT IS SO GENERAL THAT IT WILL COME TO THE FRONT IN SPITE OF ALL THE GOVERNMENT GOV-ERNMENT OPPOSITION. "The conditions in Russia have not improved during the last year. Thirty millions of people in Russia are today practically upon the point of starvation, and during March. April and Mhv it is likely that a million people mil die. It is mv desire to appeal to the American people to help my distressed countrymen, country-men, but whatever money mav be raised here. I don't want it to fall into the hands of the Russian (iovernment officials. offi-cials. The American relief committees should have their own representatives in Russia to distrihute the fund-". "If the Russian Government does not grant a constitutional form of government, govern-ment, the greatest strike In the history of the world will follow. It will be a greater strike than that of 1900. There Ills' been a great change among the people. peo-ple. Now they have a central point of i organization and a point of concentra- j tion. If the Government ignores the I demands of the donma, the general j strike will follow. It will be in March or April, and will have the support of ; the navy. I ''The enncessi. ms aked from the I crown hv the last donma have not !een j granted. The Government mnv giant ; some small concessions, hut if there is i a strike, rebellion will follow. The pen pie want personal liberty, freedom of , the press and financial control. The pen- 1 pie will insist upon a republic. The armv will join the naval revolt, which i will he followed by the j t ri k of the railroad employees, the Government trl egraph employees and the working pie.. , pie in nil the large mines and fac- ; tories.'' |