| Show RUSSIAN IS COMPELLED TO ACT proletariat seems seema determined t to taht T a k 4 up arms and the issue will B be accepted official statement of governments position petition st petersburg rhe following state ment of the governments position has baa been issued and mai be accepted na as authoritative the government sincerely desired to introduce the now new regime without having recourse to harsh measures but it receded no support from the con or other moderates while the proletariat organizations un der the leadership of the socialists continued their mad campaign in favor of armed rebellion and openly incited the army anti and tin th nav to mutiny the climax of this campaign was reached when efton effii ts ta v m ere made to attack the tha credit of the country la in the midst of a considerable panic had the govern gov ern ment allowed such buch efforts to go unchallenged clial lAngeI it would have precipitated cori complete idlete financial and indest industrial hal ruin after all self preservation is the first law of nature and besides without the restoration of a semblance of order it would be impossible to hold bold the elections for the douma the caso case was a desperate ono one and it demanded a desperate remedy the government believes that tho the radical alms aims of the socialists have the Bim pathy of only a fraction of the population and that it if their leaders should succeed in overthrowing the monarchy and in placing their doctrines la in practice they would be swept out of existence by a counter revola tion alon nevertheless the government is on the horns horna of a dilemma at as no matter how honest its motives in the present presen t state of excitement they are bound to be misrepresented while on the other hand it enough order can be restored to hold the elections eloctio ns the cry will be set et up that the government has adopted this expedient to control the elections and to capture the douma we have taken the only course left open to us ua |
