Show IS WELLED TO proletariat seems ned to up arms and the issue will be accepted official statement of governments posit on st petersburg the following state ment of the government s position has been issued and may be accepted as authoritative the government sincerely desired to introduce the new regime without having recourse to harsh measures but it received 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 and 11 navy to mutiny the climax of this campaign was reached when efforts were made to attack the credit of the country in the midst of a considerable panic had the govern ment allowed such efforts to go un challenged it would have precipitated complete financial and industrial ruin after all self preservation is the first law of nature and besides with out the restoration of a semblance of order it would be impossible to hold the elections tor the douma the case vas a desperate one and it demanded a desperate remedy the government believes that the radical aims of the socialists have the sympathy of only a fraction of the population and that if their leaders should succeed in overthrowing the monarchy and in placing their doc trines in practice they would be swept out of existence by a counter revola tion nevertheless the government la on the horns of a dilemma as no matter how honest its motives in the present state of excitement they are bound to be misrepresented while on the other hand if enough order can be restored to bold the elections the cry will be set up that the government has adopt ed this expedient to control the elec alons and to capture the douma we have taken the only course left open to us |