BESTIAL BLOOD-BIBBERS !

NZ Truth, Issue 158, 27 June 1908, Page 1

BESTIAL BLOOD-BIBBERS !

Labor 's Protest Against Russian Ruthlessness.

,The daily ' press j and various other so-called. Liberal organs of cpyetpus capitalism, expressed < tbeinselves' as shocked v at; the recent conduct of those members pf the House ■of Pbmpaons who made a- scene in' protesting against King EdWatd's Visit to Russia. Not only did tliose journals express.. >#fieir^ - l; • scandalised" Je£l&gs>in leading 1 articles ; they tarefully edited ■their;> i c^tiießrams; # : - i sd^ -'as to express even mipre r^iensi/tii<>n; i In the headings to the cabtegrajns ■ recording , the energetic p.rofe^ts imiade by the members of the: L^'o^' Party, we are told that the Liberkl' place.n*an, Sir iEXWard; Grey* made a.'-'fihe speech-' m reply to the Laibor v meirithat the: Labor policy, with; re 1 . gard to Russia was one' ;of "pinnricks/' and thai; the Sp^ervqfvthe House- of' Oommons (anotbfer highlypaid placeman) admindstered a ."dignifipd^' rebuke^ Mr; milliam Thorne, a Lajbor member '6f the House of Ccnnimotis, who ■- wSs > p.a,rV ticularly emphatic m his'tdehuncia" tion of 'the tonduct of the -jGpy^rnment m advising, ike King r^to i: y£sit Russia, m spite" of. allc guff, gaunamon, 1 -^sh, and quiver pf^u^tra^ Usian daily new^^pers of 'tbe Liberal variety; I f^iipV^ery tlie J 'organised W:orkdng clasfegs of this country appear..to be ia syHxpeMiit with! the British Labor, 'protect, against .the conduct pf the! lucrpus Liberal placemen m power 'm England, m sending the Kirn;? to Russia. The Labor members of the Britisji House, of dommsoiiSj having repeatedly protested, by "memorial" .as well as by question!, by a "scene," and by other ' methods, ag-ainst the official sending of tMrKinK to Russia, got on opportunity to force the matter- to a „v<>te. Labpr-memtoer O'Qraiiy moyed a reduction of the = Foreign .Office vote. . ;.,!I3iis; it done to enable memibers pjE'-i|ip $Lqv^qto protest against the obn&krt, qf ,tbe| Imptltial Qoverntaent m hay iflife. sent the King 6n an official .visit tpßiiSr Sia, 'and m haying entered; " intb.^ a '.'convention", with Russia^ , Durxnj^ the \deWatei' Sir , Edward^' d-rey;...as-i---sert?d'. tha-f /.the/. Anßlo^Russian ,C^-, yeotion was. of yaljie as .a 'pb^tcy „,ot, peace, and,' lmowing. that he wjis: sure of .the" f suppbi;t of. all tne^^orjiesl m the House, as, well as of-mbst r "^6v ■the nvemhers of;,his>own,,parj[iyv hetde:, clared; that : he was prepated'-"% stand br^fall by the polipy '-p^v t>M ; agreement." After Tpry-liead^r ' 'B.al-' four .had endorsed all thajfc Grey ,..l(ast said, keir vHardifcs/ referredV'to iht, atr'ociiSes perpetrated by .the'' Cza:, and his, Government, and tois is s^i* Ito -have made ! a ,"sfeene."";, ; ; .ths' vote was.^ taken, and' it was' foiini that JtovirteenV. Radical memibers c£ Grey's, own party had voted wfthvthj Labor .and .t|iai(; twenty;'i twp m^naibers of the_ party.'of ! Trisji ' NatioiiaLiiSts ,' had "also : ;yote&: fbf • dr^ra.'^v'fs-. amendmehii. Of 'course, ) itfee was not carried; but ;sO^radyj^:Th;orne. and Keir : Hard-je i;Jia% dbji^ilieir duty m eofceriiif: their ■^^06nrahiattc protest against i pblile ■^antß'fr^ny wtidi 1 , We- tctif.<.creant9; Jin, f power m Russiif.' r> lt"'f§ , ,no| ishewaliies of Russian official mu!cuderers ifet British Liberals oufht i) --■'fee. but^iwieir denouncers arid, ifafedi ': t *p£-i i?hel)p:'e^ecuti^ners; . Ttie Fre^vin ' 3 'R^p;ublic|Ljri ■ "'Gpve^nmeTit of ITS w^dJ^BpJl;, 'have entered iinffco frfen'iwitWa lor^gn goyertIrtcOMit^ttvaj .was slanghteaane; :-JatroMis UaSftthe Bussjan <3bvernm4?nt is siaugii^terißfe^^cpb|ns. and S>vfeial Dgn^c^ats ; $& French' Govert-, ' v^e^^ ; Wftild r have hurled ; its ' ''cp>s4ViPt§\..|.o'ldiers" at the throats' >f the Riissiaiil rulers ; and thus let tie world see. that there was /a "Ppwjr capable of properly punishing a, ctiivinal Goyernment. . • The Czar and his Ministers, " e^r since the great" strikes m 1905 tiit compelled the , Czar 'to establish a ; Douma. -have been engaged m sistematically sjayins peasants, wo^iii«f Wen, and men ot education wio WeEe^ leaders, or might be.regardedis ; leaders, afcaong their fellowmen. 'Vxq\ firs|>.'potlma showed that the .gr^t; miajority of- the people of Russia wee! the Soldiers, and hordes of hobligsss [ and cruel criminals organised as he Union of ttie Russian People. Thset tordes were, more cooMnoiily.linowi; as the Black ., Hundreds. The soldirs ; were loyal to the Government similv Jjecau^se there was no reyplution^y organisation possessing funds for he! payment of the army. Owing to 'he; din^ciilty Experienced by. the Russan; Government m finding funds, for ihe' paymeftt of the soldiers, there w& a

probability of the army revolting, When the; precious Liberal vG6yernmtent of' Gi6at Britain raised the credit of the ruling assasins of Rus-r ilia by entering into the agreement called the Anglo-Russian Convention-! -This is the work of a party.: the Liberal Party, that 'made, mjuch political capital for itself by howlin^/ about alleged' Bulgarian i atrociities ! This is. the party, too, .which was so severely shocked by the rer ported iniquities of Abdul the Damned •!• Every day since the dissolution of the first Dpuma, the. blood of white men has -been poured out like water by the Czar Nicholas and his hired mkufderers; yet Liberals, leading" members of the party that shrieked for . European- intervention m the affairs of the Ottoman Empire, say, that "the Russian system of Government is improving." and that "it ..is no part of the -British' Government's business to interfere m the internal affairs of a friendly nation !'*.'■ The Liberal Party is, indeed, an organised hypocrisy ! . . ■''. ' # ■.'■'• - ■ * . .;'■•. jbTpw let us look, at some- of. the facts as to the murderous activity ot the Russian Government that Mr Keir Hardie was, by a ruling; of the Speaker that the former, very .prop-? erly, termed a cUrtailmjent of the rißhts of the House, prevented from laying before the House of Comanpns. Mr Keir Hardie soussht to enumerate the slayings perpetrated by the Rus-. •sian Government, and to . suggest that Great Britain- should withdraw its ambassador as a protest. The Speaker ruled Mr Hardie out of order. Wfell, the incompjlete lists published m the newspapers of St. Petersburg and Moscow .show that •.during 1 1907 there were no fewer than 11,086 victims of the Czar's cutthroajts, an average of 922 a month, ■lor. 30 a day. These are apart from those' niurdeted' ; by Black Hundreds .rand other f -bands of miscreants. " The -names of the courts that have, sentenced the victims, and the ■ sentences passed; are thus given m the April; tissue of a European monthly jreview : — :. > I £.■,?. 1 4' i! IP' ! .. ":■;■■ "..: , ... b PP4 & a Extraordinary Courts- ; Matt»l -M. ••• •••• ; ' 247 * 212 !32' -^ i Ordanaiiy OourtsiMar- - tial '^- ■-■.'.■;« \i: : ... 5384 1480-1890 284 Senate'- ' ; "\i£ .*.'.' ;;; > ; -38 ■ — • r 26 12! ;i?neSdudebnya J Palati 2240 — \ 293 148 ; Tba'AssizQ Court .to 3107 « i — 181 If ■rt^^W- v ■ "sr ■:■ i Most of | the sentences, it .will be ; seen, were passed by military trijbunals. An examination ot-- the: exact sentences shows that the /Govern? meat was somewhat afraid' of the Second Douma" At the beginnings of the year, befpite' tKat Douma met, tKe , shed, blood like a slau^termaru but; „ w.hen the Efbuine, mel£ the bloodshed' decreased.,;;; lPieii thel;Se6o]n.d Ifeu'mia was dissolved, the •blood? of the Government's victims w^s a|gain;poured out by tlie Czaj's mltcteg^ .D'Sumii;:.-;li^-ever, "ha§ t>een obtained by' sueh J impudent, gerrymandering of the electorateg, r and, ; s;uoh, audaci.ou? resrtricjbiohs of v jßlecsdrai^ .qu^ii^cations, that it consists largely of supporters of the Goyteramen't. This being the case, the'. . slauigjhter increased . during the si-tfeing.ip| the Third Doufiaa/ Evidently, „ the' ;' Russian Government' fully repbgoised that the Third Douma consisted mainly of its own creatures. Here is a. list' of the pfEences ; of y^bich the accused persons were convicted,. together with the sentences passed upon' the offenders : — „ ■:■:■■- , r -. B RPh & Q „ Oca •1. — Taking part m action on the 'masses- ..'.'■ i.i 2297 207 805 123 1862 2i— Agiarian niovenient ..'. 2846 2 89 — 2805 3.-— Belonging to - Socialist organisations... . ... 2333' 65 628 258 1392 4.=— Terrorism and resisting the police 1257 1686 384 14 178 5. — Attacking ' persons ... ... 1162 612 443 15 92 : e.T-^Agrarian ter- , ... ... 188 75 87 2 24 7. '—Press offences 175— — 1 174 B— Other causes 108 55 36 — 17 ■' ■•■ ■ i -' ■'■> :. " ••■■'■ *■.• - • •• ■ ■ •■ •' Not only ha§ the Russian Government let loose its hired official mur-

derers among tfie peasants and the. city working men, but it bas even seized rnfembers 'i$ the First and- Sec-. dpi D&iijhia.- iTdi fewer than 211 of these were seized; 17 (vfjere sentenced to 76 years' hard; labor, 10 to be deported, eight to be detained m a fortress, and four- of them, who were priests, were sentenced to be unfrocked. What wis done with the rest of th^ .„' prosecuted members of the Parliament of Russia, the review from , which we have quoted, (■'•'Lia Tribune Russ?' ') does not say ; but, as the Russian jG-overnmertt loves, to swim m blood, it is possible that they were- slain. Here is-, a list of the occupations :of all the ■; victims m 1907.:— 'J. •'■■-■ V' ■• Peasants „...- ....'.'.. V ..; ... ±404 Soldiers .'.-• v. ...'^ .>..... V ••• & 130 Working meu v ... /. .v. ... L ?■• 1603 Lower middle class /.i.,, .«.,./;. •:.* — ; &99 Students ... \'.7 - . , i. '•?■?•• ' ■■»•• •** 4 46 Members of the .professions *.!: ... 378 Deputies m first and second Douinas ail Writers m newspapers ';,'.. ...• ..* "... 176 Womsn . "~ .....,..» iy.^ -••••'•- i?jj Civil servants „. ~. .— r •»; *•• 15b Prisoners „. ' .~* ; s..'w«. WH Nobles ..." w ... •-./ ..y .■'... ...... '<" Merchants ... .« ... •>«' ••• .— «< 1S Priests ... ... -»• r .- .»•;■> -..;.'... . lii Foreigners ' ... ~; ~ •..••'., .~ ■•• '•• Occupations unknown' „...".■'•■•■ ••• »•• 4 58 It will he seen that .the Russian Government has, m spijte of the ; allefeed loyaliby of the army, had to make victims of 2130 soldiers ; and, although the Russian?/- ( Gt>vermn.ent sometimes poses as "holy," 12T*>f its victims were priests, besides thosepriests who. were deputies to the Dousha. -T^welve of the victim's were "foreigners,", which fact. ; would have? led to "international complications,' 1 , were it not for the further fact that, all ihe. Xjovernments of Europe are m? a capspiracy against the very parties that the tyrant Cxar and'i Ms criminal creatures are now encaged m imprisoriing or killing. Judging by the figures published m /the newspapers of St- Petersburg Mioscow there were 1654 ' more victims :of the Czar m 1907 than m 1906. The facts that we have- mentioned fully Justify.' v the British' L/albor 'Paxty m its action, and they also justify the Central Executive of the^ Political Iyabor Council of Victoria m having' passed th'e followitig resolution ;— That the executive heartily congratulates the British Labor Party upon its timely and 'well-warranted protest l against the proposed visit of the King to the Czar ot Russia. That the time has arrived when Christian nations— which are always ready to intervene on bbhalf of the oppressed Turkish, Persian and Chinese Don-Chris-tlan subjects— should assert the right, and recognise.' the duty of bringing diplomatic pressure to bear on rulers whose policy outrages the' better sense of humanity; and, further, that the Government of Australia— Which has never hesitated' to fiiake its voice heard 6i questions of Imperial policy— rshould intimate .to< the British- ; Government tHat ttie Oommonwealth is not a disinterested .. spectator of the' Czar's, atrocities, ; nor rdo its people approve of their Sovereign fextend;ing thq hand of friendship to a despot whpse rule is based on repression and violence. , ■ : ■•• i At tie back of England's! rlakt war with Russia was financial Liritrigiue ; the War with Russist m the „ Crimea ' was, m origin, one of the most disgraceful of. Britain's modern wars. If.: hQWeVer,,Gi;eat Britain J were to withdraw h^c"irb.bassjador fronv the Russian Court, as siie did • her representatiy^^f rom the Court after .^he assassination of the King and .Qiieen 6i Servia, she , would ■• be ; doing, . sofeieihinß ■ much more justifiable m- the, case of Russia tihaia she did m. that of Servia. If : t England had m power ■ a truly humane Government;, it* would have no "conYehtib'^^ with the Russian governing cam(ar^a-:vC)t assassins ; on the contrary, :W would, r call upon France, which his hot entirely forgotten its heroic reyplutionary history, and upon Germany, w-hose diplomatic' designs^do'lno.tt t entirely: accord with those of Russia, to say, m concert with Britain,^Wh^tier It is not time that the* civilised ' Governments of Europe should put a stop to the garotting of the people of Russia by a ooptoolling camarilla of conscience^ less criminals. <, ':'