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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1905
Page
4
St Petersburg on January 23 reports city streets lit only by camp fires with troops stationed in hundreds of streets. Large squares resemble bivouacs and planned revolutionary acts, including arson, are feared as lighting plants are shut down.
Reports say German arsenals store cannons to aid revolutionists in Russia. In St Petersburg, troops control key areas while Father Gopon leads workers toward a political petition and a planned palace square meeting amid rumors of mutinies in Moscow and Finland regiments.
In a prophetic open letter to the czar Tolstoy argues that coercion cannot govern people. True rule comes from guiding the mass from evil to good, from darkness to light, and directing them toward attainable aims. He emphasizes leadership at the forefront of humanity’s progressive flow.
A Russian revolutionary proclamation printed in St Petersburg circulated to America, found in Boston with Alexander Cohn of Leverett Street as recipient. The document calls workers to strike, denounces autocracy, and urges liberty while condemning war with Japan and the czar’s regime. It ends noting a laxative product name and price.
Andrew D. White, former ambassador to Russia, says the Czar is weak and surrounded by advisers who hide truth. He argues the empire cannot be governed by one man for 140 million people amid war, taxes, and unrest, and predicts limits on Russia’s rulers may not last long.
An advertisement proclaims a guaranteed cure for piles including itching bleeding and protrusion with refund if Pazooint ment fails in 6 to 14 days. The price is 50 cents.
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