A note about the All-Russian railway strike.

An example of bourgeois-democratic (one of the most liberal and democratic newspapers in Germany) stupidity.

What is this strike for? Surely only damage to economic interests.

On the participation of gymnasium students in student gatherings. These exaggerations will only lead to setbacks!

"Whether this undertaking (of the All-Russian railway congress: political strike) will have more success than all previous similar strike attempts remains to be seen. Certain is only an enormous damage to economic interests. How political needs are to be promoted by this is difficult to see." Quoted from the speech of a worker at the St. Petersburg gathering on 18 October at the University (from the St. Petersburger Zeitung; — unclear, either a revolutionary Social Democrat or an anarchist.

Then a note about a meeting at the University of gymnasium students, etc.

..."It is to be feared that such and similar exaggerations will give cause for unpleasant setbacks."

Translation.

"Frankfurter Zeitung". Monday 23 October 1905. Evening edition.

A note about the All-Russian railway strike.

An example of bourgeois-democratic (one of the most liberal and democratic newspapers in Germany) stupidity. What is this strike for? Of course only harm to economic interests.

On the participation of gymnasium students in student gatherings. These excesses will only lead to reverse results.

"Whether this undertaking (of the All-Russian railway congress: political strike) will yield more results than similar attempts that have occurred so far, the future will show. Only the extraordinary harm to economic interests is clear. How political demands are to be satisfied by this is difficult to foresee." ... Quoted from the speech of a worker at the St. Petersburg gathering on 18 October at the University (from the "St. Petersburger Zeitung") — unclear, either a revolutionary Social Democrat or an anarchist. Then a note about a meeting at the University of gymnasium students, etc.

..."It must be feared that such excesses will give cause for unpleasant consequences."

Frankfurter Zeitung. Evening edition.

Telegrams from the St. Petersburg Telegraph Agency of 24 October from St. Petersburg.

"The congress of railway employees" elected 2 deputations: 1) to Witte and 2) to Khilkov.

The following representation was worked out:

"The delegates are the true representatives of the demands of railway employees and workers. They represent the entire railway personnel. The times have passed when vital questions could be decided by bureaucratic means. All demands of the working class must be regulated by law, issued by the will of the people and approved by all of Russia. There is only one solution: the immediate proclamation of political guarantees and freedoms and the immediate convocation of a Constituent Assembly on the basis of universal and direct suffrage. The country must not be driven to armed revolution. Further bloodshed must not be allowed. The people have shed enough blood on the fields of Manchuria and now in all cities, villages and towns of Russia. If doubt is expressed about the right of the delegation to call itself the representative of the entire railway personnel, then the delegation reserves the right to speak before its constituents about the means of achieving a better future." (11 (24) October)

A meeting of railway workers at the University (8000) appointed a general strike for 25 October.

Witte against universal suffrage. Constituent Assembly now impossible.

Witte, according to the railway workers, "spoke like a true bureaucrat, equivocated and said nothing definite."

St. Petersburg. 25(12). Meeting of 15,000 railway workers at the University.

Terroristic and seditious remarks.