V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

Date: 1905
Source: Lenin Miscellany, Volume 26
Pages: 316-316

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TO THE ARTICLE “THE ALL-RUSSIAN POLITICAL STRIKE” *
E X T R A C T S  F R O M  “FRANKFURTER ZEITUNG” **
F[rank]f[urt]er Z[eitun]g. 25 X Eve[ning] ed[ition], Telegrams of the St. P[eters]b[urg] Telegraph Agency of
24 X from SPB.
“The Congress of R[ail]w[a]y Employees” elected 2 deputations:
1) to Witte and 2) to Khilkov.
The following representation was drawn up:
“The delegates are the true representatives of the demands of railway employees and w[ork]ers. They represent the entire railway personnel. The times are past when vital qu[esti]ons could be decided by bur[ea]u[c]r[a]t[ic] means. All the demands of the w[orking] cl[a]ss m[ust] b[e] regulated by law, issued by the will of the people and approved by the whole of Russia. There is o[n]ly one solution: the immediate [granting] proclamation of p[o]l[i]t[i]c[a]l guarantees and freedoms and the i[m]m[e]d[i]a[t]e convocation of a constituent assembly on the basis of universal and direct suffrage. The country must not be driven to an a[rm]ed rev[ol]u]tion. Further bloodshed must not be permitted. The people have shed enough blood on the fields of Manchuria and now in all towns, villages and hamlets of Russia. If doubt is expressed as to the right of the delegation to call itself the representative of the entire railway personnel, the delegation reserves the right to express itself to its constituents on the means of achieving a better future.”
And (24) X. Meeting of r[ail]w[a]y[men] at the U[niversi]ty (8,000) appointed for 25 X an all-Russian] s[tri]ke.
W i t t e : against universal] suffrage. Constituent] A[ssembly] now imp[o]ss[i]b]le.
Witte, according to the r[ail]w[a]y[men], “spoke like a true official, prevaricated and said nothing definite.”
SPB. 25 (12). Meeting of 45,000 (r[ail]w[a]y w[orkers] ||
at the U[niversi]ty. Terroristische und aufrührerische Reden *\*