CORRECTIONS IN M. OLMINSKY’S ARTICLE “ECHOES OF ST. PETERSBURG
EVENTS BEYOND THE BORDERS.”
… In Trieste, workers gathered before the Russian consulate to protest the brutality of the Russian government. In Brest, during their demonstration, strikers hurled stones at the Russian consulate building, shouting: “Down with the Tsar! Long live the Russian Revolution!” In virtually every sizable city in Switzerland, rallies were held—filled with deep emotion and resounding protest. In London, a large copper plaque that had adorned the façade of the Russian embassy was torn down. Protests also took place in Italian cities such as Rome, Naples, and others. In Milan, at a massive gathering, all those present burst into applause for the socialist Turati when he voiced his fervent wish for the swift overthrow of tsarist autocracy.
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In No. 4 of “Vpered,” the article concluded with these words. The remaining lines were never printed. Ed.

CORRECTIONS IN M. OLMINSKY’S ARTICLE
129 It is proposed that the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate lodge a formal protest against the St. Petersburg atrocities. In the Italian Parliament, Socialist Deputy Mirabelli expressed his solidarity with the Russian fighters for freedom…
… the warmest approval [for the cause] and the heartfelt wish for the success of the revolution…
… [Despite state-imposed] No borders [despite], no barriers that despots of every nation erect between peoples can ever sever us: for we share the same sufferings, the same aspirations for liberation…
… The Tsar—this hypocrite of humanity, who had falsely proclaimed peace at the Hague Congress—has cast off his mask. To this despotic peacemaker, the thousands of lives he has claimed on the battlefields of Manchuria are but a small price to pay. He hopes to [strengthen] and consolidate his faltering power upon the corpses of working men. Yet these bloody efforts will come to naught! The hour of freedom has struck for the Russian people.
Be courageous, comrades! [Let all the suffering, all the sorrow, all the hatred that have accumulated in your hearts over centuries of exploitation finally find release in the ultimate bounds of your rage!] Give free rein [to your] anger and [to your] hatred—those that have been festering in your hearts through centuries of exploitation, of suffering, and of grief!
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