Page:Lars Henning Söderhjelm - The Red Insurrection in Finland in 1918 - tr. Annie Ingebord Fausbøll (1920).djvu/104

 "But Finland's Working Class will never become thralls under such a terrible yoke of reaction. Such a heinous attempt at a State-stroke must break down ignominiously. And complete oppression has now begun. This dangerous, reactionary oppression force must be rooted out and rendered innocuous.

"The supreme revolutionary organ of Finland's working-men, which has been appointed by the leaders of the Social-Democratic Party, does hereby announce that—

"A Social-Democratic, revolutionary Government will now instantly be formed. At the very first opportunity the names of the members of this Government will be made public.

"The aim is not only to put in new men in the place of the former, but to overthrow the whole bureaucratic system.

"Now our organisations and Guard Corps all over the country must, each according to the best of their ability, fulfil their duty to the revolution. Within our ranks we must maintain a strict, revolutionary order.

"Russian soldiers should be well received everywhere as we know that Russian comrades are the friends of the revolutionary working-men.

"A general strike will not be necessary everywhere for the success of the revolution. The revolutionary working-men must themselves decide in their organisations where this remedy is to be employed. But, for the sake of the revolution, according to our opinion, a general strike should at once be proclaimed in Helsingfors.

"The working-men must, where it is deemed useful and fitting, take over the leadership of communal affairs and other offices.