“We address all you who are in power, from the Czar, the members of the Council of State, and Ministers, to the relations-uncles, brothers, and entourage of the Czar, and all who can influence him by persuasion. We appeal to you not as to enemies, but as to brothers, who, whether willingly or not, are inseparably bound up with us, so that all the sufferings we undergo react on you also-and react much more painfully if you feel that you could remove these sufferings but have failed to do so- we appeal to you to act so that the existing state of things may cease.”