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IT IS NOW NICHOLASn Il.
Text of Manifesto Issued by
Alexander's Successor.
HIS COMMAND TO HIS SUBJECTS

nsst Take the Oath sf Aiisgiasss -
Him ssd His Successor. 0sssA Duks
Alsxssdrsvtteh-Yos Csas's Mast.
fssts Received with Opss Delight.
81. PETERAsuR November 6.-Ths
following 10 the text Of the manifesto
issued from Liysdia by the Car, Nicho-
Las H., and published this morning In
the Official Messenger:
1--WE hereby announce to oil our faith
ful subjects that God in His insczutabls
providence has seen it 10 assign . limit
10 the precious life Of our dearly loved
imperial father, his grievous sufferiugs
yielding neither 10 medical skill nor the
benefcent climate OF Crimea. He died
~ Livadis October 20 November u, sur.
rounded by his family and In the arms
Of the CxAFina and ourselves. Our grief
h not TO be expressed by words. bat this
grief every Russian heart will under
stand. and believe there IL not . spot
throughout the vast Russian Empire in
which hot tears will not How for the En-.
peror. thus prematurely called away,
who has parted from the country which
he loved with all the power Of his Rus
sion soul, and in the welfare OF which,
sparing neither health nor life, centered
all his thoughts. But also Tar beyond
the borders OF Russia the memory Of the
Cxaf, who MAS the incarnation OF un-
swer.ing loyalty and peace, which dur
ing his reign WAS not once broken, will
not cease 10 be respected. The will of
the Most High be done.
MAY our mistaken faith in the wis
dom Of Providence give Us strength may
the knowledge console Us that our grief
10 the grief of our entire beloved nation,
and may the nation not forget that the
strength and drmness of holy kussis
Lies in its unity and unlounded devotion
10 as.
"In this SD, solemn hour, in which
we ascend our ancestral throne OF the
Russian Empire and Carbon Of Poland
and the Grand Duchy OF Finland, indis-
eo!ubly linked with Il, ne, however, 70
member the legacy left 10 us by our Ia
mcntei father. and coupled with IL, we
In the presence Of the Most High take
. sacred vow 10 make our sole aim the
peaceful development OF the power and
the glory Of our beloved Russia and the
happiness Of all our faithful subjects.
"May the Almighty. who has chosen
Us for this high calling, vouchsaie
TO us His aid. While We offer be-
fore the throne OF the Almighty Ruler
our heartfelt praise for the unstained
soul OF the departed. ~e command our
subjects 70 take the oath Of allegiance 70
ourselves and 10 our successor, the Grand
Duke Alexandrovi,ch, who will bear the
title OF Crown Prince and Cxarowits
until Il pleases God 10 bless our APP
preaching union with the Princess Alix
Of Hessc- Darmsiadt with the birth Of .
son."
RECEIVED WITH OPEN DELIGHT.
LONDON. November 5.-The Standards
ST. Petersburg correspondent says: The
open delight, probably unparalleled in
the history Of Russian official declare
tons. The dignifed and almost adec-
tomato tone 10 freely compared with that
OF the proclamat published upon the
Accession OF Emperor William ii.
The Standards Vienna correspondent
eass: Some time ago . dcputation pc
titioned the Cxarowitr TO intervene for
the Russian Jews. A member Of that
depuiation tells me that the Cxarowitx
replied: =.
III dcspiee and condemn the expulsion
Of your coantrymcn, but my hands are
tied"
HONOR TO THE NEW KIHo.
ST. PErERsprRo, November 6.-At
O'Clock this morning the imperial her
aids In bright uniforms, attended by
troops Of trumpctcrs, announced the
death Of Alexander III. and the acces.
sion Of Nicholas ii. Throughout St.
Petersburg to-day the accession Of the
new Car Il being celebrated. - the fee.
tival for this event takes precedence ol
the mourning ceremonies. All signs d
public mourning will he withheld unit
tomorrow. Al 10 O'Clock yesterday
evening the fret requiem mass for the
repose Of the soul Of Alexander Ill. WA
/ celebrated at ST. Petersburg, and all thu
| Ministers and members oil the Council
Of the Empire were present. Those IN
attendance took the oath Of allegiance
10 Gar Nicholas II. and the heir pre-
sumptive, Grand Duke George. Thii
morning the Senate met, and all ths
mcmhers took the oath Of allegiance
| Al the same time the troops forming tn,
garrison OF st. Petersburg were paradox
and sworn with the customary formality
Later the came ceremony was observer
In the case Of the civil servants Of III,
Empire.
rus NEW czAR's POLICY.
LONDON, November GA dispatch
from Rome SAYS: II IL believed the new
Car, whose eympathies are known 4
be with Germany and England, will b,
degrees detach himself from France
The dispatch also adds, however, that ,
parsonage connected with the Russian
embassy asserts that the accession o
Nicholas will inanHurate . policy In ne
gard to home legislation In the direction
Of liberality and reforms. In Russia
foreign policy the official 10 quoted ~
snyins the traditions OF the Cars f.
ther will be unchanged. The Vatican i
said TO hope that the Gar will continu,
the traditions Of fricndliness towart
Rome, which marked the last days o
Alexander. The Pope will be repre-
eentcd at the funeral Of the Gar eithe
by Archbishop Mohilo or by the Papa
i Nuncio. The statistician believes tn
death Of the Gar will In no way affec
the Franco Russian alliance, and II ]
: said that 90 long a. Cardinal Rapoli
who 10 an ardent friend Of Russia, re
. mains Papal Secretary OF State the nd
, heeion Of the Vatican TO the Franco
Russian alliance will remain an articl
, Of pontificAl faith.
blood Serum In san Francisco.
SAN Francisco, November S.-Healtl
, Officer Kecney to-day received from Ber
lin . consignment Of blood serum, tn
, medical discovery which the Germal
. scientists claim is . preventive OF diph
liberia, "a vaccine virus IL for smallpox
, The health officer proposes TO conduct
. series Of experiments to ascertain irou
actual demonstration the value Of tn