The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-25
CARS MANIFESTO.
Much Needed Reform in Various Di-
rections.


St. Petersburg. Aug. 24-The car to-
day issued a lengthy manifesto on the
occasion of the christening Of the heF
TO the throne. 1t is introduced by the
following message TO the people
by the viii of Sod we. the car ana
autOCrat Of all the ECsslas, car OF
Poland. grand duke of Finland. etc.
announce TO our faithful SuplectS ma
on this the day of the christening OF
our son and heir. the Grand Duke
Alexis NichOlaievitch, following the
pronptings Of our heart. We turn TO
our great family of the empire. ard
with the deepest and most heartteiL
pleasure, even amidst these times OF
national struggle and difficulties. De-
stow upon them some gifts OF our
royal favor for their greater ENJOY
ment in their daily lives
The various benefits bestowed on
many classes are then enumerated az
length One Of the most complies
provisions relates to the entire aboIi-
ton of corporal punishment among ne
rural classes and its curtailment IN the
army and the navy.
The manifesto RENTS land purchase
arrears, which affects one of the larS-
est classes Of the population through
out the empire. aud its DEMENT'S are
also extended to estates in Poland
General Amnesty.
The general provisions of the mani
feetO include an all-round reduction IN
sentences for common law offenders, a
general amnesty for political OffeEses,
except in cases Of murder. ana the
education Of children of officers and
soldiers who have been victims Of the
war. as we'll as assistance for tarn1les
who need it. whose bread winners have
fallen in the service of their country.
The sum of 81 SEQ, 900 is set apart
from the state fund for the beneH-
of Iandless people in Finland, all fines
imposed on villages, towns or COM
munes of Finland for failure TO elect
representatives or to serve en- the mill
tary recruiting boards during the years
1902 and 1908 are RENTED.
Permission is granted to Firms VINO
have left their country without the
sanction of the authorities to return
within a year Those returning who
are liable to military service must inn
met7iately present themselves for SER
vice. but Firms who have evaded mil
itary service viii not be punished pro-
vided they present themselves within
three months of the birth of the heir
to the throne.
ofenses Pardoned.
Certain classes of Offenses, excluding
theft violent robbery and embeZzle-
ment are pardoned, and the governor
general of Finland is directed 10 cor
slider what steps can be taken TO ale
viate the lot of those forbidden to re-
side in Finland
Fines imposed upon the Jewish com
munes IN the cases of Jews avoiding
military service are RENTED.
Persons arrested for Offenses pun
ishable by fines, Imprisonment or cor
finement in Z fortress without loss Of
civil rights and who are still awaiting
sentence at the time OF the birth Of
the heir to the throne. are pardoned-
Political prisoners who have dIsJln-
guished themselves by good conduct
may on the interDOsitiOn of the min
lister of justice obtain the restitution
Of their civil rights at the expiration
of their sentences
Fugitives Can Return.
Persons guilty of political offenses
committed within the last fifteen
years. who have remained unidentified
will no longer be subject 10 prosecu-
ton. while political offenders who are
now fugitives abroad may apply to the
minister of the interior for permission
TO return 10 Russia.
The manifesto concludes as follows:
Given at PeterhOf on this. the elev-
enth day of August, 1904.
(Signed). NICHOLAS
The date of the manifesto, Aug H.
is the old, or Julian. style. cOinciding
with Aug. a of the new, or Gregg
rian style
The newspapers are unanimous III
welcoming the abolition Of corporal
punishment as the most important con-
ceSsion embodied in the manifesto.
The Russ says;
1T viii be hailed as the disappear
ance of a great evil No longer viii
it be possible to stigmatize Russia as
the land OF the knOUt."
The NovOe Nremya says the aboli-
ton of corporal punishment in the
army and navy was only a right and
proper recognition of the heroism dis
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