The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-27
GEAR ISSUES HIS
 UKASE ON REFORMS
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 faction of the daily needs of the peo- pie.
 Placing in the forefront of our care thought for the best ordering of the life of the most numerous of our es- tates, the peasant population, We may i remark that this matter is already un- | der examination.
 Simultaneously with a detailed in ! vestigation of the initial proposals of the ministry of the interior, which are being carried out locally, conferences are now being held by commissioners specially selected from among the most experienced of the highest administra- ttive officials regarding the most irn- portant questions of peasant life, as- sisted in their investigation of the gem eral needs of the agricultural industry by the knowledge and experience of
 local committees. We commend these to labor to bring the laws regarding 't peasants into unity with the general
 imperial legislation, thereby facilitat-
 ing the task Of attaining permanent security of this estate, which, by de-
 cree of the czar liberator, is recogniz-
 ed as consisting of free citizenship full
 right
 Surveying the wide domain of the
 peoples uttermost needs. we regard as
 urgent, in the interest of the legal
 strengthening of civic and public ffe (frst), the adoption of effective meas
 ures for safeguarding the law in it's full
 force as the most important pillar of
 the throne of the autocratic empire, in
 order that it's inviolable fulfllment for
 all alike shall be regarded as the first 3 duty by all the authorities and in all.
 places subject to us, that it's non-fulfill
 ment shall inevitably bring with it le-
 gal responsibility for every arbitrary
 act, and that persons who have suffer-
 ed wrong by such acts shall be enabled
 to secure legal redress.
 < (Second) )-That local and municipal
 institutions should be given as wide
 scope as possible in the administration of various matters affecting local well
 fare, and that they should have confer
 red upon them the necessary independ-
 ence. within legal limitations, and that
 representatives of all sections of the
 population interested in local matters
 should be called upon, under equal con-
 ditions to take part in these institu-
 tions, with a view to the completest
 satisfaction possible of their needs. Be-
 sides the governments and zemstvos
 district institutions hitherto existing,
 there should also be established, in
 close connection with them, public iil- stitutions for the Administration of lo- | ral af fofY Ia 1oH rNe e,,1 Ia,. sSg
 tent.
 "(Third)- in order to secure equality of persons of all classes before
 the law. steps should be taken to bring j about the necessary uniflcation of ju-
 dicial procedure through the empire, { and to assure independence of the . courts.
 "(Fourth) )-That for the further de- yelopnlent of the measures introduced l by us for the protection of workmen in ] factories, workshops and commercial establishments attention is to be given , to the question Of the introduction of state insurance for workmen.
 "(Fifth) That there should be a re , vision of the exceptional laws decreed . at the time of an unparalleled outbreak of criminal activityyon the part of enc 5 mics of public order and the applica-
 tion of which was attended with a , grave extension of the discretionary power of the administrative auttori- ties; and that at the same time steps
 should be taken for circumscrbibine |, their application within the narrowesi s possible limits and for assuring that [ limitation of the rights Of private per. s sons involved in that application shal l only be permitted in cases where the ], actual safety of the state is threatened s "(Sixth) That In confirmation of ms s undertaking hearts desire as expressed 7 in the imperial manifesto of March 3 e 1908, for the protection of the funda { mental laws of the empire of tolerance n in matters of faith, the laws dealint t with the rights of communities and per . sons belonging to heterodox and non : Christian confessions should be sub
 mitted to revision; and that, independ Il ently of this, measures should be taker n for the removal of all limitations on tn; e exercise of their religions not directl. n mentioned in the law.
 Il "(seventh) That. there should be sue! y revisions of existing ordinances limit | ing the rights of foreigners and meas ' ures in certain territories of the empir h that in future there shall remain onl, e such of them as are required by tn e present interests of the empire and th Il manifest needs of the Russian people. $ "Highth) That all unnecessary re (. strictions should be removed from tn existing press laws, and that printe, e speech should be placed in clearly de l. fined and legal limits; that the nativ d press, in accordance with the progres Il of education and the importance there
 by accruing to it should be left to tn t, possibility of Worthily fulfilling It's higl Q calling, namely to be the true interpre 1T ters of reasonable strivings for Russia e advantage.
 e Acting on the above principles, wit It a view to a series of great interna e changes impending in the early future g. lpart whereof, in accordance with tn
 structions previously given by us, ar 5. already under preliminary examination
 we deem it we'll, in view of the divers
 ty and importance of these changes, t
 fix an order of bunsiness for considers h tion of the means and the possibilitie
 Iof their early and complete realization