The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-29

NOT IMP)RIlN Mt
CzAR's MANIFESTO DIsPARAGED3
BT Z MICHIGAN FTNNs.
Nothing / to Indicate. They Say, tllat
the P rogram for the classification
of FIJI lland" Will Be Changed in Any
Esse, htial - Greatest Wrongs Have
Not Been Removed.
Specie 4 to The Journal.

Specie to The Journal. ~
Is hpeming, Mich, Aug. 29.That i
the concessions to Finland granted in =
the czar's manifesto are of much I'M
Pc ftance Is denied by prominent Fin 6
nj Eh residents of the city.
me exile TT is stated that the emperor
has granted amnesty to those who have
left their country without authorization.
This is Of small moment Comparatively
few Films return to Russian soil. It is no
easy matter to hunt these up and inf1ict
punishment, while for the rest the mani :,
festo does not say they are freed from
military service .Fhe amnesty simply
means that they will not have to suffer
because they left the country.
Remittance of the fines imposed upon
rural and urban communities because they
have not complied with the. new, illegal i.
and unconstitutional law Of CONSUMPTION,
means something, of course, but in this
instance. as in the former case, tren'en-
dous difficulties confronted the autheri-
| ties in finding suitable means by which n
| these fines could be collected; in fact,
collections were practically impossible.
THIS. in view Of these obstacles, it was az
cious and remit what the government had
not the slightest right to nor could not
take
1.-THE greatest wrongs have not been
removed. We do not hear Of restoring
1 the cOHSC1tuL10nsl@Ou sCnen, THIS COuI0
\ hardly be expected under present circun1
I stances. II the car had the slightest
1 inclination to deal Justly with Finland,
| he ought to revoke the unlimited power
granted the governor general, by which 7:
Ievery subject Is totally at the mercy Of
| this official. He ought to restore to Fin
lnish subjects the right to hear and am
| sWer charges made against them. AS it I
is now, anybody can be deprived of his
| right to transact lawful business, and cam
be deprived even of his liberty, without Y
i trial by judge or jury.
1 1.-The manifesto indicates that the pro-
gram for the classification of Finland will
4 In no Particular respect changed. The
Eemperor has in this and many other ir-ss
listances clearly manifested that Finland
has nothing to hope under the present
form of government In Russia" Fl
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