The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-08-26
Gar Issues Manifesto.

GZdT ISSUES mdnlICSAOs
st. Petersburg. August 25.-The
car today issued a lengthy manifesto
on the occasion of the christening Of
the heir to the throne. It is intro
duced by the following message to the
people:
by the will of God, we, the car
and autocrat of all the Russias, car
of Poland, Grand Duke of Finland, ETC..
announce TO our faithful subjects that
on this, the day of the christening OF
our son and heir, the Grand Duke
Alexis NicholaSevitch, following the
| promptings Of our heart, we turn 70
our great family of the empire and
with the deepest and most heartfelt
pleasure, even amidst these times of
national struggle and diffculties, be
stow upon them some gifts Of our roy.
al favor for their greater enjoyment
in their daily lives"
The various benefits bestowed on
many classes are then enumerated at
length. One Of the most important
provisions relates to the entire abo-
Htion OF corporal punishment among
the rural classes and its curtailment in
the army and the navy.
The manifesto RENTS land purchase
areas, which affects one of the largest
classes of the population throughout
the empire and its BENEFITS are also
extended to estates in Poland
The general provisions of the mani.
festo include an allround reduction IN
sentences for common-law Offenses, a
general amnesty for political offenses,
except in cases of murder, and the
education of the children of officers
and soldiers who have been victims
of the war, as we'll as assistance for
such families as need it whose bread.
winners have fallen in the service of
their country.
The sum Of $1,5OO,OOO is set apart
from the state fund for the benefit of
landless people of Finland The fines
imposed on villages, towns or villas of
Finland for failure to elect represen.
tatives or serve on the military re.
cruiting boards during the years 1902
and 1903 are RENTED Permission is
granted to Firms who have left their
country without the sanction of the
authorities to return within a year.
Those returning who are liable to mil
itary service must immediately pre
sent themselves for service. but Firms
who have evaded military service will
not be punished, provided they pre-.
sent themselves within three months
of the birth of the heir to the throne. ,
Certain classes of offenses. ex.
GLIDING theft, violent robbery and EN-.
bezzlement. are pardOned and the GOV.
ernOr general of Finland is directed
to consider what steps can be taken
TO alleviate the lot of those forbidden
to reside in Finland
Fines imposed on the Jewish com. !
munes in the cases Of Jews avoiding /
military service are RENTED.
Persons arrested for Offenses pun. /
ishable by fines, Imprisonment or con. /
finement in a fortress without loss Of /
civil rights and who were still await. |
ing sentence at the time Of the birth /
Of the heir to the throne are mar.
dOned
Political prisoners who have dis
tmguished themselves by good conducr
may, on the interpOsitiOn of the min.
lister Of justice, obtain the restitution
OF their civil rights at the expiration
Of their sentences.
Persons guilty of political offenses
committed within the last Is years
who have remained unidentified will
no longer be subject to prosecution
while political offenders who are now
fugitives abroad may apply to the min.
lister Of the interior for permission to
return to Russia The manifesto
concludes:
Given at Peterhoff on this, the 18th
day Of August 1904. Nicholas"
Voluntary Disarmament
Paris, August 24.-There is raaso,
to believe that decision is abont
TO be taken providing for the voIun,
tary disarmament of the Russi.n
cruiser Askold and the torpedo boat
destroyer Grozovoi, now at shanghai
and the Russian cruiser Diana. at Sal. !