Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-08-24
ISSUES CALL.
Emperor Nicholas Has Announced
the National Assembly.
WILL BIZ READ In all THECHURCHES
IL 20 Ne . Consultative BODY for
Preliminary EnAAOFatiOA
and DIscussion %
MeaHuReS.

Mea1ureS.
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81 Petersburg. Aug. lS-HusSiei
national representative assembly, inc
fruit OF decades OF stress and STRIVING
Tor reform, which endows tne RUSSIAN
people with the right OF being con-
suited through their chosen represent
auVes IN the suggestion, preparation
and repeal OF legislation, now taxes
its place among the fundamental In
stitutions OF the empire.
In Q solemn Manifesto emperor
Nicholas announces to his suoJecta
the fruition OF his plans summonins
the representatives OF the people, as
outlined BY him In q rescrlpt issued
on March y last, ana nxes the oats
Tor the first convocation as mid-Jan-
uary' and In uKase addressed 70 tne
senate formally orders that BODY 10
register as the Imperial Will q law
project, formulating the nature, pow
ers and procedure OF the new govern
mental organization.
The expected Imperial MANIFESTO
which is published simultaneously
here and at Moscow, and which WE
be read In all the churches OF the en-
pire, is dated at Peterhot Friday ard
Is in part as follows:
"The empire Of Russia is formed
and strengthened by the indestructi-
BILE solidarity Of the emperor with tDs
people and of the people with the en-
peror. This concord of emperor and
people is the great moral force which
has created Russia in the course Of
centuries by protecting her from all
misfortune and all attacks, and hat
constituted up to the present time a
pledge of unity, independence, integ-
rity, material well-being and intellec-
tual development.
'In our manifesto Of February "a,
1903, we called to a close understand
ing all the faithful sons Of the father
land In order to protect the organiza-
ton Of the state by establishing on
firm basis the domestic life OF the EN-
pire and then we devoted ourselves to
the task Of co-ordinating elective pub
lie institutions with governmental au-
thorities and Of removing the disa'
greements existing between them
which had reacted 30 disastrously on
the normal course Of our national life.
"The autocratic emperors, our an
cestors, constantly had that object In
view, and the time has come to follow
out their good Intentions and to sum-
mon elected representatives from the
whole Of Russia to take constant and
active part in the elaboration OF the
laws, thereby attaching to the higher
state institutions special consulta'
tive body entrusted with the prelimi-
nary elaboration and discussion OF
measures and with the examination
Of the state budget
ut is for this reason that. while
preserving the fundamental law re-
garding the autocratic power. we nave
deemed 1t well to form a gosudarst'
vennaia douma Flower house OF the
assembly, and to approve the reeula-
tons for elections to this douma' ex'
tending the validity OF these laws to
the whole territory q the empire
with such exceptions only as may be
considered necessary In the case OF
some regions In which special condi-
tons obtain.
I'VE reserve to ourselves entirely
the care OF perfecting the organization
Of the gosudarstvennaia doumA and
when the course OF events shall nave
shown the necessity for changes cor:
completely to the needs OF