The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-11-03
CAR HAS YIELDED
And a New Era Is Dawning Over
Russia-Count Witte's Success.

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Russia--Count Witte's Success.
st. Petersburg, Oct. 30.--(9 p. m.)--
The czar has yielded and new era
| Is drawing over Russia in that it
| is to have legislative body that will
have power to legislate for the best
interests of the people; council Of
ministers, whose president will be
Count Witte, "the great commoner;"
comparatively free speech and free
press, and equal rights granted to
noble and serf alike. At least that is
what the Liberals tonight declare to
be the meaning of the Imperial man
date issued from the palace at Peter
hof at 6 o'clock Monday night but
whether or not this action has come
in time to prevent civil war and wide
spread bloodshed cannot be guessed at
this moment.
| The downfall of the .aristocracy Is
complete. Terrified by flaming torch,
deadly bomb and the threats of an
innumerable multitude, Car Nicholas
has finally determined to make the ut
most concessions In the hope that he
will be able to perpetuate the reign of
the Romanoffs and secure for his in
fant son the right Of succession to the
throne of this ancient dynasty.
If he does so it will be because he
has given to Count Witte an absolute
free hand to pacify the infuriated Lib
eralsat .Dat SO a.-7 io5l
The reign of the bureaucracy, no
matter what the outcome of the pres
ent situation is is at an end forever.
Never again will the mobiles have the
right to elbow the long suffering com
moner into the background and rob
him of the fruits of his labor.
The pronunciamento of his majesty
is that demanded by the Liberals and
was granted only because Count Witte
absolutely refused to take up the work
of re-financing a bankrupt treasury
and solidifying the warning class unless
he was permitted to announce genuine
reforms which would cause to rally
to his support the intellectual men of
the Russian empire. He realized that
the army was discredited in the eyes
of the people and that the power
OF the bayonet, bullet and knout was
J at an end forever and in order to
bring about an era Of peace 1t would
be necessary to conciliate the univer-
sity graduates and students. This is
J what he is trying to do at the present
time and he has strong hopes that
! he will succeed.
Count Witte went to Peterhof Mon.
day morning having been summoned
there to explain his plans and discuss
again the situation which, had beer
SO thoroughly canvassed on Sunday
He pointed out TO the czar that the
J nation was bankrupt; it's credit wei
nigh gone and its internal resources
taxed to the utmost penny. He called
attention to the fast that the disaf
! fection among the people had spread
to both the army and the navy ant
, that the present monarchy had moth
! Ing left to combat the Liberal move
ment.' He assured the czar that he hat
discussed the present conditions wit.
:: all classes and that he was firml.
! convinced that unless radical reforms
were Immediately ihaugurated blood
. shed and rapine, the like of whicl
. the world had never witnessed mus
!, inevitably be Russisa's portion. III
I gave the lie direct to the assurances
!. OF General Trepoff that he could re
Q ltain command of the situation In 81
/ Petersburg and calmly told the sza
l. that II the people were not pacifie'
I every noble in the land would be ptl
I to death. His quiet. direct talk ha'
y a wonderful influence upon Gar Mich
l. olas and although the Grand Duke
I present tried to tell him that the Coun
9 was misled by agitators he turned hi
}. back on them and drew Witte into tn
y private audience chamber where the
{ were closeted together for more thai
two hours.
l. The car then sent for the member
/, of his cabinet and announced that h
e had decided to smother his own pre-
d judices and permit Count Witte L
; restore peace in his own way. ii
Il declared that he would grant free
e dom to the press; enlarge the electora
:. franchise right and confer such pow
Iers upon the proposed legislative as
il sembly as would permit It to enac
v laws which would correct all of tn
N evils complained OF by the people Q
h Russia. He stated that Count Witt
II had convinced him that IL would Ii
IS necessary to grant the right OF IRE