The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-10-31
NICHOLAS BENDS
| BEFORE DEMANDS
rast Night Sent a Manifesto
Which Promises to Reyo-
lutionize Conditions in the
| DOwntrodden Country.

st Petersburg, Oct. ST The delirious
B)oieing of last night and early this
lprnlng over the manifesto of the Car,
being followed today ~ the adoption
Pie people Of 4 more critical attitude
|Hard the new reforms. The opinion
Becoming general that the reforms
|pnlised must be wider extended OF
M !ksl9 will continue under Az autocratic
" tlsA'ykxh. Va = f salIaa assembly \
- Tor the bureaucracy. Unless
e Cars advisers 20 Gar beyond the
frding Of tie manifesto in working
the details Of the new form Of gov
nment, the agitations which have con-
tinsed for 10 long, eliminating ia
present gigantic strike, Will be re-
bed. The leaders Of the radical party
not support the manifesto. Rail-
" are beginning 70 get ii operation
IS.
How News Was First Received.
ast last night, after the news got
pad, crowds began marching up and
b the Neysky prospect, singing the
oysA Wynn ind hnrrahiug for lib
VI at Is significant that the great
rrhlight which has been Lighting up
! Nevsky prospect from the admiralty
Eer for three nights was turned of
n night.
"a Iudicrous incident occurred at mid
hit near the university when news
rs with an extra edition Of the Official
fssenger hurried into crowd Of strik-
b. The instant the news became
kown, the strikers raised an lproarious
|eef. and Cossaeks, who were patroIling
|e stNsx, misunderstanding the import
k&fiA demonstration, and thinking the
fj we're seditious, charged and dis
eI4ea the workman with their whips.
VAC all the fashionable restaurants
vas drunk in toasts to Lib
fty and the constitution"
#The foreign embassies were notified
6d lights we're burning late last night
the ChancelIories, where tho news
bs being put into cipher. Official noti-
cations viii also be sent to the Rus
hn ambassadors abroad.
bmb Thrown in Spite Of Announcement
The news spread like wildfre through
HI tie city. The revolutiunists and
Itive aeitators generally, declared loud
that the governments promises would
" loraas suffice and that the strike
lust h continued. In fact. an hour
bter thelnews became known the revo-
Itionistss took occasion to throw the
list bomb in st. Petersburg used since
be strike began. The incident occurred
Ear the Polytechnic school, but there
las no fatality. Practically all classes,
kept the socialists, and the extreme
Hdieals read the document, however,
bth delight and amazement, declaring
Iat II could not fail to rally the mod
bates Ia the support of Count Witte.
Svffa persons high III the government
elieve ii viii still be necessary to use
ali cattridses to suppress the present
iovement but Count Witte appears con-
dent. He has become the bridge where
v the people are to cross to constitu-
onalism.
New Cabinet Tentatively Formed
The coupt has already tentatively se-
,na,,a an vnarnbprz of his cabinet. He
IN himself hold no portfolio. ALI the
resent ministers, except those Of war,
avv ana foreign affairs, will be retired
srince Alexis 0bolensky, one of the
onnt's former assistants in the minis
~ II finance. will become minister Of
h interior: III. Romanoif, another for
ner assistant to the minister, will take
~ finance portfolio. N. Koni, at pres
MI 4 senator and Rlissia's ablest 1ur-
II viii he minister Of justice; M. kros-
svslsv nresident 81 the st. Petersburg
wnn;e;nal eouncil. viii take the minis
X, IL education, and M. Zeigler Won
KIM sgborsen chief Of the railroad de-
Sartment of the ministry Of finance, will
become minister Of ways and communl,
ealions
Complete Abdication Of Autocratic Power
s;naple perasal Of the manifesto
sbn,ys baw complete il the emperor's
abS;est;nn II his autocratic power. The
stsla of AZ ~ document is clear and direct
ssa lS ao..a;a Il s' " verbose, vague and bonn.
bsst;a s - ',Ira.eoIoqy ~, which heretofore has
shess.4 ,.a o.;1s3 s' his maiesty's manifestos,
Il ' rat Az, eniy betrays real authorship, but
shows thaf the emperor at last AZ nas =. =.
Soss 10y aot oSsu SS conceal the fact that the
Ss ai.ooa,sa4 ny "a and agitation Of bis sub