The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31
Cars InfIexibIe VIII.

Cars lnflexible VIII.
The supreme duty imposed upon as by
our sovereign Office requires us to efface
ourselves and to use all the force and
reason at our command to hasten in ser
curing the unity and coordination of the
power of the central government and to
assure the success of measures for pacifi-
cation in all circles of public life, which
are essential to the well being of our peo-
pie.
we therefore direct our government to
carry out our inflexible will iii the fol-
lowing manner:
F'irst-To extend to the people the inn
mutable foundations of civic liberty, based
on the real inviolabiIity of person, free.
dom of conscience, speech, union and as
ISOLATION.
Second.--Without suspending the al
ready ordered elections to the state dou-
ma (uational assembly,, to invite to par
ticipation in the douma, so far as the
limited time before the convocation Of
the douma will permit, those classes of
the people now completely deprived of
electoral rights, leaving the ultimate de-
velopment Of the principle of the electoral
right in general to the newly established
legislative order of things.
Third.-To establish as an Unchanged
BILE rule that no law shall be enforceable
without the approval of the state douma
and that it shall be possible for the elect
ed representatives of the people to exer-
else real participation in the supervision
Of the legality OF the acts of the authori-
ties appointed by us.
The government should abstain from
any interference with elections to the
douma and keep in view my sincere desire
for the realization of the ukase of Dec.
Is, 1904. 1t must maintain the prestige of
the douma and have confidence in it's la
bors and in M vVaU ruejef ffe decfciOpo g
long as they are not Inconsistent with
Russia,s historic greatness.
1t is necessary to respect the ideals OF
the great majority OF society and not the
echoes of noisy groups and factions, too
often unstable. 1t is especially important
TO secure the reform of the council of the
empire on an electoral principle.
We appeal to all faithful sons of Rus
STA to remember their duty toward the ia
therland. to aid in terminating these un-
precedented troubles and to apply all their
forces, in cooperation with us, to the
restoration of calm and peace upon our
natal soil.
emperor Of Free People"
The municipal council after reading
the imperial proclamation decided to
send the following telegram to the en-
peror: 'The council welcomes with de
light the long desired tidings of free
dom, firmly relying on bright future
for our dear fatherIand. Hurrah for
the emperor of a free peopler"
The manifesto shows how complete
is the emperors abdication of his auto
cratic powers. The very style Of the
document is clear and direct and de
void OF the verbose, vague and bonn
bastic Gphraseology which heretoforU
has characterized his majesty's mani
| festoes. 1t not only betrays real au
thorshlp but shows that the emperot
at last has irreyocabiy bowed to the Ii
evitable. He does not even conceal the
fact that the discomfort and agitation.
of his subjects has driven him to take
the step and practically yields every
thing civil liberty, the inviolabllity OF
person and liberty of conscience
speech and assembly
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr.. and Georgt
w. Perkins were with Finance Minis
ter Kokovsoff when the last named re-
ceived the news 1t was dramatis
moment. The minister was called +
the telephone and when he returnec
he was greatly agftated anu saiu
Gentlemen, the old order Of thing
has changed. Russia has constitu
ton"
| THE news spread like wildfr'
throughout the city. The reyoIutgonlst
land active agItators declared loudly
that government promises will no long
er sufice and that the strike must con
tinue. In fact, an hour after the new
became known the revolutionists threy
the FIRST bomb III St Petersburg sine
the strike began This occurred neA
Hid polytaehpic school hut nobody wa
Killed