The Irish standard., 1905-11-04

st. Petersburg, Oct. 31.-The Russian
,:autoeracy is at an end. Emperor Mich
.clas H., under the unanimous advice
of his ministers, under the pressure of
passive revolt in his whole empire, has
surrendered his autocratic power and
granted to Russia constitutional gov
eminent. Thus disappears the last alb
: solute monarchy among civilized peo-
rles. Thus popular liberty wins it's
T. eliminating victory in the history of
mankind.
The Manifesto.
The official announcement issued
:, Monday evening says: can imperial
manifesto was issued, appointing
Count White prime minister with spe-
cial authority to coordinate and unity
the powers of the different branches of
the army. Civic liberties are granted
to the Russian people and to the ma
tional assembly is given legislative
power. while the suffrage is enlarged"
The following is the text of the i'm
.rerial manifesto:
eve, Nicholas the Second, by the
grace of God emperor and autocrat of
ali the Russias, grand duke of Finland
ETC., declare to all our faithful subjects
that the troubles and agitation in our
Z, capitals and in numerous other places
iii! our heart with excessive pain and
sorrow. The happiness of the Russian
sovereign is indissolubly bound up
With the happiness of our people, ami
the sorrow of our people is the sorrow
s. OF the sovereign. From the present dis
orders may arise great national disrup'
ti.on. They menace the integrity and
unity of our empire.
''The supreme duty imposed upon us
by our sovereign Office requires us to
efface ourselves and to use all the force
and reason at our command to hasten
in securing the unity and coordination
sof the power of the central government
land to assure the success of measures
for pacification in all circles of public
life, which are essential to the we'll
being of our people.
eve, therefore, direct our govern
ment to carry out our inflexible will
An the following manner:
"First-To extend to the population
the immutable foundations of civic
liberty, based on the real inviolability
of person, freedom of conscience,
speech, union and association.
"Second-Without suspending the
already ordered elections to the state
<douma, to invite the participation in
the douma, so far as the limited time
before the convocation of the douma
will permit, those classes of the pop
~ulation now completely deprived Of
electoral rights, leaving the ultimate
development of the principle of the
electoral right in general to the newly
established legislative order of things.
"Third-To establish as an unchange-
able rule that no law shall be enforce
able without the approval of the state
4douma and that it shall be possible
for the elected of the people to exercise
real participation in the supervision Of
the legality of the acts of the authori-
ties appointed by us.
1--WE appeal to all faithful sons of
Russia to remember their duty to-
wards the fatherland, to aid in termi-
mating these unprecedented troubles
land to apply their forces, in cooperation
with us, to the restoration of calm
land peace upon our natal SOIL
"Given at Peterhof, October 30, in
the eleventh year Of our reign.
NICHOLAS"
Great Rejoicing.
st. Petersburg, Nov. All Russia
ION Tuesday celebrated enthusiastically
the emperor's gift of freedom, which
>the greater part Of the people received
with deepest joy, though in St. Peters,
burg, Moscow and other cities social
lists and revolutionaries organized an
~ti-government demonstrations and red
flag parades, which, with the patriotic
manifestations, led to number of con-
.fjicts between the "Reds and Whites"
las, the anti-government and royalist
factions are respectively termed. On
7the whole, the day passed more quietly
in Russia than had been expected.
In each of the two capitals, st. Pc.
dersburg and Moscow, the day was one
such as Russians never before have
seen. The Slavic people, which during
the long war just closed and the anx-
>ious period preceding the announce
cment of the new era of constitutional
ism, seemed self-restrained and apa-
sthetic. gave itself up fully to the ex-
auberance Of the moment and spent the
entire day in parades and assemblies.
which, for the first time in the history
sof Russia, were freely permitted. Un.
der the orders of Count White and Gen.
~Trepoff the troops generally were with
drawn from the streets of the cities
and the fullest rein given the people to