The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-31
Car Nicholas Consents to Surrender of His
 Authority. Autocracy of Romanoff Dy- nasty Now But a
 Memory. Count Witte Accepts Con- tract to Bring Order From Chaos. liberty of Conscience, Speech and Assembly is Guaranteed.
 - News Spreads Rapidly and Populace Shouts Its Satisfaction.
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Bombast and VerbOSity for First Time Lacking
 in Decree.

St. Petersburg, Oct. 30.-(Midnight) -I am sure the American people, who understand what freedom Is, and the American press. which voices the wisn- es of the people, will rejoice with the friendly Russian nation at this mo- melt, when the Russian people nave received from his imperial majesty the promises and guarantees of freedom, and will join in the hope that the Rus sian people will wisely aid in the re- alization of those liberties by cooper atinR with the government for tneir peaceful introduction. only thus VIII it be possible to secure the full benents of the freedom conferred upon the peo- ple."
 Count witte, Russias first Premier, tonight sent the above message to the American people through the Associ- ated Press. He had just arrived at ms residence on Kammeniovrov Prospect from Peterhof where, in the Alexander Palace. the Emperor two hours before had given his final approval to man ifesto and to a program which will for ever end the rule of absolutism eXer- cised by him and his Romanon ances- tors for 300 years.
 Bombast Cast Aside.
 A simple perusal of the manifesto shows how complete is the Emperor abiication of his autocratic power. The very style of the document is clear and devoid of the verbose, vague and bonn" hastic phraseology which heretoIore characterized his majesty's manifestoes, It not only betrays real authorship, put shows that the Emperor at last has IT, revocably bowed to the inevitable.
 This does not conceal the Tact that the disc ontent and agitation of his sub iects have driven him to take this step and practically yields everything-ctvil liberty, the inviolability of person and liberty of conscience. speech and as- seubly. He not only converts the far cical. imperial douma with only con- servative power, into an absolute leg islative assembly without the assent Of winch no maasIre shall become law and before which all governmental author ities must answer. but promises eventu- ally universal suffrage
 The tital "autocrat of all the Rus sias' with which the manifesto begins now takes it's place with the title of ..TSing of Jerusalem" borne by the King of Snain and the Emperor of Austria and with other obsolete titles of Flu ropean sovereigns.
 | Pierpont Morgan, Jr., and George w Perkins were with Finanoe Mlnister ESolxovsofY when the latter received the news. It was a dramatic moment. The Minister was called to the telephone and when he returned he was greatly agitated and said:
 "GentIemen, the old order ot things had changed. Russia has csnstitu- t'oc."
 News Spreads Rapidly.
 The news spread like wildfre through the city The reyolutlonlsts and active agitators generally declared ~o,rarnuoanf'a nr0bltSeS would no longer suffice and that the strike must be continued. In fact an hour after the news became known. the revolutionists took occasion to throw the first bomb in St. Petersburg used since the strike began. The incident occurred near the Polytechnic school' hut there was no fatality. Practically all classes except the socialists and the extreme radicals. however, read the document with delight and amazement declaring that 1t could not fail to rally the Moderates to the support of Noun witte.
 By the irony of fate while the strik CTS Q clamoring. for a constitution, II has been impossible to persuade thu striking printers to resume work anC therefore not single newspaper ex cept The Official Messenger will prin the momentous document for distribu tIon tomorrow. Arrangements hav' heen made, however, to placard thu manifesto on every dead wall In thu eity and the text will be telegrapheC tomorrow to every city town and ham let with which there is telegraphi' communication. It also has been or dered read in all the churches of thu empire.
 The foreign embassies were notified and lights are burning late tonight II inc chancellories. where the news l. heinz put into copy. of1cial notifica tton will also be sent to the Russian Ambassadors abroad.
 The effect throughout Russia Is ex nected to be instantaneous. While tn extremists threaten an attempt to keel up the present struggle. the best oriu ion is that the backbone of the strik Is broken, but in the final analysis tn erect will depend on how far Coun