The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-11-02
LIBERTY GRANTED
RUSSIAN PEOPLE
SUFFRAGE IS MUCH ENLARGED
freedom ~ Conscience, tptseh, un
len and Association IL thus A..
d.-~conesltutlohAl Gov
eminent 10 Granted.

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81 Petersburg, oct 3i.--'rbe follow.
Inc IS tho full text of the Il. perlal
mann ssto issued las nIglsi
we, Nicholas the second, BY the
grace OF God emperor and auIoorat of
al the Russias grand duke OF Finland.
etc, declare TO all our faithful subjects
That the troubles and agitation Ia our
capitals and Ia numerous other places
Oil our heart with excessive pain and
sorrow, The happiness Of the Russian
sovereign IL indissolubly bound up
with the happiness Of our people and
the sorrow of our people Is the sorrow
OF the sovereign. From the present dis
orders may arise great national disrup.
tlon, They menace the integrity and
unity of our empire.
1.-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
OF the power OF the central government
and 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.
"The government should abstain
from any interference with elections
to the aOuma and keep in view my sin
cere desire for the realization Of my
ukase OF pegember 20, 1904 II MUS
maintain the prestige OF the douma
and have confidence In It's labors, and
In no way resist IT'S decisions SO long
as they are not Inconsistent with Rus
sias historic greatness, 10 Ii necessary
TO respect the ideals of the great ma
jority OF society and not the echoes
of noisy groups and factions, too often
unstable. Il Is especially important
TO secure the reform Of the council OF
the empire on an electoral principle.
II believe that in the exercise Of the
executive power the following princi-
pies should be ENROLLED:
Observation-Disclosures ard sin.
certify In the confirmation Of civil lib
erty and In providing guarantees for
It's maintenance.
"second-A tendency In the direc-
ton Of the abolition OF exclusive laws.
"Talrd-The coordination u the ac-
tlvity Of all organs OF government
"Fourth-.Ayoidance Gf repressiye
measures In respect OF procee Inns
which do not openly menace 50 ICY
or the state.
"Fifth-Reslstanc 10 acts viii b
4 F.a mi A IA 4
state. such resistance btiag BASED o. Oh
law and moral unity.
Confidence must be placed In th2
political tact OF Russian society. II Ia
Impossible that society should desire
a condition of anarchy which wOud
threaten, In addition % all the horTo $
OF civil strife, the dis.IemDerment OF
the empire.
I'VE, therefore, direct our govern
ment to carry out our lnhexlb.e VIII
In the following manner:
"Flrst-To extend 10 the population
the immutable foundations OF civic
liberty, Lased on the real inyi0AbljIy
OF person, freedom OF conscience.
speech, union and association, i.
Second Without suspending The
already ordered elections TO the state
douma, TO invite the participation ~
the doutna, 80 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 40 an unchange-
able rule that no law shall be enforce
able without the approval of the state
aouma and that II shall BIO 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 u.s. ta ,.,3S aaLI
We appeal 10 all faithful sons Of
Russia to remember their duty to-
wards the fatherla3d, 20 aid in termi.
mating these unprecedented troubles
and 70 apply their forces, In cooperation
with US, TO the restoration OF calm
and peace upon our natal soil. ,,s
Given ct Peterhof, October 30, In
the eleventh year Of our reign.
"NICHOLAS6