The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-10-31
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lects has driven MN 10 take the step
and practically yields everything --civiI
liberty, the invoilability of person, and
liberty of conscience, speech and assem-.
bly,. He not only converts the farcical
imperial douma with only consultative
power, into true legislative assembly,
without the assent OF which no measure
shah become law and before which all
poA ernmental authorities must answer,
but promises, eventually, universal suf
frage.
The title "autocrat Of all the Rus
sans,s with which the manifesto begins,
now takes its place with the title Of
king Of Jerusalem" borne by the King
Of Spain and the Emperor of Austria
and with other obsolete titles of Euro
pean sovereigns.
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jf., and George
wv. Perkins were with Finance Minister
Kokovsof when the latter received the
news. 1t was 9 dramatic moment. The
minister was called to the telephone, and
when he returned he was greatly agitat-
ed and said
Gentlemen, the old order or things
has changed. Russia has constitu-
tipn.
WlffesS Appeal 70 Amencans.
Count NEitte~. .Russia's first premier,
last night sAnt ! ne following message
to the American people: Il am sure
the American people. who understand
what freedom is. and the American press,
which voices the wishes of the people,
viii rejoice with the friendly Russian
people who have received from his i'm.
st..t H., 4k. fh1l
guarantees of freedom, and viii join
IN the hope that the Russian people will
wisely aid in the realization of those
liberties ny cooperating with the gov
ernment fer their peaceful introduction.
..uply thus will it be possible to secure
Ethessull benefits OF the freedom conferred
upon she people.
Whiie the extremists threaten an at
tempt ts keep up the present struggle,
the best opinion il that the backbone Of
the strike Is broken, but u Itne final
analysis the effect win depend ON how
far Count Nitte viii be able to execute
the heavy tasiT which he has assumed.
The Imperial Manifesto.
The following il the text Of the im-
perial manifesto.
sWe, Nicholas the Second, BY the grace
Iof God, emperor and autoerat of all the
Russias. grand duke Of Finland, etc,
declare 10 all our faithful subjects that
the troubles and agitation in our capi.
tails and in numerous other places, fill
our hearts with excessive pain and sor-
sow.
"The happiness of the Russian sover-
~ .x.&x
happiness of OUR people and the sorrow
Of our people is the sorrow OF the soyer-
eign.
From the present disorders may arise
great national disruption. They menace
the integrity and unity Of our empire.
The supreme duty imposed upon us
by our sovereign Office requires rs to
|efface ourself and to use all the force and
reason at our command to hasten in
securing the unity and cooperation Of
the power Of the central government and
TO assure the success OF measures for
paciacation in all circles OF public life
which are essential to the wen being Of
our people.
eve therefore direct our government
TO carry ont our infexible viii IN the
following manner:
'F'irst-To extend to the population
the immutable foundations OF civic liber-
ty, based on the real inviolability of
person, freedom Of conscience, speech,
union and association.
Second Without suspending the al
ready ordered elections to the state dou-
ma to invite to participation in the dou-
ma SO far as the limited time before the
oonvoeation OF the douma viii permit
those classes Of the population now
completely deprived Of electoral rights,
leaving the ultimate development OF the
principle of The electoral right in general
To the newly established legislative or
der Of things.
@Third-Io establish as an llnchange-
able rule chat no law shall be enforced
without the approval Of the doulna, and
that it shall be possible for the elected
Of the people To exercise real participa-
tion in the supervision Of the legality
of the nets of the authorities appointed
by us.
I'VE appeal to all faithful sons Of
ussia to remember their duty towards
the fatherland, TO aid in terminating
these unprecedented troubles, and to APP
ply all their forces, in cooperation with
us, to the restoration Of calm and peace
upon our natal soil.
"Giyen at Peterhoff, Oct. 30 in the
eleventh year Of our reign.
NICHOLAS