Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-10-31

tBy Associated Press,

ST. PETERSBURG, sO1t. 80. S:0F
p. m.-Tonight the aiit,cracy OF the
Romanoffs and the old order Of things
cease to exist in Russia. Emperor
Nicholas has surrendebsd and Count
Witte comes into powS as .niliissei-
president with ann imp,srial mandate
which will enable himFip conyert the
farcical national assembly into real
Legislative body. elected.lIy @reatiy5 eX-
tended suffrage and to &eonfS.. upon
the people fundamental4civil liberties.
including free speech
Real Liberty at Last
These welcome tidiItgs reached ST.
Petersburg shortly before a. O'Clock
this evening, Count Mite lad spent
the day with the .Enipt lhs 81 Pet erl,tli
going overhthea final iSaft 6I tine riaili.s
festo. to which he insisted that cor
tain minor notifications be madc and
before taking the train for st. Peters
burg he telephoned TO a friend TINT
the Emperor had affixed his signature
and that the imperial mandate, com
prising the conditions upon Which me
had agreed to accept thp oiiice, was
in his pocket These include freedom
of the press. the right of assembly and
the immunity Of the person, including
the right Of habeas corpusa
Gar Favors American Plan.
Count Witte insisted Ont. cabinet
on the British model. with "a selected
premier responsible To the imperial
duuma or parliament, while the En-
peror chung 10 the appointment 81 the
members of the cabinet on the Ameri
can plan by the Emperor as chief of
state.
The state department has instructed
Charge d'ATairs Eddy in case of emer-
gency To give American citizens asy-
lum at the embassy and If necessary
To charter n steamer.
Foreign Minister Lamsdorf is reas-
surfing the ambassadors by formally
guaranteeing the safety of foreign res
idents. He announces that the gov
ernmept is prepared to afford them
military protection in St. Petersburg
and elsewhere in the event Of 1isor-
ders.
Cars Greatest Act.
The following is the text Of the i'm
perial manifesto:
1--WE, Nicholas, the Second. by the
grace of God, emperor and .rutOcrat of
all the Russians. Grand Duke Of Fin
land, etc. declare to all our faithful
subjects that the troubles and agita-
ton in our capitals and in numerous
other places, fill our hearts with eX-
cessive pain and sorrow.
THE happiness of the Russian SOW
ereign is indissolubly bound up with
the happiness of our people and the
sorrow of our people is the sorrow of
the sovereign.
From the disorders may arise
great national disruption. They men.
ace the integrity and unity Of our en-
pire
THE supreme duty imposed upon MS
by our sovereign Office require; us to
efface ourself and use all the force
and reason at our command to hasten
in securing the unity and coordination
of the power of the central govern
ment and to assure the successor meas
ures for pacification in all circles of
public life, which are essential to the
well being of DIR people.
We. therefore. direct our govern
ment to carry out our infiexibla will III
the following manner:
"First-To extend to the population
the immutabIe foundations of oivic
liberty, based or the real inviolability
OF person, freedom of conscience,
speech, union and association.
"Second-Without suspending the
already ordered elections to mo State
Douma to invite participation in the
douma so far as the limited time before
the convocation of the douma. will per
nit, those classes of the population
innow completely deprived of electoral
rights leaving the ultimate Develop
ment of the principle of the electoral
right In general to the newly establish.
cd legislative order Of things =
"Ttird-To establish as an un:
ci,angcabie rule that no law shall %
enforceable without the approval OF