Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04

grace of God emperor and autocrat OF
all the Russias, grand duke OF Fin
land, etc, declare to all our faithful
subjects that the troubles and agita-
ton in our capitals and i'll numerous
other places fill our heart with eXces,
sive pain and sorrow. The happiness
of the Russian sovereign is indissolu-
bly, bound up with the happiness Of
our people, and the sorrow of our peo-
pie is the sorrow Of the sovereign.
"From the present disorders may
arise great national disruption. They
menace the integrity and unity Of or
empire. The supreme duty imposed
upon us by our sovereign Office re-
quires us to efface ourself and to use
all the force and reason at our COM
mand 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 es,
sential to the we'll being of our PEG.
pie
1--WE therefore, direct our govern.
ment to carry out our infexible will
in the following manner:
"First-To extend to the population
the immutable foundations of civic
liberty, based on the real inviolabili.
ty of person, freedom of conscience,
speech, union and association.
Second-Without suspending the al
ready ordered elections to the state
douma, to invite to participation in the
douma, so far as the limited time be-
fore the convocation of the douma will
permit, those classes Of the population
now completely deprived Of electoral
rights, leaving the ultimate develop
ment Of the principle Of the electoral
right in general to the newly-estab-
lished legislative order of things.
"Third-To establish asan unchange-
able rule that no law shall be en-
forceable without the approval of the
state doumA, and that it shall be pos
sible for the elected Of the people to
exercise real participation in the SUI
pervision of the legality Of the acts Of
the authorities appointed by us.
1.-The government should abstain
from any Interference with elections
to the dOuma, and keep in view my
sincere desire for the realization of
my ukase of Dec. %, 1904. It must
maintain the prestige of the dOuma
and have confidence in its labors, and
in no way resist it's decisions so long
as they are not inconsistent with Rus
sia's historic greatness.
1T is necessary to respect the ideals
Of the great majority of society, and
not the echoes of noisy groups and
factions, too often unstable. 1t is es-
pecially important to secure the re-
form of the council Of the empire on
an electoral principle. / believe that
in the exercise of the executive pow
er the following principles should be
embodied:
'F'irst-Straightf and sin
cerity 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.
"Third-The coordination of the &C.
tivity of all organization Of govern
ment.
"Fourth-Avoidance of repressive
measures in respect of proceedings
which do not openly menace society or
the state.
Fifth - Resistance to acts which
manifestly threaten society or the
state, such resistance being based up
on law and moral unity.
coincidence must be placed in the
political tact of Russian society. 1t is
impossible that society should desire
a condition of anarchy which would
threaten, in addition to all the horrors
Of civil strife, the dismemL erment Of
the empire.
1--WE appeal to all faithful sons of
Russia to remember their duty to-
wards the fatherland, to aid in ter
minating these unprecedented troubles,
and to apply their forces, in co-opera-
ton with us, to the restoration of
calm and peace upon our natal soil.
Given at Peterhof, Oct. 30, in the
eleventh year of our reign.
"NICHOLAS."