Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-11-04


ceiyed with great joy.
The manifesto shows how complete
IS the emperor's abdication Of his auto.
cratic power The very style of the
document is clear and direct and de-
void of the verbose, vague and bonn.
bastic phraseology which heretofore
has characterized his majesty's mani.
iestoes. Itnot only betrays real author.
ship, but shows that the emperor at
last has irreyocably bowed to the in.
evitable. He does not even conceal the
fact that the discomfort and agitation
Of his subjects has driven him to take
the step and practically yields every.
thing civil liberty, the inylolability OF
person and liberty Of conscience.
speech and assembly.
The strike has ended on the Moscow
and st. Petersburg, the Moscow and
Kazan and the Moscow and Archangel
railroads.
j. Pierpont Morgan, Jr., and George
w. Perkins were with Finance Minis.
ter Kokoysoff when the latter received
the news from NJ. Witte. 1t was dra-
matte moment. The minister was called
TO the telephone, and when he returned
he was greatly agitated and said:
Gentlemen, the old order OF things
has changed. Russia has a eonstitu-
ton"
The news spread like wildfire
throughout the city. The revolutionists,
and active agitators generally, declar-
ed loudly that the governments prom
lses would suffice and las re strike
must end, bat IN Ec ater the
news became Known th utionists
took occasion 10 throw the bomb
in st. Petersburg used siee. he strike
began. The incident occurred near the
Polytechnic school, but there was no
fatality.
The foreign embassies were notified,
and official notifications will also be
sent to the Russian ambassadors
abroad.
The effect throughout Russia is ex-
pected to be instantaneous.
The count already has tentatively Sc
lected the members of his cabinet. He
will himself hold no portfolio. All the
present ministers except those of war,
navy and foreign affairs Will be re-
tired. Prince Alexis Obolensky, one of
the counts former assistants in the
ministry of finance, will become min
lister of interior; NJ Romanoff, anothe
former assistant to the minister, will
take the finance portfolio; NJ Koni, at
present a senator and RusSia's ablest
jurist, will be minister of Justice NJ.
Krosovsky, president of the St Peters
burg municipal council, will take the
ministry of education, and NJ Ziegler
Won Schaffhausen. chief of the railroad
department of the ministry of finance,
will become minister of ways and COM
munications.
Count White insisted on a cabinet on
the British model with selected pre-
mier responsible to the imperial douma
or parliament. The emperor chung to
appointment of members of the cabinet
on the American plan by the emperor
as chief of state
Foreign Minister Lamsdorff has re
assured the ambassadors by formally
guaranteeing the safety of foreign res.
idents. He announces that the govern
ment is prepared to give them military
protection in St Petersburg and else
where in the event of disorders.
At Riga collisions between the troops
and the armed populace continue
Many people have been killed or
wounded.
The strikers used knives and revolv-
ers and killed a number of police with
cold steel
The German cruiser Lubbock and ten
torpedo boats of the third and fifth di-
visions put to sea from Kiel for an I'M
known destination.
Their departure gave rise TO a rumor
that they are bound for this port to
bring the Russian empress and her
children to be the guests of Prince and
Princess Henry of Prussia.