The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-11-02

radicals, however. read the document
with delight aud amazement. declaring
that il could not fail 10 rally the mod
crates TO the support of Count Witte
Tho effect throughout Russia f. ok
pected to be instantaneous. While tae
extremists threaten an attempt to
keep MP the present struggle, the best
opinion is that the backbone of the
strike is broken. but in The final analy-
sis the effect will depend on how far
Count Wittc win be able TO execute
The heavy task which he has assumed.
Some persons high in the govern
ment believe ii still will be necessary
20 resort to ball cartridges To- suppress
the present movement. bat Count
Witte appears confident lie has be
come the bridge whereby the people
are to cross TO constitutionaiism.
The Cabinet Selected.
The count has already tentatively
selected 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
retired. Prince Alexis Ohelcnsky. one
Of the counts former assistants in
the ministry of finance. will become
minister OF the interior: NJ Romanoff
another former assistant 10 the minis
ter. Will take the finance portfolio:
NJ. Koni al present a senator and
Russia's ablest jurist viii be minister
OF justice: NJ. Krosoysky president of
the St Petersburg municipal council
will take the ministry of education
and ". Ziegler Won Schanhausen
chief of the railroad department Of
the ministry OF finance. will become
minister of ways and communications
Cheering For Liberty.
After the news got abroad crowds
began marching up and down the
Nevsky Prospect. singing the national
hymn and hurrahing for liberty. IL is
significant that the great searchhght
which has been lighting mp the Neysky
Prospect from the admiralty tower FOR
ALlltk LlELAc. VI do Nlt l4tA h4l AdrA II p aNNs
The crowds sang the national hymn,
cheering for the emperor and shout
ing themselves hoarse The rcstaur-
ants and cafes were closed at .
o'clock. disgorging their crowds, who
had ben drinking and making merry
for hours around the tables. to aug
ment the demonstration in the thor
oughfares. The Cossack patrols were
utterly discounted and COMPOUNDED
and were wholly at a loss to under
stand the meaning of the demonstra-
tiOn or why the crowds were singing
God Save the Emperor" Russia's
magnificent national anthem, instead
Of the "Marseilaise
Soon after midnight crowd OF sew
eral hundred gathered in the great
square before the winter palace and
sang a chant from the church liturgy
addressed to the emperor and the ma
tional anthem. and finished with rons-
ing cheers for his majesty and the
imperial family
4 mdicrous incident occurred at
midnight near the university. when
newsboys with an extra edition Of the
Official Messenger hurried into a
crowd of strikers. The instant the
news became known the strikers rails
ed an uproarious cheer and the Cos
sacks who were patroling the street.
Misunderstanding the import of the
demonstration. and thinking the cries
were seditious. charged and dispersed
the workmen with their whips.
At all the fashionable restaurants
wine was drunk in toasts 90 Liberty
and the constitution.
A meeting of the strike committee
was held after the PRONUNCIATION of
the emperor's manifesto was known
The question of calling the strike of
was discussed. but a decision was
postponed until today. A damper was
thrown upon the strike enthusiasm by
the news that work had been re-
sumed in a large part Of the factories
Of St Petersburg including II of the
10 departments Of the Putiloff works.
and that stores had been reopcned.
Caused Sensation In Warsaw
Warsaw. oct. 31.-The streets last
night were dark and deserted and pa
trolled by infantry. Nevertheless the
news that the emperor had signed a
constitution spread like wildfre and
created a tremendous sensation. caus-
ing a feeling Of JOY. mingled with The
fear that the news might be prema