The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-07
Proclamation Declares That Rights of Sovereignty and Succession Have Been
 Extended.
SPECIAL DIET PROMISED
Austria VIII Not Participate Tn n Conference If tho Subject Of Annexation Is to Re
 Discussed,

Vienna, oct, 6--The proclamation ot Emperor Francis Joseph will be issued tomorrow declaring that the Austro- Hungarian rights of sovereignty and succession have been extended over Bosnia and Herzegovina The new i'm perlal provinces will be informed in the proclamation that they will he given a constitution and special diet,
 The proclamation says:
 When generation ago our troops crossed the boundaries of your coun- tries you were assured that they came not as enemies but as friends, with a firm resolution to put Q stop to the Ills from which your fatherland for so many years so severely suffered. This promise was given in 3 solemn moment and was righteously kept. It was the steadfast endeavor of our government in peaceful observance of the law and by vigorous efforts to lead the land to a happier future
 ITO our great pleasure we can say that the seed which was then scatter- ed in the furrow of poughed soil has come up richly You yourselves must feel the benefits of a situation whereby order and security have taken the place Of force and oppression Trade and communication are steadily spreading the civilizIng influence of wider edu- cation has made itself felt, and every man may enjoy the fruits of his lahors under the protection of q well ordered government.
 "We consider it our most solemn duty to move forward along this path, and with that goal before our eyes we are of the opinion that the time has come to give the inhabitants of both coun- tries fresh proof of our trust in their political maturity"
 The emperor has also addressed 2 re- script to Baron Von Aehrenthal, the Austro- Hungarian minister of foreign affairs, In which he says
 Being mbued with the unaltersbte conviction that the lofty, ciyllizing and political objects for which the Austro- Hungarian monarchy undertook the oc- cnpatien and administration of Bosnia and Herzegovina and that inc results which that administration has already obtained with costly sacrifices can he permanently secured only by granting the constitutional institutions corre- spending to their needs institutions for the setting I'D of which. the estab- lshment of clear and uneduivocal le- gal position for the two provinces forms an Indispensable condition
 'T extend my sovereignty over Bos- nIs and Herzegovina and at the same time, bring into force in those pro vinces tie rules of succession applying to my house.
 "As demonstration of the peace ful purposes which have led mo n this immutsble decree. l at the same time order the evacuation of the San jslS of NovpaSar by the troops of my army stationed therein
 The rescript ia aigned hy tho em. peror and dated at Rudapert October E, 1anS.
 A second rescript addressed to the Austrian minister of finance, Baroi jBurisn Von Raiecz, by the emperor says;
 " have decided to give nractica , effect to the rights of my sovereignty / as well as the succession of my house in the case of Bosnia and Herzcgo vlna."
 The rescript directs the minister t' Issue q proclamation to the people Q these provinces assuring them the fll measure of civic rights, liberty of per son and conscience, security of prop erty respect for their customs lihert' of the press, the right of emigration petition and association, the admins tration of tho law by competen judges, and the establishment of re publican assembly
 High officials state that annexation is irrevocable Austria even Is m willing to participate In an ihterua tional conference unless assured tha tho matter will not be discussed al all The provinces, thcY say, have beel conquered by Austrian culture, an, the Austrian sword must remain wit