The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-07
Manifesto of Two EmperOrs Is Read in Old-Time Cap
 ital, Warsaw
CHERISHED DREAM IS
 FINALLY FULFILLED
Thousands Gather Before Venerable Fourteenth Century Castle to Hear Words Announcing Rebirth
 of the Nation

WdrSaW, sunday NOVemDeT O.-N la Berlin. November 5, and London, No vember 6.)-The manifesto of Elm peror William and Emperor Francis Joseph again calling into existence the ancient kingdom of Poland was read at noon today to the assembled Polish representa- atives in the royal eler.
 Outside in the great square before the castle and in the spacious court yard of the venerable fourteenth cen- tury pile, inhabitants of the old Polish capital gathered by the thousands to attend the ceremony of what is des- iGnated as the rebirth of the Polish nation.
 Quickest to realize the significance of the day are the academic youth stu dents of the University of Warsaw, the Polytechnic school and other high CT institutions of learning who at tended the ceremony in corporate units bearing banners and wearing the gay student ribbons.
 This afternoon they are leading parades and demonstrations through streets bright with red flags There are volunteers by the hundreds for the Polish army which, the manifesto announced, will be called into exis tence.
 CEREMONY WAS SIMPLE
 The ceremony was short and simple Precisely at noon General Won Bezeler, wearing the decorations granted for the reduction of Antwerp and the Pol ish fortresses. mounted the dais in the gala ballroom of the old Jagelleonian castle and in the name of Germany's sovereign read the imperial manifesto. When he ceased the Polish count, Hut ten-Czapsl1i, the palace commandant, read from a 1eather-bound pamphlet to the Polish notables translation of the manifesto in their own lan gauge.
 Then came cheers from the hitherto silent crowd; cheers for Poland, Elm peror William, Emperor Francis Jo- seph, for Germany and the Germans. and for General Won Bezeler. President Brudzinski of the recently elected city council. rector of the University of Warsaw, advanced before the dais and in the Polish tongue gave thanks for the imperial decree. He asserted the determination of the Poles would be found worthy of the liberties conferred and asked that as the first step toward the formation of the government re- gent be appointed for the kingdom, since the time was not ripe for the nomination of the hereditary sov- ereign.
 SUPPLEMENT OF WISH
 General Won Bezeler replied that in the midst of the world war had come the moment of fulfillment of the long cher ished Polish wish for re-esta olishment of the Polish kingdom.
 Doubts as to the future.' he said, ''can find no place in Polish hearts. It will be our task shoulder to shoulder with the residents of Poland to carry the war to victorious conclusion, and to heal the wounds of the war. Take places at our side, in confidence which we re- pay by the magnanimous decision of the Austro-G German monarchs who place their seal on the plans for the unity of Poland. We hope that soon a Polish army will be fighting on our side In token of the sentiment for development of the new Kingdom. May all good fortune attend the kingdom of Poland
 A band in an adjoining gallery struck up the strains of the ancient national anthem and after a few bars had been played the Poles burst spontaneously into the strains which recite the ancient glories, the fallen fortunes, and the undy ing hopes of Poland.
 Twenty minutes saw the end of the ceremony and the participants slowly made their way from the palace through the crowded courtyard into the throng outside.
 TEXT OF EMPEROR'S LETTER