Show BOWS TO WILL OF THE PEOPLE j Czar Nicholas Surrenders and Count Witte Becomes Head of Russian Government Autocracy a Thing of the Past and People Am Granted Free Speech a Free Press Right of Assembly Assem-bly and Habeas Corpus Imperial Im-perial Manifesto Issued St Petersburg Monday October 30 1905 will be a day to be venerated ven-erated for ages to come by all good Russian citizens as It was upon this date that the autocracy of the Roman offs and the old order of things ceased ko exist in Russia Emperor Nicholas ms surrendered and Count Witto comes Into power as minister presf kent with an imperial mandate which will enable him to convert the farcical national assembly Into a real legislative legisla-tive body electoil by greatly extended suffrage and to confer upon the people peo-ple fundamental civil liberties including includ-ing free speech These welcome tidings tid-ings reached St Petersburg shortly before G oclock Monday evening Count Witte had spent the day with the emperor at Peterhof going over i Jibe final draft of the manifesto to which he insisted that certain minor modifications be made nnd before taking tak-ing the train for St Petersburg ho telephoned to a friend that the emperor em-peror had affixed his signature and that the imperial mandate comprising the conditions upon which he had agreed to accept office was in his pocket pock-et These include freedom of the press the right of assembly and tho immunity of the person including the right of habeas corpus An imperial manifesto has been Issued Is-sued appointing Count VHte prime minister with special authority to coordinate co-ordinate and unify tho powers of the different branches of the army Civic liberties are granted to the Russian people and to the national assembly is given legislative power while tho suffrage is enlarged Count Wltto insisted on a cabinet on the British model with a selected premier responsible to the imperial douma or parliament while the emperor em-peror clung to the appointment of the members of the cabinet on the American Ameri-can plan by the emperor as chief of state Count Witte Russias first premier has sent the following message to tho American people I am sure the American people who understand what freedom is and the American press which voices tho wishes of the people will rejoice with the friendly Russian nation at this moment mo-ment when the Russian people have received from his imperial majesty tho promises and the guarantees of freedom free-dom and will Join In the hope that the Russian people will wisely aid in the realization of those liberties by cooperating co-operating with the government for their peaceful Introduction Only thus will it be possible to secure tho full benefits of the freedom conferred upon the people The effect throughout Russia is expected ex-pected to be Instantaneous While tho revolutionists threaten an attempt to keep up the present struggle the best opinion Is that the backbone of the strike is broken but In the final analysis analy-sis the effect will depend upon how far Count Witte will be able to execute the heavy task which he has assumed as-sumed Pome persons high In the government govern-ment believe It will be necessary to use ball cartridges to suppress tho present movement but Count Witte appears confident Ho has become the bridge whereby the people are to cross to constitutionalism The count has already tentatively selected the members of his cabinet Ho will himself hold no portfolio All the present ministers except those of war navy and foreign affairs will bo retired Prince Obolensky one of the counts former assistants In the ministry min-istry of finance will become minister of interior M Romanoff another former assistant to the minister will take the finance portfolio M Konl at present a senator and Russias ablest Jurist will be minister of Justice Jus-tice M Krosovsky president of the I St Petersburg municipal council will take the ministry of education and M Ziegler von Schaffhausen chief of tho railroad department of tho ministry of finance will become minister of ways and communications r |