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Show 1ST. PETERSBURG MAO OVERjMANIFESTO lospot ism Seems to Have Been i Unplaced by Unrestrained License. RED FLAG IS FASTENED Til CROSS ON COLLEGE Streets Jammed With Men and omen Celebrating Freedom. 1JJJJJ ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 81, 12:20 p. H in The Russian capital blossomed out I with flags and bunting today. All the H troops wrre withdrawn from the streets B and the city prcsentr-il almost Its nor- H HI ma i appearance. The nervousness of HBHJ the people has uiiiniy disappeared H . irkmi'ti iiy Hi- thousands Hocked B back to the shops and factories with- B Hi out awaltlnc permission of the strike HJ committee. PIHH Thr (authorities did all In their powor pHHJ to encourage tiio spirit of rejoicing over pHHJ the newly granted liberties, it was by BBBHM order of Gen Trepoff that tho lf-Kula- HHH tlon decorations were hung out, i lie HHI troops were instructed to permit the Hr people to ent their feelings. H Demonstrr.tions All Niplit. f Last night's demonstrations ron- Itinued almost until mornlnp. A procession pro-cession of 5000 persona with red flags paraded the NcVSky Prosper! until 4 "-lot k. singing the "Jtfarseillalse" and then mOved down Lltanya street to the Russian lustlle, at the corner of Shphalernla street, where for an hour they made the welkin ring with revolu- B i i 1 HLVj Immediately opposite stood the well- Ifillerl Cossack barracks and the crowd took particular delight In howling maledictions male-dictions In thnt direction. Warned Against Trickery. The Social Democrats, however, are urging their followers not to be trieked by the Government, but to keep up the llght. They organized a demonstration f the proletariat In the- Vasilla Ostrov district hi favor of the organization of PJJHJ a national militia and general am- HJ BBHM The imperial manifesto has produced Hj a wonderfully fine impression and if piHB secuted In a frank and honest spirit PJJH) must allay much of the prevailing dls- pilHJ content. The distrust of the Qovern- pilHj ment is so deep-seated, however, that I me upcrais say mat imt until wonts . re translated into acts and the people actually enjoy their liberties will con-fldence con-fldence in the Government be restored Congratulations for Witte. fount Wltte has been showered with ongr.itulations u his personal triumph, tri-umph, but to all felicitations he says: W an Reserve your congratulations jt until I have succeeded. " , ! After seeing the Associated Press cor- hhh respondent last night. Count Wltte HjHL worked until '1 o'clock In the morning HJ up again al 1 H series f consultation, with his Jf friends Such news as comes fr..m thr- pn Interior today is distinctly better. The PJL provincial authorities spread the news J of the grant ..f Uu? constitution from house to house and this morning the pa strike appears everywhere to be going pillf to H Celebration Unrestrained. pilH it- tore noon the celehrators begun and HHJ ih. s-kjii appeared to have gone mail, j Such scenes had never before been wlt- J nesse.l in Russia. Unrestrained bv word Hi "r deed, the crowds did and said whnt Hj liked I potism seemed suddenly HH 1n nve been replaced bv license. Red PHHJ werr .v. rywhere In evident e. In HHsl th" phurches devout men and women on HJ bended km befori t lie Image of St H Nicholas, the miracle worker rendered thanks for the blessings of liberty while HHbT ,h "f i hrongi'd streets' orators pillj harangued the populace. Snid What They Liked HH Fully thlrtv thousand workmen were PHHJ massed listening to Student orators who H delivered Impassioned speeches from thi PHHj 'i t-t. t.s of the town hall and eathedrul R' d flags showed above the dense black mass of cheering humanltv. The police PHHJ kept ii Di' background, not even trying to keep the street open Passing patrols wn -their way ,, th-ir b.irr.i.ks w. .,,..) I have be.-n mobbed had It not ber-n for the appeals of the cool-headed, who u-c u-c Is red to the crcompanlrnent of cheers that the troops were henceforth with the people. Red Flags Flutter. 1 ! ; The biggest demonstration was or-, or-, gaiilzed by student antl workmen , great procession was formed. Btarttns from the university 10,000 strong, it ln- reased In number-; us fhc demonstrators marched a ross the rlvi-r ami up the Nevsky Prospect us far as the Kazan cathedral, singing the 'Marseillaise " A dozer, red banners Inscribed with the 1 ward "Bvoboda" (Liberty), were carried M at the head of the parade Decorates the Cress. I u the Kazan cathedral the procession ; countermarched to the university where fn.rn tin- balconies student harangued the crowds with llery speeches, urging the people not tt cease the struggle until every right of man had been attained In the mlrti't of the oratory. I . , ,,. thuslasui v.:l.s created by a student who scaled the root of the unlwrsitv and attached at-tached a red Hag to the cross ..cr tiK. ' I iU entrance Crowd Eecomes Unruly As the afternoon advanced the crowds became more unruly antl there seemed to be B momentary danger of ureal disorders. dis-orders. Ull to 0 o'clock, however no se ttous collisions hail taken place xho Workmen all over Vfi th.-ir work ami drifted to the center of the city, massing In lore the Kazan catle-dral Kidl a hun-dr hun-dr d thousand persons gathered In the great square, completely filling the space between the spreading colonnades of the eatfcedral. Start for Bastlle. A cry was set up of "To th hastile," Bild the procession started in that direction direc-tion Prr-para turn" luirl hern rii:id- .iR.V.nst attempts to storm the political prison. termed the bastlle. antl all the afternoon two companies of the Bcmenoffsky regiment regi-ment and four squadrons of Hussars were drawn up en Shpalernla street, with ample am-ple t 1 "SI rVt-M I lisllle. The strike committee during th afternoon after-noon ckculc.1 to conlli.iie the strike. Joining Join-ing with the students 111 their demand for tht deposition of Gen. Trepoff. general amnesty, the removal of the troops to twenty miles out of the city and the ei cation ca-tion of a national militia Students Fired Upon. There were some minor disorders and revolver llilng reported during the day at various placi-s Gendarmes at the Institutes Insti-tutes flred on some students, wounding several, and eighty-two were made prisoners. An officer In a restaurant who refused in .iuft his cap before a red Hag was gef upon by the crowd, but he covered bis ii-ttial b tiring two shots In the air A collision between whites and reds occurred near the Anitchkoft palace The pit the Whites to flight and dent de-nt roved their floes |