Show mm febi they wll have the same liberties as the russian citizen is granted I 1 for good or fop III the ancient king dom of poland has become an in tegran part of the russ an empire I 1 st petersburg poland 4 not to be permitted to become a second fin land the russian government in a strongly worded communication pub lashed sunday morning serves notice on the polish nationalists that tor good or the ancient kingdom of po land has now become an integral part of the russian empire and that while the government intends to fully ob serve the national rights of poland any attempt to jarest polish autonomy from the would be considered an act of revolt and would lead the poles into the sorrowful paths trod den by them in 1831 and 1863 the communication recalls the fact that the imperial ukase of december last established a basis tor the gradual renovation of the civil life of russian subjects and points out that the measures adopted in pursuance of that ukase affected equally the pol ish people the ukase says in accordance with the ukase the exceptional laws hindering the free de of the nation were abrogated and the poles were given the same rights as the russians educational municipal and judicial and reforms were introduced as stipulated by the decisions arrived at by the committee of ministers on june 18 and by the ukase of april 30 regarding religious liberty the general meas tires adopted by the government were extended to poland which also was given the right of participation in the douma and freedom of meeting final on october 30 the poles were tul ly recognized as free citizens there by obtaining full opportunity to prove their capacity by participating in a great creative work they would con have gradually attained the ulterior progress of the polish nation with the end of the electoral alons which naturally would have sympathized with their fate |