Show RUSSIA FLINGS OFF AUTOCRATIC YOKE AND BECOMES LAND OF fREE S Czar Nicholas Abdicates From Old Power Powel and Peoples People's Rep- Rep Help to Enroll Empire Among Constitutional Constitutional Constitutional Governments of the World ST ST. PETERSBURG IN ORGIE OF RIOTOUS JOY Douma Takes Steps to Make Country Free in Something More Than Name Name Emperor Emperor Makes Address Address Of Of Officials S Ordered From Assembly Chamber S St. St Petersburg Pcr hlll May Mu 11 J 1 1 L Amid ex extraordinary cx- cx x- x Russia Husla has ceased to tn bo ho an un autocracy and for better or 01 worse worl took tool Its place among the tile constitutional ron con Ko o of the world orld In a speech three minutes long long- Emperor Emperor Emperor Em Em- Nicholas signalized his abdication lion ion from flom autocratic power anti and exact exactly ex ex- act one hour later the members of the lower house houe Including all the representatives rep rep- of the common people cheered when It was re resolved resolved re- re solved wl to take Issue with Nicholas antI and force from him hint concessions slon that would make free government something more than a name Speech From the Throne In his speech from he throne the czar sal said The supreme providence which gave cave me the care car of our fatherland father father- fatherland Inn land moved me to call to m my a assistance assist assist- ance amice In lii legislative work elected representatives rep rep- re es of the people In the ho expectation of a brilliant future for Rus Russia la I greet In your our persons the best men from the empire whom I ordered m my beloved subjects to choose from among themselves A difficult work lies before you ou 1 I trust that love for your fatherland and anil your earnest desire to serve It wll vilI Inspire and unito you ou I shall halt keep Inviolate the tho institutions which I have hav granted with the firm assurance Urn that you will devote all alt your our strength u to the tha service of or your our country and especIally especially es es- es- es to the needs of or tho the peasantry which are so close to my heart am and to the education of oC the people am anti and their thell economical welfare rememberIng remember remember- big Ing that to the dignity and of 01 the tho state not only freedom but or rounded founded upon justice are nrc nece t saly 4 1 Desires to See Seo I 1 desire from flom rota m my heart to se sec m m my people happy and hand down to my mj myson myson son an empire secure well organized and enlightened May ray God bless the work worl that lie lies les before beCore me Inc in unit unity with the council of the empIre and anti the Imperial dou dou- ma mn May this day be bo the da day of th moral revival of Russia and the day for Cor or the renewal of Its hl highest hest forces Approach J with solemnity the labors for which I call you OU and anti be worthy of oC the responsibilities put lUt upon you by bythe bythe bythe the emperor and people May Jn God assist assist assist as as- us Peasant Blouse vs S C Court PIner Finery Events have havo moved with amazing swiftness In the last few Cew hours Since the he first incidents of the lie day ay began at atH 10 H o'clock Thursday morning there here has hns been a wonderful pIcture In contrasts ts All VII the pomp and anti glitter of oC court COUlt has ha been set against ag tho the blouse of oC the peasant Pot For the first time In the tho history of oC the empire Into the Inn mad Inner r chambers of oC the lie czars czar's palace went the bearded toiler toller of oC the steppes and plains and anti the lie workmen of the lie shop and factory Tho The men of toll were there not by Invitation of oC the emperor but by the will of their heir fellows The sight was vas one ono that lint It was hard to credit To Toone Toone Toone one side Itle was arrayed courtiers gilt gilt- lIt lIt- with gold lace anti and jew jeweled lt d decorations dec orations in an opposing line showed shoved the ho dull garments of oC the members of oC parliament with their faces seared by hardship set In iii stolid determination It t was a scene that was as full Cull of or moment to 0 the tho destiny of or RU Russia Ila n as that hat In Runnymede when whon the lie Magna Charta was wrung front from the lie craven John ohn New Nei Spirit In Iii Capital In this city at least leas t there Is a new spirit abroad Although the new par- par ma may be cased around by great grent restrictions the lie song long of freedom Is Js In Inho inthe ho tho air aim There were a hundred different different dif dif- ferent features to tho the doings o of the theda da lay day of oC surpassing Interest but not another ono one of the saute same novelty anti and Impressiveness of or that witnessed ed last night outside tho constitutional club where have gathered all the popular members of oC parliament Here were assembled assemble men who vho carried themselves exactly Hk Hka like a great political demonstration In America It w was q a sight to Inspire a hope that despite all the Influences s of tho the court democracy will triumph In n Rut From the ends of wagons like Ike so man many mami Yankee spellbinders hun hundreds of addressed the throng and amid one and anti all proclaimed that hat bureaucracy shall perish In Its entirety Cheers for This sight so Impossible to 0 conceive six Ix months ago was in keeping with that hat of oC Thursday morning when hien there wore mighty cheers for free Cree America and a crow crowd of enthusiastic men menI I sought ought to take the he hor horses from the carriage of Ambassador Meyer so fco that the United States ml might ht be honored In iii n him hint being drawn by the populace to tl o the doors of o the tho Winter palace It was vas only by eloquent persuasion that the he ambassador finally got the citizens to o desist He was as cheered ed all the tho way y to o the Winter inter palace and again when returning to the American merican embassy he was vas received with a 11 tumult o of applause ap- ap Ih is I President I Prof l candidate ate of the Constitutional Democrats was elected president of or the house b by votes to 7 amid the most tremendous cheering cheer cheor- I In ing ng S Ivan Ian Pe h whom the czar czari i told tol twelve years ears ago a o that a n national n assembly was an Impossibility aroused the he house to frenzy by declaring de tI- de- de daring claring that the tho first words pronounced In an assembly of or representatives of oC Russian people should hould be freedom om and anda a demand 1 for amnesty tot for or those who S I 5 have fought for or tho the cause Orders Officials Out S The Thc enthusiasm was renewed when the president practically told old the he mInor mi minor mu- mu nor government nt officials who lined the he walls that thc they had no business there and ordered them to leave Th The cheelIng cheerIng cheer cheer- Ing lug continued until the fallen crest-fallen In Intruders intruders In- In tru e walked d out of tho the hall hail After lUter a session of or an hour bout nn and a half the house hom e adjourned The rho only disorder reported during the day was Wa near hear the Winter palace A party of roughs refused to make mako makoway way for fOI an officer and finally one of ot the tho roughs struck him hint In the he face faco He lie drew rew his sword an and cut down his assailant as as- but did not mortally wound him The officer was arrested Last night celebrations in honor of or orthe the crt creation allon of tho the douma were wera held In ever every city of or the empire Flu Flag s Arc re re UIo The yellow ellow Imperial stanward with the he double headed eagle flew new front from ho tho Winter palace flags by order of or orthe the police were displayed playe from ever every house anti and streams of or multi colored pennants fluttered front from the yachts yacht and shipping In the harbor Even the Un tiny passenger boats which thread the rivers and canals the street cars carN and many cabs carried tho the nu Russian ian colors The banks stores stO schools and some somo of or tho the factories were closed In honor of oC the occasion but thero there was was no general holiday the g government specifically discharging a suspension of or work in tho the Industrial districts owing to tho the fear tear that crowding the tho worl workmen men In to the center of or the street ml might ht provoke provoke- collisions dis thoA orders and perhaps bloodshed T 7 is 1 IP I I. I lf ot S Not e de det h cHt Infantry In only w wore 1 o fantry lantry cavalry and g sta sta- sta at strategic c points but largo barge reserves were ma massed sed In III the courtyard courtyards courtyards court court- yards yard of or buildings g Ell Early 11 In fri the morning the palace square re resembled resembled re- re a field camp two regiments S of oC gu guards having bivouacked b there all night At daylight battalions of ot police tool took po possession of all alJ the tho approaches to o the palace for a distance of r a a third of ot a n mile an and all day no one one wasal was tal tal- tal lowed owed to pass the lines without tickets tick tick- ets The draw of the lie Nicholas bridge from rom Vasil Island was opened and amI the thc palace bridge e which rests on pontoons was vas allowed to s hl swing down the curent curment cur- cur ent ment Si so as to permit tho ho Imperial yachts bearing their theil majesties and anti the court ourt from to pass up tho the river rivero to o the landing stage in lb front of ot the wInter palace A flotilla of or police boats several Nc low lying torpedo boats boat an and a number of oared galIs galI's galleys gal- gal leys I's eys cleared the river riven as aR far Car as n possible possible pos pos- sible sibie of all moving craft cruft S S Bells Delt Sa l Savagely d Like nil all the great greet state functions in Russia tho the ceremonies began with religious services At 10 o'clock In Inthe inthe th the morning the whole city reverberated Wi th flom St. St Petersburg's myriad of or churches cathedrals cathedrals cathedrals cath cath- and temples summoning the he people to thanksgiving Not ot only at nl St. St Petersburg but at the tho Kremlin of Moscow bells were rung runs anti and te d were celebrated thus giving tho the occasIon occasion oc- oc casIon the solemn religious as us well voil as aR civil significance nece necessary ry to Impress s the tho Russian nu masses While the he bells Jells were still sun ringing the Imperial yacht Alexan Alexandra m. m with the tho Imperial stan standard ard at tho lie fore tore move moved majestically up the river dipping dipping dipping dip dip- ping her flag In an answer e 7 l' l to the salutes s sand and ind cheers from Crom tine the emperors emperor's warshIps warships warships war war- ships lying at tho the balti works s With Instead of proceeding to the he Winter palace the yacht stopped at the handing land hand Ins Ins- ng stage stare of or the English quay qua bolow below the he Nicholas bridge anti and In front of palace formel formerly tho the embassy thero th the em- em the empress s' s sand and tho the dowager empress impress entered a launch anti and attended attend attend- ed cd b by a launch on each flank moved moveL on n up the river The members of or the tho party made the tho remainder of oC the journey lourney to 0 the Winter palace In iii carriages car car- Mages escorted by a troop of or clatterIng clattering clatter clatter- arIval arrival ar- ar Ing ng horse guards The fhe l emperors emperor's rival Ival was not heralded by th tM he cus custo- custo to- to anti and for Cor that thaL m nary rv salute of guns uns reason reason eason tho the passage pass of tho the river 11 hn hardly ly attracted the notice of the thousands thouron 8 of Df spectators who were waiting along the Islands In the river Czar ninth and Czarina l Without halting at atthe the Winter Inter lalace palace palice pal pal- ace ice the launches cro crossed sd the tho river and anti them heir majesties landed un under er the lm g walls wails of the St 81 Peter Pete and St. St Paul fortress where they entered entell by the tho Imperial water term terrace e driving hurriedly hur- hur to the tho Immense cathedral Inside in inside inside in- in side the walls of or which repose the r re remains rO- rO mains of the There Iliene bet before re rethe the tombs of or the emperors emperor's ancestors tho the Imperial family knelt for Cor twenty tWel minutes made their devotions and amid asked asko for the blessing an and gul guidance of or orth th S Almighty Then rhen as their majesties majesties majesties ties returned to the terrace and ald reentered re- re entered the lie launch tho Limo faint echo of or ofa ofa ora a cheer swept up the tho Nova Neva H e Th The Im Imperial Imperial inn inn- penal launch Immediately crose crossed the tho 11 01 anti and entered tho ho Winter Vinter palace valace I front from the quay entrance For the tho first time since the ceremony of or ble blessing the waters Jan Jami 1 10 1905 when the emperor es escaped death from Crom the charge of grape rape fired fined from a n gun of or th the sa- sa Continued on Two Ito i i RUSSIA CUTS OFF AUTOCRATIC YOKE Continued From Froni l Page Pago a o One battery batter on the opposite bank of the he river the emperor and dm press were ero back in th the tho Russian capital Ji Reception Without Trouble The emperors emperor's reception passed off without any untoward Incident The rho ton tone of ot the speech from the throne hrone was conciliatory It expressed the he emperors emperor's wish that relief be bo given to o the peasants in their present unfortunate unfortunate conditions and called on the members of ot the parliament to put theIr heir hearts into their work an and to operate co-operate with him in solving the present problems of Russia and in handing landing down lown a united and prosperous empire to his successor sor The emperor and the empress after aCtor leaving the palace entered a n launch and passed down tho the river boarded the Imperial yacht acht Alexandra and returned to o The Tho crowds on tho the banks of the river and islands heartily cheered the imperial party part |