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Show BOWS MILL OF MO PLE Czar Nicholas Surrenders ana Count Wide Dccomcs Head of Russian Government Autocracy a Thing of the Past and People Are Granted Free Speech, a Free Presi, Right of Anenv bly and Habeas Corpus Imperial Im-perial Manifesto Issued. St. Petersburg. Monday, October CO, 1905, will bo n day to bo ven-rrntcd ven-rrntcd for ages to como.by all good Ilusslan citizens, ns It wns upon this (Into that tho autocracy of tho Iloman-offs Iloman-offs nnd tho old irdcr)f things censed to exist In Itussln. Kmpcror Nlcholns has surrendered nnd Count Wltto comes Into power as minister-president, with nn Impcrlnl mandato which will enable htm to convert tho fnrclcat national assembly Into a real legislative legisla-tive body, elected by greatly extended BUffrngc, and to confer upon tho peo-plo peo-plo fundamental civil liberties, Including Includ-ing freo speech? Tlieso wclcomo tidings tid-ings reached St. Petersburg shortly beforo G o'clock Monday evening. Count Wltto had spent tho day with tho emperor nt Pcterhof, going over tho final draft of tho manifesto, to which ho Insisted that certain minor modifications bo mndo add, beforo taking tak-ing tbo train for 8t. Petersburg, ho telephoned to n friend that tho emperor em-peror had afllxed his slgnatnro and thnt tho Imperial mandato comprising tho conditions upon which ho had ngreed to accupt olllco wns In his pocket. pock-et. Thcso Includo freedom of tho press, tho right of assembly, and tho Immunity of the person, Including tho right of habeas corpus. An Imperial manifesto tins been Is-Rued, Is-Rued, appointing Count Wltto prlmo minister, with special nuthorlty to coordinate co-ordinate and unify tho powers of tho different branches of tho army. Cvlc liberties nro granted to tho Ilusslan people, nnd to tho nntionnl assembly Is given leglslntlvo power, whllo tho suffrage Is enlarged. Count Wltto Insisted on n cabinet on tho Ilrltlsh model, with a selected liromlcr responsible totho Imperial douma, or parliament, whllo tho. emperor em-peror clung to tho nppdlntmcnt of thd members of tho cnblnot, on tho American Ameri-can plnn.'by tho emperor ns chief of stnto. Count Wltto, UusBla's first premier, has Bont tho following message to tho American people. "I nni suro tho American people, who understand what froedom Is, nnd tho Amerlcun press, which voices tho wishes of tho peoplo, will rojolco with tho friendly Ilusslan nation nt this mo mont, when tho Ilusslan peoplo linvl received from hls Imperial majesty tlw promises and 'tho guarantees of freedom, free-dom, nnd will Join In tho bopo that thu HiiHslan peoplo will wisely aid In th realization of those liberties by cooperating co-operating with tho government fot their peaceful Introduction. Onlj tliUs will It bo poiBlblo to secure tho full benefits of tho freedom conferred upon tho people." Tbo effect throughout Russia Is expected ex-pected to bo Instantaneous. Whllo tlto revolutionists threaten nn attempt tn keop up tho present Btrugglo, tho best opinion Is that tho bnckbono ot ilia strlko is broken, but In tho final nnal 8la tho effect will depend upon how far Count Wltto will bo nblo to cxecuto tho heavy task which ho has assumed. as-sumed. Some porsons high In tho government govern-ment bcllovo It will bo necossnry to Itso ball cartridges to suppress tho present movement, hut Count Wltto appears coulldent. Ho has become the brtdgo whoroby the peoplo nro to crosB to constitutionalism. Tho count linn nlrondy tentntlvely jolectefl tho mombera of his cabinet Ho will himself hold no portfolio. All tho present minister oxrept those of war, navy nnd foreign nffnlrs, will be retired. Prlnco Oholensky, ono of the count's former assistants In tho ministry min-istry ot II n a n co, will becomo minister fit Interior; M. Romanoff, another former assistant to tho minister, will tuke tho llnnuco portfolio; M. Konl.-nt Konl.-nt present a sonntor nnd IIiissIii'b nblent Jurist, will bo minister of Jus-tleo; Jus-tleo; M. hrosovsky, prpsldcnt ot tho St. Potorsburg municipal-council, will tnko tho ministry ot education, nnd M ZIokIot von Scliaffhauson, chief ot tho railroad department of tho ministry ol finance will become minister ot wnl and communications, |