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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3493, 7 March 1905, Page 3

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Manifesto- By The Czar.

DENUNCIATION OF REVOLUTIONARY PARTY. A CALL TO THE NATION. St. Petersburg, March 2, It is officially announced that the •Gxar has issued a manifesto in which f he expressed his confidence of victoryin a campaign involving tbo Russian honour and the command of the waters of the Pacific, and w’jicb in in the interests of Christianity, The manifesto upholds the autocracy sanctioned by the people’s dc,motion and denounces 1 the rcvolutionr_ r ; ( v< s w ho are seeking t.c set up an administration. He calls the nation 'to defend the throne f r ,om its ctecnhl enemies. London, March 3. 'Rfttlter'a hit. Petersburg correspondent explains that the Czar’s manifesto implies that the Minister who is elaborating a scheme for a National Assembly has fallen into disfavour, ■while the Grand Ducal party and maintainers of absolutism have secured the Czar’s ear. The same correspondent says well-informed society circles State that the Czar is again opposed to reforms. ISOLATION OF THE CAPITAL. | A VACILLATING “ RULER.” j St. Petersburg, March 3. j Strikes have been ordered on the j Vilna and Moscow railways, isolating; St. Petersburg. One hundred and ’ twenty thousand strikers arc out of, work in St Petersburg. _ 1 The Russian workers’ ultimation of the 2nd was rejected, and a general | strike is regarded as inevitable. j London, March 3. I The New York Herald states the! Czar’s yacht Standard is kept ready j for nse. The Committee of Ministers is disposed to greatly mitigate the grievance's O F . the Russian religious dis- : sentfcfv, i i A SPECIAL RESCRIPT. j SUGGESTED REPRESENTATIVE ' POPULAR ASSEMBLY. | St. Petersburg, March 5. j The Czar, in a special rescript, acknowledges the congratulations of the nobility, the Zemstvos, and the nation on the birth of an heir, and an- ■ nounces his resolve*, with the help of God, to convene; umeeting of elected representatives from the people to participate in the elaboration and consideration of legislative measures, while preserving the immutability ot the b'.vs. London, March 5. “ The Times ” says the appearance of the rescript, creating a legislative assembly, alter a general strike has been announced is received with amazement, incredulity and enthusiasm. The “ Daily' Telegraph ” says the rescript is vague and little importance is attached to it.