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Nelson Evening Mail, 24 August 1905, Page 2

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(.United Press Association.; SOCIALIST DISTURBANCES THE CZAR'S MANIFESTO. LONDON, Aug. 23. Tk» Warsaw corresiwndixat of the 'Daily Express" reports that largo bodies of Socialists are inarching in procession through the streets denouncing tho Czar's manifesto and distributing proclamations*; and that fatal collisions have occurred between rioters and soldiers. Tbo ••Morning Post'.' reports riots and demonstrations in Finland, Courlond, Revel, Kieff, Rostoff, and. T'i (lis. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug^ 23. While the Moscow Municipality -was sutting privately in a small ball drafting a resolution to be submitted to tbe Czar, 200 of the tbe public in the gallery of the larger Council bail cheered, and fiery •* speeches were delivered amongst themselves denouncing tho Oaaa-lg manifesto r^gardjjng tbe Duma project, wfttb accompanyingcries of "Down with tbe aristocracy," "Long live a constitutional assembly." The Miarseillaiso was sung, and some speakers recommonidcd armed rebellion. Many ojuitted tbo building as a mark of disapproval when M. Gakitzin entered the building and read the manifesto!, which was received in dead silence. It was resolved, at M. Galitzm's instance, with only one dissentient, that the Czar's no'l'to purpose 'is realisalble only under conditions guaranteeing freedom of speech, of the press, of meeting, of union, and of inviolabilitv of person. The resolution also recommended an amendment to the Duma scheme Sn order to restore tranquility, adding that the Duma should be fjased on universal suffrage and full legislative righ>ts.