Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1905

Chargé Eddy to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Embassy,
St. Petersburg , November 2, 1905 .

(Mr. Eddy reports that according to a proclamation just issued the departments of the army, navy, and the imperial domain will not come under the jurisdiction of the new parliament. Under another proclamation all political prisoners not deemed dangerous to the state will be released. Reports of the gravest character have been received from Odessa.)