It was on Witte’s advice that the tsar issued the August Manifesto, an attempt to lessen the tensions by making concessions, the principal one being a promise to create a state assembly of elected representatives
The August Manifesto failed to halt uprisings as it was so limited. It was vague and did not provide immediate change to disadantaged workers and peasants
The August manifesto failed to win over liberals because, the proposed duma was due to be consultative rather than legislative, the electoral system excluded national minorities, did not include equal voting, set no date for the first election, and contained no gaurantee of individual rights or press feedom
The August Manifesto contained nothing to apease workers or peasants, it had no intention of compromising with Russia's poorest, thus did nothing to stop the protests of workers or peasants
By October 1905 The situation became critical for the Tsar
