DUMA'S STRONG STAND
ULTIMATUM TO THE CZAR. ATTITUDE OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. (By Cable—Frees Association.—Copyright.) ST. PETERSBURG, May Iβ., The National Douma has adopted tlva Address-in-Reply to the Czar's Speech. Though respectfully worded, the addrese is practically an ultimatum to the Czar. It contrasts the promises made in the Czar's manifesto with the Government's subsequent acts of repression, and insists that the granting of universal suffrage to the people, and Ministerial responsibility to the representatives of the nation are the only means of restoring peace within the country. It also demands the abolition of the Council of Ministers in its present form. It proposes to meet the acute needs of the peasants by granting themland out of the estates belonging to the State, the Crown, and the monasteries, and by the compulsory repurchase of private lands. The address adds that the Douma awaits a full political amnesty as a pledge of the mutual agreement of the Czar and his people. The Council of the Empire is ovsrwhelmingly against a full amnesty, and the hopes of a peaceful solution of to* question are not strong.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 117, 17 May 1906, Page 5
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