RUSSIA.

Bush Advocate, Volume XIX, Issue 672, 21 March 1907, Page 5

RUSSIA.

+ [Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.] [Press Association.] ST. PETERSBURG, March 20. M. Stolypin made a remarkable declaration in the Douma. He said Russia must be transformed into a Constitutional State, and Government had prepared a network of in- | terrelated reforms, including extension of local government . recognition of workers' rights to declare economic strikes, also women's insurance,, old ago" pensions and shorter hours. ' The announcement was cheered by members of the Right, but received in silence by the left. The Bills will be discussed after passage of the Budget . Nothing was said about a responsible Minister or an amnesty. The Social Democrats violently contrasted the fair promises with recent performances. M. Stolypin declared that it was not the Douma's function to express confidence in or censure of Government. Members of the Right appealed to the Douma to co-operate with M. Stolypin to prevent repression. The Constitutional Democrats are in the majority. Obituary: Count Lamsdorf.