THE DUMA.
ADDRESS NOT TO BE AMENDED. TSAR CHEERED. .FORMER PREMIER RETIRES. ' BT Vif.EQIUPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. St. Petersburg, November 27. During the debate in the Duma, the party known as th'o Cadets proposed that tho word " Constitution " be introduced in tho text of the Address-in-Rcply. An amendment by tho Right to insert in the Address the word " autocracy" was rejected. ; , ' . Tho Cadets and moderate Rights then agreed to the original text of tho address, which does not refer to either "constitution " or " autocracy," and this was unanimously adopted. The Labour party abstained from voting. Tho. Tsar was cheered, and'the National 'Anthem was sung. Count Witto has been appointed a director of tho Russian Discount Credit Bank. This implies bis retirement from political Mfe.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19071129.2.24
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 56, 29 November 1907, Page 5
Word Count
122THE DUMA. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 56, 29 November 1907, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in