THE VIBORG MANIFESTO.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 307, 31 December 1907, Page 5

THE VIBORG MANIFESTO.

TRIAL OF THE EX-DEPUTIES.

SENSATION IN COURT.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 30

Counsel defending the signatories of *£he Viborg manifesto declared that 'they were entitled to be tried in Finland, where the manifesto was signed. If circulating it -was criminal, each dcase ought to be tried in the judicial district where the offence occurred.

The Oppositionist Members of the present Duma presented Professor Mouromtseff with an .-address of sympathy. : . • ,

M. Ramisvili, one -of the accused, «reated a sensation in •Court by recalling Sir Henry CampbeU-Bannerman's "La Duma est Morte 9"' speech, declaring that if the accused possessed •the sympathy of the British Prime Minister they were able to dispense with the compassion of & Russian 43ourt of Justice.

[When the first Duma was dissolved a Congress of Russian Constitutional Democrats was feeing held in Jxradon. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannermaju, in addressing the Congress, said: "The Duma is dead; long live the Duma!"]