THE LOPPING OF THE DUMA.
PEASANT ELECTORATES' REDUCED. IMPORTANT CENTKES DIS ' - , FKAtfCHISED. (Received June 18, ,8.17 a.m.) ST. PETERSBURG, Monday. The" next Duma" wll consist of "442 ' members. The class of suffrage will be extended to landlords and the peasant electorates will thus he reduced. Representation of Poland, the Caucasus, and Siberia will be reduced by one-half. Direct elections' with a higher property test will be instituted in the larger cities, but such important centres as Kasan, Khaxkoff, and Saratoff, vrll be disenfranchised. Sixteen. Duma deputies accused of conspiracy have escaped.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 18 June 1907, Page 3
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91THE LOPPING OF THE DUMA. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 18 June 1907, Page 3
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