RUSSIA'S PARLIAMENT.
DISSOLUTION FORESHADOWED By Telegraph Press —Copyright. St. Petersburg, April 16. M. Stolypin (the Premier), answering interpellations in the Council of Empire regarding his action jin utilising article 87 of the fundamental laws to promulgate the Zemstvos Bill, said that the article was intended to be used only in- grave crises. He accepted the responsibility. The Duma had no power to question administrative acts. The Council, by 99 ;to 53, decided that M. Stolypin-s declaration was unsatisfactory. Owing to 7 the absence of the necessary majority, the question of M. Stolypin's illegal procedure cannot be submitted for the Tsar's decision. ..... ~ The press considers that the divergence between the Council of Empire and "the Government amounts to an impasse, and a dissolution of the Council and the Duma is foreshadowed. ~
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14657, 18 April 1911, Page 5
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