RUSSIA IN FINLAND.
£Bt Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association - .) f Received June 22, at 9.25 p.m. St. Petersburg, June 22. 11. Stolypin. in a long speech at the Council of the Empire, in justifying the Finland Bill as one concerning the general interests of the Empire, emphasised'that formerly the Sovereign's absolute will alone couid be operative. hut -when diets began to be convened and discussed questions having a painfill effect on .Russian interests the necessity for general Imperial legislation was imperatively felt. He added that the Duma must protect the whole State's interests while respecting Finnish . autonomy.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10489, 23 June 1910, Page 4
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97RUSSIA IN FINLAND. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10489, 23 June 1910, Page 4
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