Some Fiery Speeches.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11645, 24 August 1905, Page 5

Some Fiery Speeches.

"Down with the Aristocracy."

Received ' August 23; 10 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG, August 23. While the Moscow Municipality was sitting privately in a small hall, drafting a resolution to .be submitted to the Czar, 200 of the public-'in, the gallery of the larger Council hall cheered the fiery speeches that were being delivered amongst themselves denouncing the Czar's manifesto and the^Duma project, accompanying the cries with "Down with the aristocracy"; "Long live the constituents of the Assembly." The Marseillaise was sung. Some of the speakers recommended an armed rebellion. Many quitted the •buildingr as a mark' of disapproval. When Galitzin entered the building and read the manifesto,- il was received; in dead silence. It was resolved, at Galitzin's instance, and with only one dissentient, that the Czar's noble purpose was realisable only under conditions guaranteeing freedom of speech, of Press, of meeting, of union, and of inviolability of person. The resolution also recommended an amendment to the Duma scheme in order to restore tranquility, and adding that; the Duma should be based on the universal suffrage with full legislative rights.