A WAKEFUL AUTOCRAT.
TSAR WANTS A GRIP ON ARMY AND NAVY. ' v (BTTBLBOniPH—PBI3B ASSOCIATION—COPIEIOHT.) (Reo. May 12, 11.60 p.m.) ' St. Petersburg, May 12.' The Tsar has addressed a rescript to the Premier, M. Stolypin, asking that the legis-' lative affairs of the/War and the Marine Departments shall be subject to the Tsar'B immediate decision. y' :r
[A cablegram - published yesterday, stated: "Tho Tsar lias vetoed a Bill creating a Naval General Staff after, it had passed both . the Duma and the Council of tho Empire. The Stolypin Government introduced the Bill, with the Tsar's consent,-but subsequently the reactionaries, led by Count. Witto (formerly President of the Ministry) and M: Durnovo, persuaded tho Tsar that the Bill was an attempt to undermine the autocracy. Count Witte's real object is to secure the resignation of the Premier; M. Stolypin, .but the Tsar has refused to accept this."] ;
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 506, 13 May 1909, Page 7
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145A WAKEFUL AUTOCRAT. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 506, 13 May 1909, Page 7
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