OPENING OF THE DUMA.
A Long List of Reforms* Per Press Association —Copyright. St. Peteksbukg, March 5. The Duma has been opened in the Taurida Palace. Antonios, Metropolitan of St. Petersburg, appealed to members to forgot their differences and to work tor the welfare of their suffering country, _ Thrones in the streets greeted the delegates with s.boiits of "amnesty." The second Duma is p'onsidered younger, more democratic and less ■educated than tho first.
'' M. Sfcolypiu stated that a long list of reform bills of great magnitude and importance wero ready for introduction. ' - . -
The absence of the Czar .from tlie opening' ceremony is considered'oinTn'ous.
Socialists and Constitutional De.mo,craj;B counsel prudence 'and inoderation. v . Armoured automobiles have heen brought to St. Petersburg to suppress street riots. " -
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8757, 6 March 1907, Page 2
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124OPENING OF THE DUMA. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8757, 6 March 1907, Page 2
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