NEW RUSSIAN CONSTITUTION
EARLY ELECTIOSS. IODIPIEO POWER OF INITIATIVE. (Received Aug. 1, 9.1)7 p.m.) St. PETERSBURG, Aug. 1. The C'/ar presides to-day at a meeting oi Ministers to finally revise the constitution, wh cb it is expecttvi will Jie promulgated on the 12th inst., the TSarevitch's birthday I'riitiaMy the elections will take plict) on Oct. 1, tho Assembly meeting in St. Petersburg early in No vember. The elections willjirobably be |uin uiennial. The Czar retains the right of proroguing and dissolving. Modified powers to initiate legislation arc conceded to the Assembly, also tho riiht to pronounce on Government Hills and tie Iludget. Mentfwrs will bo paid ten roubles a day ; also travelling expenses. ZEVSTYOS' MANIFESTOUNITY URGED. WOULD BE ALL-POWBRFUIj. (Rcceivdd Aug. 1, 11.35 p.m.) St. PETERSBURG, Aug. 3. The Zemstvos' executive has published a manifesto urging the united forces of the wticdo nation to take the field against the destroyers of tile State, as then no illegality and no license of authority would be able to withstand the nation's wishes.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7888, 2 August 1905, Page 3
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170NEW RUSSIAN CONSTITUTION Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7888, 2 August 1905, Page 3
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