RUSSIA.
OMii'U OF THE DOGMA. CZAR'S OMIXOIS ABSENCE. SI. Petersburg, March 5. The Douma was opened iii the Tanrida Palace. Antonio?, Metropolitan of St Petersburg. appealed to the members to forget their differences and work for the welfare of the.r suffering country. Throngs in tiie street greeted the delegates with shouts of "Amnesty!" llie second Douma is considered" to be younger, more democratic, and les-. educated than the first.
Stolypin, the Premier, stated that a long list of reform bills of great magnitude and importance were ready for introduction.
the Czar's absence from the cere lnony is considered ominous.
Socialists and Constitutional Democrats counsel prudence and moderation.
Armored automobiles were biouirht to St. Petersburg to suppre-s street riots.
THE NEW PRESIDENT. GENDARMES CHARGE A CROWD. MAXV INJURED. Received 0, lO.iiS p.m. St. Petersburg, March 0M. Golopin, Constitutional Democrat member for Moscow, has been elected president of the Douma. A street dciuou=tiation in which 20,000 took part in St Petersburg in honor of the members of the Douma's extreme Left, was charged by gendarmes. Many were injured.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 7 March 1907, Page 3
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