A TRIUMPH FOR DEMOCRACY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 21 March 1907, Page 2

A TRIUMPH FOR DEMOCRACY

REMARKABLE si'KECU BV ItI'SWAX PREMIER. I'.VIMUi.UIKD-OK COXt'ICiSStuX.S. FORESHADOWED. Received 20th, 10.27 juit. St. Petersburg, March 20. M. Stolypkin mavlc a remarkable ile- ( l;irut ion in the Doinna. lie suid Russia must be transforms! into a constitutional State, and the (Ju-eviii-emm li.nl prepared a uetwiirk of interrelated fill-Ills. ill(-]lll|il|<r (111- <'\lt'llsi') l ! o] loc:-, 1 iind tli.' recognition oi 111" workers' to declare economic strikes. Ainonii'st the concessions („ submitted were proposals to V e women tlio vi<jli; to insure, (lie establishment of old aye pension-, and 'shorter hours for workers.

ATTITUDE (IF Till- Dill'.MA. SOCIAL DEMOCRATS SCKI'TICAL. Received 20th, 0.51 p.m. St. Petersburg, March 211. The announcement was cheered by the members of the Right, lint was received in silence bv (he Left. The Hills are to he discussed after the passage of the Budget. Nothing was said in (he statement about responsible Ministry, or amnesty. Social Democrats violently contrasted (hose fair promises with recent perM. Stotypin declared it was lint the Doimm's function to express confidence or censure on the (iovermnoiit. The members of ine Right appealed to the Oonniii lo co-operate with M. Stulypin to prevent repression. The Constitutional Democrat*' resolution to proceed with the business ivas carried by a large majority.