RUSSIA.
I SCENE IN DUMA. | PRESIDENT IKS-CITED AXD SESIGKS. ••' ■. . t BUT IS BE-ELECTE* THE CULPRIT CHALLENGED. r>.\T.K roncES rapping jsmpire'S ' POWER. Ticcoivcd Dm. S, 3.5 p.r^ Pot.'rograd, Dec. 7. : The debates in the Duma culminated in the resignation of the President, St. Rodzianko, consequent upon 11. Marknff calling him a "babbljng blackguard." -VI. Markoff declared the- insult was deliberate, because the Duma had previously insulted high personages. ii. Mark off was suspended for fiiteeu -itlings. M. Rodzianko was re-elected by an overwhelming majority, but, to -satisfy his personal honor, he challenged 11. Hnrkoff to ;i duel. The incident led to I a split with the reactionary extreme I viglxt. | It is emphasised, as regard:) the | Duma's debates, by critics that the | Government is determined to prosecute I the war to the bitter end. It is <:om- | plained that certain dark forces arc | sapping the po\vo,r of the Empire owing 'to a system by which the Government lis producing a. Cabinet destitute of I united purpose.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 December 1916, Page 5
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