RUSSIA.
REMARKABLE DECLARATION. Received March 20, 10.27 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG, March 20. M. Stolypin made a remarkable declaration "in the Duma. He [said that Russia must be transformed into a Constitutional State and the Government had prepared a network of inter-related reforms including extension of local government, recognition of workers' rights to declare economic strikes, also women's insurance, old-age pensions, and shorter hours. The announcement was cheered by the members of the Right, and received in silence by the Left. The Bills will be discussed after the passage of the Budget. Nothing was said about a responsible Ministry or amnesty. The Social Democrats violently contrasted the fair promises with the recent performances. M. Stolypin declared that it was not the Duma's function to express confidence in or censure the Government. The members of the Right appealed to the Duma to 1 co-operate with M. Stolypin to prevent the repression of the Constitutional Democrats' ma-/ jority.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8386, 21 March 1907, Page 5
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