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Show SIGNERS TO BE PROSECUTED. Russian Government Going After Men Responsible for Vlborg Manifesto. St. Petersburg. Tho public prosecutor prose-cutor has stnrted proceedings ngalnst tho members of tho lower houro of parliament who signed tho Vllvirg manifesto. Tho chnrgos under which tho signers sign-ers of tho manifesto will bo brought to trial Is violation of nrtlclo 129 of tho criminal code, which provides foi "attempts to overthrow tho existing government." This Is vlttunlly high treason, nnd tho mnxlmum penalty Is hard lnbor In tho mines. No nrrests yet havo been reported, nnd tho Constitutional Democrats do not nntlclpnto anything npproachlng punishment of their representatives. It Is understood thnt tho arrested will bo admitted to ball pending trial. Tho Constitutional Democrats nro chlelly npprohonslvo thnt tho possibility of prosecution held over tho heads of their lendors will rendor them Ineligible Ineligi-ble for ro-olectlon, In tho snmo manner that Professor MIIukofT and M. lies sel and others woro excluded from tho last lower house. Socialists and radical mombors of tho Into houso may hnvo to cool their heels In cells for n long tlmo nnd thus ho prevented from continuing tho full-fledged full-fledged revolutionary ngltatlon upon which thoy nro now cmbnrked. |