Show STRONG APPEAL FOR AMNESTY Ten Demands Ma Mae fe Upon Czar by Lower House of Rus Russian Russian sian Parliament EVERY MEMBER PRESENT t PARTIAL AMNESTY WIlL BE BEI I r rI I REA REALIZED St Petersburg May dr draft ft of time the add address to the throne In reply to tk the e emperors speech at the opening of p par r was submitted to the lower lowerhouse house ou Of f parliament tOOn today by tile the corn com commIssion mIssion It consists practically of the following ten demands amne amnesty ty two the abolition abolition tion of the death penalty three Ute the Sis sus of martial law and aU all lonaI laws Jaws four full liberty fhe e ehe he abolition of the council of the em empire empire pire six the revisIon of the fundamental law seven seen the establishment of the re responsibility of ministers eight the ri right ht of interpellation nine forced expropriation thin tion of land ten guarantees the rights of trades unions Amnesty Comes First The reply relly to the speech from the throne concludes as follows Your Majesty On the threshold of our labors bors one question S agitates the souls of the whole Russian people and us as their representatives from l entering upon our legislative work he first word pronounced in parliament w was amnesty It was met with cries of sympathy The is t thirsting for it It is a de demand mand the peoples conscience which it itis Itis is ible to refuse or delay Sire the parliament awaits full po amnesty as the first pledge of a mutu mutual l understanding In the future and concord between the emperor and the people Great Crowd Present In anticipation of an exciting session over tile the reply to the emperors speech at atthe atthe the opening of parlIament every mem memI member ber of th the lower house was in his place I when hen President caned called the house to order tIlls this afternoon afternoonS S Before the house convened the cabinet virtually had decided on amnesty for political prisoners with the exception of those charged with murder attempted murder or robbery While partial amnesty might have hae made a deep impression Thursday and the emperor signalized the occasion of the assembling of parliament by such an act of grace its favorable effect will willbe willbe be largely destroyed when thus forced from his hands bands L Wrangle at Opening There was a long wrangle at the open Jug of the session over the question of parliamentary procedure etc no rules to govern loern the house having Hen been Adopt The following is the text of the ad in re reply lY tb lb tIne tile speech from the throne It has pleased your our majesty in your our speech addressed to the peoples representatives representatives too to express your our determination unshakably to preserve the instructions whereby time the people have haye called on onto onto to exercise legislative power in con conjunction conjunction junction with their monarch The par I regards the monarchs formal I e to the people as a sure pledge of that consolidation and of the further development of order and legislation in accordance with a strictly constitutional basis |