Show MEMBERS OF THIRD RUSSIAN DUMA TOO LAZY TO LEGISLATE OR EVEN ATTEND St SL Petersburg Jan 25 The dumas durnas slowness in discharging its duties as asan asan asan an executive body has created a bad impression throughout the country i J principally among the adherents of con constitutionalism conI I It has h ha taken shape In Inan inan Inan an unusual chastisement of his fellow members of the duma durna by M koff hoff Its president In an Interview in inthe Inthe Inthe the in which the president president dent complains almost in despairing tones of his inability to whip the duma durna into a semblance of parliamentary ef efficiency efficiency I M of denounces ces the indifference Indifference indifference ference shown by a large number of the members many of whom hardly hard ever cross the portals of the palace Although three months have elapsed since the opening session he sayS Bays the duma has scarcely begun the consideration of the budget reform of local courts and land legislation while eleven cleven minor bills which have passed I have been held up through the failure t of the drafting committee to get gt to together together gether M 31 I states that the dis disappointment dIsappointment disappointment appointment is all the more poignant as he ho knows that the people are view ing the third duma with a Ii critical eye Instead of laboring to overcome shop sk P he charges the duma is fall ing into disrepute through mere sloth In closing he says sas sasI I am thoroughly pessimistic with reference to the Ute duma The newspapers here both conserva conservative conservative conservative tive and liberal sustain M lI koffs strictures the particularly urging urging the observance of businesslike methods The Rech Bech maliciously rejoices at this demonstration of the unfitness of the landlord element for parliamentary work The difficulty in obtaining a quorum has led the tho to des designate desIgnate desIgnate ignate the duma as the Scarcely a third of the membership at attends attends attends tends the sessions J |