Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-08-10 | Page 6 | Duma Cheers for the Belgian Heroes

DUMA CHEERS FOR THE BELG1 HEROES Minister of Foreign Affairs Blames Balkan War on Austria-Hungary ST PETERbBURG Aug 1 (via Lon don Id a m ) M nister of Foreign Af fairs M Saronoff rev eiv ng t e European s tuat on In a spee h be o e the duma blamed ustria largel for the war He declared that the nat ona con clence of Russ a was c ear a d ha af er Mer grea,t effor 3 to rreser o he pea e e ene nles wo Id not succeed t! ow ng pon Russ a t e espo sb fo t e confla grat on T e n n s er caused a se nation Then le dec a ed that It was Aus a Hungary w o P o oked the Inter e ne wa among he S a s and added B t a ks be to God she w o u n he work of b av un ficat on . sse ng tha V a c naI, dl" ultles ed e o a e rccou se to e vo d M Saronoff a d t at as in poss b e fo Russ a to recogn ze e w of Ge nan as ob gato If ho e n an cab ne had so de red ud,Ji s opped As a bj a s ng e wo d ut oe n any prefe ed an equ oca po j e SSThe speech was Interrupted many t nes by e traord nar demonst at ons Anen reference was made to Began ba ey and to France and Eng and the whole house ose and t e membe s fac ng tno m sters of these countr es w ho occu p ed seats n t e dip omat ga en chee ed w d . The n lnls er of f nance M Bark then to d the mem be s of the f nanc al re sources of the country R"S&,A, h?e57! had en e ed the war with 1 37o 000 000 It was proposed to p ovlde further Income by 1 creas ng the taxes on w nes and to bacco he said The ensu ng debate d splajed the unan In ty of a part es In support of the gov ernn ent Resolut ons express ng conn den e In the m n sters and extend ng fra terna greetings to those nat ons hie are suppo ting Russ a and the brave Russ ans who are defending the empire, were adopted Al e s a on necessary to prov de funds for the war was passed At he cono us on of the bus ness an in per al ukase adjourning the duma until February was read