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Show BERLIN REPORTS ARREST OF MANY DUMA MEMBERS BERLIN. Sept. 19, via wfrles to Tuck-erton. Tuck-erton. N. I. A -cording to .Stockholm dispatches, dis-patches, the socialist deputv. Tiehlde. and seventeen other member?-; of the Russian Rus-sian dtnna, have been arrested. The dutna bulldlnus in Peirograd and a'l t lie railway stations have ben oootipted by the military, the advices added. I "orsi 1c abie dlaaaUafactloa was evidenced evi-denced last week when the Russian duma was prorogued hy imperial decree to th-middle th-middle of November. The cabinet had objected to the programm 0f reforms proposed by the majority of the chamber, cham-ber, comprising the Liberal and Progressive Progress-ive elements, and hud threatened to resign. re-sign. Premier Goremyktn paid a vfatl to Emperor Em-peror Nicholas at field headquarterfl and discussed the Situation with the emperor. When this decision van announced last Thursday, after a few mfputea' session, the I thorite atid .Rsdlcaj deputies left the chamber muttAlng. "Ii Is a crime." It Was announced later thnt Premier fo-remykln fo-remykln had conferred wit!) the military and civfl authorities at Petrograd and Moscow for the purpose Of forestalling possible popular demonstration. It was stated that ihe programme of the majority nf the dum-i. which was considered con-sidered untimely hy the cabinet. Included autonomy for Poland, a conciliatory policy for Finland, amnesty for political and religion?: re-ligion?: offenses not of a criminal character, char-acter, complete cessation of religious persecution, per-secution, removal of restriction?-; upon ' .lew j. and l he recognition of the legality of tmde unions. The program sue also was sn id to rail for an agreement between the government and the duma tepardlns the rapid 'adoption 'adop-tion of hlils relating to the notional defense de-fense and the care of wounded and also to contain a long lit of measures for Internal reforms. |