Show IiAKEs i STRONG APPEAL fOR GENERAL AMNESTY Ten Demandc Made Upon trie Czar by the Lower House of the Russian Parliament St Petersburg The draft of the address to the throne In reply loathe emperors speech at the opening of parliament was submitted to the lower low-er house of parliament Tuesday b > the commission It consists practically of the following ten demands One general amnesty two tho abolition of the death penalty three the suspension of martial law and all exceptional laws four full civil liberty lib-erty five the abolition of the council of the empire six the revision of tho fundamental law seven thc establishment establish-ment of the responsibility ot ministers minis-ters eight the rIght of Interpellation nine forced expropriation of land ten guarantees the rights of trades unions The reply to the speech from tho throne concludes as follows Your Majesty On tho threshold of our labors one question agitates the souls of tho whole Russian people and prevents us as their representatives from calmly entering upon our legislative work Tho first word pronounced In parliament parlia-ment was amnesty H was met with cries of sympathy The country Is thirsting for It It Is a demand of tho peoples conscience which It Is Impossible Impos-sible to refuse or delay Sire the parliament awaits full political po-litical amnesty as tho first pledge of a mutual understanding In the future and conconl between the emperor and the people |