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Show CALLS GRAND DUKE DOWN Finance Minister Makes Bluff at Resignation and Wins Out. ' .f . ST. PETERSBURG. May 9. Finance Minister Witte personally handed his resignation to the Czar May 1st, but withdrew It before nightfall. His resignation followed, a peremptory peremp-tory letter from Grand Duke Mlchael-ovitch Mlchael-ovitch demanding Increased appropriations appropria-tions for the latter's new 'Department of Commerce and Marin A M. Witte informed in-formed the Czar that he would be unable un-able to admlnster the finances if Grand Dukes were permitted to give orders. The Czar urged him to reconsider his determination, but M. Witte complied only after the Grand Duke had written him a letter of apology. |