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Show f EW CHEERS f OR CZAR NICHOLAS Opposition . Members Reluctant Re-luctant About Signing the Oath of Allegiance at Opening of Duma. ST. PETERSBURG. March 5. The ; Duma, or lower house of Parliament, was formally opened at noon today In the Taurtde palace in the presence of all the f Ministers and many high functionaries. No memberof the Imperial family waa present. . The first ceremony was a religious service ser-vice In which the metropolitan of St. Petersburg. Antonlus. the higher clergy and a full choir participated. M. Goluboff, , vice-president of the council of the empire, em-pire, entered the hall after the sen-Ice. The former Immediately called the lower house- to' order and In a colorless speech Invited the members to sign the oath of allegiance to Emperor 'Nicholas. The Conservatives cheered the mention of the. name of the Emperor.' but the opposition members remained silent. The Social Democrats did not enter the hall until M. Goluboff had finished speaking, when they came In In a body, demonstratively. After signing the oath the balloting . for president of the lower house began. There was no serious disorder, but the crowds outside the palace were unruly and several times had to be driven back by infantry and mounted gens-d'armes. |