| Show CHAINS OF mm AUTOCRACY CAST OFF BY RUSSIA meeting of the new Nati national assembly expected to mark beginning of new era in lives of russians st reters petersburg burg without a single hitch bitch and without a minor to mir the memorable di the russian ament his hia ben inaugurated the weather nas as superb and the stage agreement of gnip dessive cero cere at the 11 friter palica where emperor nicholas on thursday unde by courtiers and nil all the pomp and pino ply of power pomer delivered the speech from froin the throne abron to the of the two houses was as perfect pel feet the sige in reality was less a throne than a greeting and re quiren only minutes for its de livery emperor echolas cholas read slow blow ly the admirable and even cordial tone of the sovereign in hla big pledges and as asking king the co operation cooperation of parliament ament for the regeneration of th country was only negatively satis fac tory courtiers and spectators other thin members of the national parliament led the cheering but the members were ominously silent nl ther approval nor disapproval what rankled most was waa the failure of the emperor to mention amnesty and lat at er when the members assembled in the palice pal ice away from the he spell of the throne room mani man of them ft ere difficulty from precipitating matters by Off tring rang resolutions on the subject the genuine flashes of tire fire which showed the real temper of the members ot of the house vere ere ft hen pro fessor ao 00 ho had been elected president of file he lower house invited gohei government ament officials and clerks to leave the hall and when ivan PC ile trun kevIch in a lew few eloquent words worda from the rost rostrum told the he that the first thought of the parlia 1 ment I ent should be for those abe ft ho hid suffered in the cause of liberty who now filled the prisons and whose inhofe arms armis were stretched sti etched out in hope and con to the people s re presenta tives more enthusiastic cheering than that which greeted this appeal never was heard in a political conNen contention tion in tho the united states constitution and amnesty were the keynotes he ke notes of dent speech by the irony of fate ivan Pet Pe vich hose first mention of the word bori constitution twelve yeara ago won was dis missed massed by emperor nicholas 11 II as a foolish dream today stood in the front rank of the members of the rep resent athe chamber while emp emperor nicholas put his findl final seal upon tho taft ru parliament and begged the representatives ot of the people to co operate with him in working tor for tho welfare of the country |
