| Show THE TH RUSSIAN ASSEMBLY May the tho loth li t I finally cl tot for fo the h of nf the s general n II embly This Cm ir hu hi long delayed the redemption of ot his hiM to grant the p a voice vole in tho Ih of the he tie entertained the tho hot that th the policy polle of ot delay dell coult could l Lo 16 o played Indefinitely However the Is to now tiow decided upon tipon and It looks looka ns os If It the tho liberal program were I to he carried out Title This Is not the tho first time tho ti th HUH Hus HusMan Man Inn people have lutse Leon been tailed upon to tt on lder the tile affairs of their country During JurIng thA lath anti and centuries the tha emall Bobor or land podia parlia parliaments ments were vore repeatedly Identified with the concern conc rn L I I lag InK the tho entire country At AI tho the close o the tho century the tho Internal Int nf nC taire of Husela Itu la were so Co 1 0 Intricate that the Boyars oars gave gMe up the tho task ot of ef of a reorganization Tho The leaders 1 oi Ol I the Iho 1 delegation then cent elt letters letten to every overY town In Bus da eta Ia calling upon the tho to elect two to or three representatives to a now new Sober at Moscow and also urging I Ithem them to contribute men and In support of the new nM administration I Ito to be decided upon at tho the meeting of I the he Sober Sobol For several years ei until 1612 the continually tat sat till I In Mos Moscow Moscow Moscow cow and exercised tho the tunc of ot government In 1013 iGi It elect elected ed the Michael Jh to tn tho the throne of ot Hu sla had a n national In continual j front rom 1615 to 10 1618 It 11 adjourned for a short abort time anti met again In 1619 In 1621 16 1 another us as a convened These bodies de lc deliberated liberated upon every very subject of Jf na national Importance Ju Jl t as do modern ses es and anti parliaments They de tie questions of ot customs taxes tal In Internal Int Internal t order artier foreign alliances penco 1 war and tho the defence of ot the country countr In bringing to the knowledge if t f tho the people a WHICH hat tax Car referred in tt a tho dc tic deI cl lon of your chosen cho n delegates delegate Tho The I Kobor Hobor however strengthened the an au authority anti and the position of tho Ho no Homan man off and thus enabled him to dis ilic dispense pense with this body hody for 10 1 0 yean y an after the last hul meeting In 1622 felt toll feltI t I himself strong tron enough to declare war vat against Poland In 1633 1612 without ask asking askI hug ing tho the representatives of ot the land lanti hut but hula huta I a few defeats Is roused rau cd him hastily to tl a n cession of the Hobor In the tha of ot lan 1632 Twice again during his bin generally successful ful the tho nut first Czar an assem assembly bly bl 11 of his ht loyal subject In 1637 1631 1642 16 2 The former ts lol of the So Io Ioliar liar bor discussed Irm e the threatened aspect ct of ot the Iho relations with lt Turkey ant the lot lat latter hatter ter IH considered roll the 1111 11 It of no nc the tho offer of or n tho the port of ur tram from the tho Cossacks Co of ot the tho lion Don Tho fhe last nu In general assembly lIsl was held In 1698 I This was vas called to paw pass judgment upon tipon Sophia for tor al conspiracy against her brother Czar Ieter Peter tho thu Great Since then Hu Rue clan rulers ruler have h ve had no me ue II C for fr the ad of the tho people It U hu hai hUll remained for fOl Czar Nicholas to make malo his el not only for the defeat In tho tto war var ar with Japan hut but alco for the th re reconvening reconvening c convening of a n llIn parliament after an Interval of ot over two hundred years Hus lIus la now nv needs u a parliament III f JIlt more moio than titan over ever CI Tho The history of o the country that popular representation tation Is h no new thing thinA Hi Iii that thAI country It l IM IK not u it foreign Importation It U la III older titan than autocracy The Czar In calling a II parliament dues not confer n II anew new hew favor faor upon his 1110 subject He lic but hut restores an nn ancient right of which the lite people hays haY ten 1 rob robbed hell bed for the tho benefit h of a n few Cel fatal JK lI n n |
