Show MAKES APPEAL ten demands made upon the czar by the lower house of the russian parl ament st petersburg the draft of the address to the throne in reply to the emperors speech at the opening of parliament was submitted to the low er house of parliament tuesday by the commission it consists practically ot the following ten demands one general amnesty two the abolition of the death penalty three the suspension of martial law and all exceptional laws four full civil lib erty five the abolition of the council of the empire six the revision of the fundamental law seven the establish ment of the responsibility of minis eight the right of interpellation nine forced expropriation of land ten guarantees the rights of trades unions the reply to the speech from the throne concludes as follows your majesty on the threshold of our labors one question agitates the souls of the whole russian people and prevents us as their representatives from calmly entering upon our legislative work the first word pronounced in parlia ment was amnesty it was met with cries of sympathy the country Is thirsting tor it it is a demand of the peoples conscience which it Is imps sible to refuse or delay sire the parliament awaits full political amnesty as the first pledge of a mutual understanding in the future and between the emperor and the people |