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Show LOWER HOUSE 18 JUBILANT. Council of the Russian Empire Accepts Famine Relief Bill. St. Petersburg, Tho council of tho empire's acceptance without amendment amend-ment of, parliament's bill appropriating 17,500,000 for fnmlne rejlcf, came as a surprise but has occasioned tho greatest Jubilation In tho camp of tho lower house, as It Is regarded as a voto of lack of confidence In the Goromykln ministry on tho phrt of the upper chambor. While many speeches in tho council of tho omplro really favored, the adoption of the cabinet's recommendation, recom-mendation, thoy recognized that It would bo a fatal mlstako for tho council coun-cil to antagonize tho lower house In the presont crisis. Moreover, those on the Inside who woro awaro that 'the negotiations botween the government nnd the constitutional democrats wore entering tho final stage woro naturally Influenced by coming events. |