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Show TWELVE EXPELLED FHOMRUSS DUMA MEETING OF THE RUSSIAN PAR. LIAMENT IS ATTENDED BY VIOLENT DISORDERS. Premier Trepoff Has Hostile Greeting Greet-ing and as a Result Leaders of the Socialist and Labor Parties Are Expelled. Petrograd. The eagerly awaited re-assemb.ing re-assemb.ing of the duma took place December 1, without any promise of a final settlement of the dispute between be-tween the government and the rep-resenlatives rep-resenlatives of the people. Leaders of the duma said they are uninformed as to the atLitude adopted by the government gov-ernment and did not look for any immediate im-mediate clearing of the political ai mosphere. When Premier Trepoff mounted the tribune in the duma to reafl the government's gov-ernment's statement, the parties of the extreme left began a hostile demonstration. dem-onstration. M. Trepoff thrice appeared on the tribune, but as often left., owing to the turmoil. The president of the duma thereupon there-upon proposed expulsion for eight sittings sit-tings or twelve leaders of the socialist social-ist and labor parties, including the leaders, Tcheldse and Krenski. This proposal was adopted aud tho premier delivered his speech. M. Trepoff expressed satisfaction at 'ha patriotic activities of the municipalities, munici-palities, and said that the government would take all possible measures for the establishment of settled order behind be-hind the army. In the present time, the premier said, this lack of order had been felt in questions of supply, with the result that the population in many regions was experiencing difficulties diffi-culties as regards foods. It might be necessary, he said, to renounce the system of restrictions. The premier declared that transport difficulties necessitated an examination examina-tion into the railway construction. He declared tht measures must be taken to increase the production of metals and fuel, and that the construction of factories was imperative. |