Show discussion OF or A W 0 R A R I 1 A N NOW ENGAGING THE ATTENTION OF RUSSIAN parliament I 1 one of the speakers quotes american Am Ioan authorities upon individual property rights st petersburg april I 1 the te discus sion of the agrarian problem to which the first russian parliament almost entirely devoted its legislative activities began in the lower bouse house today over a hundred speakers immediately signified their intention of participating in the debate to tad which according to the plans of the parliamentary leaders only one day per week will bo be devoted the question Is considered consi deredi to be of far less importance now than I 1 it was last year neither the uie conati lional democrats nor the Socia socialists lista have much hopert arriving arrivI ngat at practical results during the life of 0 tho the present parliament they are con vinced that any measure involving the compulsory expropriation of land which Is the basic basle principle of all the liberal solutions will immediately bo vetoed by the emperor and be regarded by the cabinet as a justification tor for the dissolution of parliament tha tho house however was forced to begin the discussion of the agrarian problem as a concession to the peasant constituents of many members mem bere bach political party has put forward throe three or four spokesmen to explain the tea fes t tures of the programs s but the great mass of the speakers are peasants whose remarks will contribute but little to a solution of the question the real work will be done by tho cammi committee atee to fo which the various prospects will be referred the project of 0 the constitutional democrats Is i practically identical with last years draft it involves InvA ves the compulsory expropriation of all estates tates above established maximums to bo be determined in each province by committees created for tor this purpose the bill contemplates individual owners ownership hip whereas the project of tho group of toll which was also rein rela produced trod proposes the nationalization of all the lands in the empire the national socialists introduced a bill rep repealing eallar bali U premier pins temporary agrarian arlan legislation but this pio probably bablY will bo be allowed to die natural death the speaker today was prince a land lana orji owner of Bes sarabia and aud a relative of ot tho the ex minister of the interior who mado a long speech in defence of individual gro property perty quoting liberally from amer lean and english authorities upon the tha subject |