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Show RUSSIAN DUMA TO RE-CONVENE Petrograd, Feb. 21. Via Loudon, 12:41 a. m. The duma has been convened con-vened to meet tomorrow. The duma prorogued on Soptembor 16 last and on December 7 Emperor Nicholas Issued a rescript postponing indefinitely Its reopening as well as that of tho council of the empire, this action being taken It was announced, on the ground that the budget committees com-mittees oi thoBo bodies had not completed com-pleted tho preparation of the budget Demonstrations were reported as having hav-ing taken place in Petrograd and Moscow Mos-cow in protest against tho refusal of the emperor to permit the reassembling reassemb-ling of the duma. |