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Show LONG IMPRISONMENT FOR GETTING DRUNK PETROGRAD, via London. May 31, 8:40 a. m. The provisional government govern-ment on the proposal of the Finnish senate, has proclaimed tho complete or partial remission of sentences pronounced pro-nounced on all Finnish citizens for crimes or offenses committed prior to March 20, 1917, Tho government has also decreed repressive measures against tho abuse of alcohol. Persons getting drunk or drinking to excess in public places are liable to eighteen months' imprisonment. Persons whilo drunk committing robberies, acts of violence or other offonscs will be liable lia-ble to penal servitude for six or eight years. no |