Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-10

NEW YORK, Dec. H.--IhN New
York Herald Prints the following
from ita Washington correspondent
In vie" OF The coming meeting of
the russian Doumn and The COAST.
tuition promised 10 the Russian pco.
pie. Il IL Interesting to recall the
iacL that IN 1919. by order Of Alcyan.
der l.. constitution was framed
and received favorable consideration,
The death OF the Gar. in 1870. how.
ever. prevented his giving 10 his
people that amount Of liberty ami
OF soif-GOvrrnmcnt which IL seemed
10 have been his wish TO give. Most
Of The underlying ideas OF that con.
stitution came from the Car. hut
| tho man who framed tho document
WAS one oil his personal friends
named Nowossilzof
That it was really the Car who
furnished The principal ideas is prov.
cd by report written in French BIZ
alr. Schmidt. rruSsan consul General
1t Warsaw. 10 tho secretary Of for
eign affairs, Count Won Hornstcrif, st
Berlin. That report. dated October
%, 1919, states that on tho night OF
October II Of that year, Alexander
read the first rough draft OF Nowos-
siizofs constitution. made several
suggestions. and ordered that tho
whole be compIctod within three
mouths from thal date.
Alexander died soon aftcrward,
however. and his successor, Nicholas
l., was too much occupied with other
matters 10 give the subject serious
attention. Tho scheme was Amos,
forgotten until 1881, when the dan.
; gcrocS Polish revolution broke oui.
In that year there were printed 2.GGo
copies OF q constitution modcl11
, alter document found anon" the
papers G! Nowoss.la0!. That cnnsti.
tuition became for tho Polish rcyolu.
tioniGts ono o.! the principal thiues
LOT which thcy were EGht!ng. and
Tor some time the authorities feared
that thu Russian people would nc
ooot IL in lhc same way that tho
Spanish constitution OF 1872 vas &c
ccr'cd hy most Of the Southern Eura.
pcan Countries. which IN 4 short
time succeeded In obtaining IN cana!
amount ol freedom from their az.
icrcnt rulers.
II was only Natural. therefore thai
Nicholas. a. soon as tho Polish r..
beilion was ended, should take stem;
to prevent The Polish constitution
from failing into The hands Of other
disseminated subjects.
The Russian Genera. Wittcc col.
loctcd nearly all tho copies of the
, Poiish edition. and on November CT.
1851, these We're burned In the court.
yard OF the arsenal in the kremlin
ut Moscow. Tho manuscript of Now
"SSiI%of MAS brought 20 Russia and
buried in tho secret archives at st
Petersburg. November IS. And 4
would still bc there if tho Russian
historian. Prof. Il. Dilhassof, had not
brought il to light few years ago.
buccaneers constitution, constructed
in 1870, resembles in many respccts
the chartc consiitutionelle with
which Louis XVIII. begun his reign
in France, and has a still closer re-.
Sembance to the constitution OF tho
French revolution OF &c Frimaire II
the year T.
Il is divided into six chaptors and
contains 13l arcicles. The first chap
ter deals with n division of the Gu
Tire empire. The second chapter.
which Is avery important one, deals
with the powers Of the Emperor ami
his ministers. Article u. OF the con.
SttutlOn. comedies 10 tho Empcror
absolute power. hut the third chan
ter gives the people certain socuri-
lies against it. Tho fourth chapter
deals with the Legislative power and
forms the basis OF the Donna, or
Parliament
The fifth chapter deals with the
judicial power. and the sixth chan.