New-York tribune., 1906-05-05

draft Of the new fundamental laws having
aroused the wrath Of the people. the oamarilla
had not hesitated TO sacrifice the Cabinet IN an
enorr 70 appease popular sentiment.
ne believed. consequently. that legislative
way was open for the realization OF the two
principal points on the programme Of the Con-
surutional Democratic party, namely, real rep
resentation Of the people based on general suf-
mage and proper guarantees OF personal liberty.
helther OF which, in his opinion, the government
now dared to oppose. The fundamental laws or
= constitution and the question OF 'nationall-
Cles' otherwise the autonomy Of Poland, the
Standing Of the Jews, ETC., must wait until the
ssrarian problem had been solved. That was
tne most vital question. and naturally took the
nrSt place. The future largely depended on the
record which the party made on that question
NJ MilukoR said the first parliament would
simply be rehearsal for the real parliament
which was bound to follow. The work done
oenind the scenes would be more important than
tnat done upon the stage He then offered. in
Oenah OF the central committee, the following
as the party's parliamentary programme:
legislative guarantees. the invioIability Of the
person, equality before the law the Introduction
tiOnal as well as local elections and the realza-
uon or agrarian reform as a Just basis for the
sOiution OF questions OF nationality.
Ihe resolutions added that the party would
pursue these objects unshrinkingly In face Of the
possibility Of a conflict with the government
Out would so act that the responsibility for a
conflict would fall upon the government
Bills covering the recommendations will be
presented to parliament
The reading Of the resolutions was received
with disapprovaI by the extremists
DurnovO' a peasant from Kostroma. ascended
the tribune and said that the peasants daily and
nOurly were becoming more radical. In their
present excited state the resolutions did not met
the demand of the people, who desired a con-
sCtution for Russia. He said that the creation
Of a constituent assembly on a general suffrage
basis would alone satisfy them
RoJestvensky, a workman of Moscow said
that the workmen had played the principal part
IN the liberation of the country, and therefore
revision Of labor registration should have the
fiEst place on the programme
Weissmann, member from Tomsk. also on
posed the resolution as saying that Siberia was
revolutionary to the backbone
Several other warm speeches were made. af-
ter which NJ Struve explained that labor legis-
lation had been accidentally omitted and that a
special commission of Parliament would be ap-
pointed to consider the subject
NJ Roditcheff aroused intense enthusiasm with
strong speech, in which he said that the gov
ernment would not dare to disperse Parliament,
whose mandate not only authorized but COM
PEELED 1t to execute the peoples will
"A resolution was adopted to send telegram
Oh congratulation to Professor GrodeskuI who
was to-day for the second time elected to the
Parliament from Kharkoff. and to demand the
instant revocation Of the sentence of banishment
to Archangel. which was imposed upon him af-
ter his previous election.