Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-19
COUNCIL OF THE EMPIRE AIMS
TO ASSURE PROSPERITY OF
THE COUNTRY
AN ALL NIGHT SESSION
Lower House Of Parliament Concludes
Reply to Speech From the Throne
One Clause is for Amnesty for All
Crimes COMMITTEES From Religious
OF Political Motives"

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st. Petersburg, May 1s.-The COM
mittee OF the council of the empire or
upper house of parliament today con-
Guided it's draft of the reply to that of
the house to the speech from the
throne. 1t declares that while carry
ing out the suggestions of the empe-
ror in his speech from the throne, the
upper house will aim to assure the
welfare of the people and prosperity
OF the country and expresses the hope
OF the upper house that the union Of
It's efforts with those of the lower
house will prove successful in en-
Tightening the people through the me-
dunn of general education with regard
to safeguarding the rights and free
dom accorded to the masses.
House Concludes Reply.
At a session that lasted until 2
O'Clock this morning the lower house
or the national parliament sets its seal
upon Its first great work, the adoption
OF an ADDRESS in reply to the cars
speech from the throne, in which he
set forth the aims and aspirations of
Russia's millions.
Despite attacks both from the right
and from the left, the leaders Of the
constitutional democratic party held
their followers together to the last, and
the address was adopted substantially
in the form in which it was proposed
by the commission.
At the last moment the demand for
amnesty, the kernel and most pressing
point in the reply, was altered by the
fcommfssfon itself, which In response to
criticisms Of indefiniteness In the ex.
preston full political amnesty" substi
tuted amnesty for all crimes commit
ted from religious or political motives
as we'll AS agrarian offenses.''
Count De Witte Planning coup7
The Rech, their organ, still consid.
ers it possible that an attempt may be
made to disperse parliament and also
prints a rumor that Count de Witte
| is trying to bring about coup d'etat
which would result in his being ap.
pointed dictator, backed by the coun.
Gil of the empire.
The Novoe Vremya< thinks the con.
stitutional democrats are going mad
and are playing into the hands of the
social democrats.
''The constitutional democrats" the
paper says, ARE digging their own
graves in paving the way to dictator
ship of the proletariat."
The situation in both parliament and
the government is growing more com
plicated and more chaotic and the
greatest anxiety prevails as to wha,
the immediate future may bring forth
The scheme most favored by the bu
reaucracy is to allow parliament to for
mulate its demands and ventilate Its
grievances for two months and ther
dissolve parliament. Barbet de Vaux
friend of former Finance Minister
Kokovtsoff, who was with the latter
in Paris, and who has just returned tc
ST. Petersburg, says there Is only one
course open to the government name
ly: the dissolution of parliament.
Notwithstanding this reactionary
talk the far sighted realize that such
a step, in view Of the great agitation
in the country, would be fatal, and thai
the governments only chance is te
compromise with parliament.