The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-16

before It Parliament regards as an ab- solute necessity for the country a precise law insuring inviolability of the person, liberty of conscience, speech and the press associations. gatherings and strikes. Without these fundamental principles which were laid down by the imperial manifesto of October 30 no reform of the social condition is imaginable.
 Equality of Citizens.
 Parliament is actuated by the un- shakabie conviction that neither liberty nor order can be assured without the equality of all citizens being established before the law. Therefore Parliament Is preparing a bill establishing the equality of all citizens, and simultaneously by removing all class or national religious privileges an effort will be made to free the country from administrative tute- lage.
 While leaving the limitation of civic rights to the law courts, Parliament con siders that the death sentence Is not ad- missable as basis for judicial sentence.
 Parliament feels justified In declaring that 1t will be the interpreter of the unanimous views of the whole nation on the day of the restoration of the law abol- ishing the death penalty.
 Careful examination of the needs of the peaSantry and the measures calleu for by them will form Parliament's next task. The rural population is impatiently awaiting the satisfaction of. agrarian needs Parliament would not be doing it's duty if 1t did not make a law for the satisfaction of these needs by the aid of the crown domains, monastic lands and the compulsory appropriation of lands be- longing to the owners of estates
 Parliament also holds that it is neces- sary to pass a law confirming the peas ants In their enjoyment of equal rights and freeing them from oppression by ar birtrary authority. and from tutelage.
 Parliament holds that satisfaction of the needs of the working classes is equally incapable of being deferred. The first step in this direction must be recognition of freedom of organization for workmen, and their report to take independent &C., ton for the elevation of their material and moral welfare.
 Popular Education.
 Popular education is another task that lies before parliament.
 Parliament further holds that it is necessary to include among the tasks the fulfllment of which cannot be deferred the question of the satisfaction of the long matured demands of the various nationalites of the empire. Russia affords the example of state people by many races and nationalities Union in spirit of all these Is only possible through the satisfaction of the needs of each whereby the individuality of the divers sides of their lives will be preserved and developed. Parliament will give careful heed to tho task of giving wide satisfaction to these just demands
 Your majesty, on the threshold of our labors. one question agtates the soul Of the whole Russian people and prevents us as their representatives from calmly entering upon legislative work. The first word pronounced In parliament was amnesty. It was met with cries of sym pathy. The country Is thirsting for 1t. It is a demand from the peoples con- science which Is impossible to refuse or delay.
 Sire, the parliament awaits full petit cal amnesty as the first pledge of a mu- tual understanding in the future and con cord between the Emperor and people,
 At o'clock this afternoon parliament had not begun the debate on the reply to the speech from the throne. M. Rodit- chief, Count Heyden. Prof Kovaleskl and other constitutional democratic lead CTS wanted to take up the reply imme- diately, but the peasant contingent evi- dently satisfied under the leadership of M. Alladin attempted to force an adjourn ment until tomorrow 80 as to give time for consideration of the reply.