Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-17
SHOW CONTEMPT
FOR CAR S ORDERS
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(COnthnue0 rom rage Oneb
jected them, not even recoiling from the
rejection OF laws which punished the
open support of crimes, and particu-
lariy the disseminators of trouble, hav-
ing evaded condemnation for assassin
alton and acts of violence.
"The douma did not lend its moral
support to the government in the
restoration of order, and Russia con-
tinues to suffer the shame of an epoch
of crimes and disasters.
THE examination of the budget cre-
ated a obstacle to the timely satisfac-
ton Of many of the vital needs of the
people. The right of Interpolation was
transformed by a considerable party
in the douma into means of fighting
against the government and exciting
distrust toward it among large classes
of the people.
Lastly an act was committed un-
heard of in the annals of history. The
judicial authorities discovered a plot
by section of the douma against the
state and power OF the czar, but when
the government demanded the exclu-
sion, until judgment had been passed,
of fifty-five members OF the douma inn
plicated in the crime, and the arrest Of
those among them compromised the
douma failed to carry out Immediately
the lawful demand of the authorities
which admitted of no delay.
NAll this compelled US by ukase to
the senate to dissolve the second
doufna, fixing September IA as the dare
of the convention of the new douma.
I'VE find the cause of failure on two
occasions of activity in the douma in
the fact that owing to the imperfec-
ton of the electoral law the Legislative
institution was composed of members
who were not truly representative OF
the needs and desires of the people,
consequently, while leaving in force Ill
the rights granted to our subjects by
the manifesto of October 80, 1906, and
the fundamental laws we have decided
to modify the procedure in choosing
elective representatives of the people
to the douma, in order that each sec
tion of the people may have it's own
representative.
"The douma was summoned to
strengthen the Russian state, and
ought to be Russian in spirit. Other
nationalities forming part of our en-
pire ought to have representatives OF
their needs in the douma, but they
ought not to appear, and shall not ap-
pear in such number as will make IL
possible for them to be- arbiters on
questions which are purely Russian.
within the confines of the state OF
sufficient civic development, the elec-
tions to the dourna must be temporarily
suspended.
"A1l these electoral notifications
could not have been introduced in the
customary legislative way by the
douna, whose composition is recognized
by us to be unsatisfactory, by reason
of the imperfection of the procedure fol
the election of members of the douma
1t is only to the power which gave the
first electoral law--the historic power
of the czar-that the right of abrogat-
ing that law and replacing it by new
law belongs. God has given us the
power OF the czar over the people. II
is before his throne we shall answer
for the destinies of the Russian state
Believing this, we have made firm
resolution to cary on to the very end
the great work begun by US for the
reformation of Russia. We give Rus
sia a new electoral law and order its
promulgation into the senate From
our faithful subjects we look for united
and vigorous service in the direction
indicated by US for the country whose
sons nave been in all times the firm
supporters OF it's strength, its great
ness and its glory.
Given at Peterhof.
NICHOLAS"