Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-01
Revised Program SgDmllled le the Powers For Their
 Consideration
GERMANY'S POSITION
VIII Not Be Disclosed Uniil the Hague Meeting Is h Session. Russia Discusses An arian Problem
 -.Lamsderii's Funeral.

 program of the subjects to be dis Icussed at the approaching peace con- ference at The Hague. Correspond ence in this connection between the Russian foreign office and the foreign offices of the power continues, the object being to reach an agreement In advance of communicating with the minor governments. Great Britain has not formulated precise plan for the limitation of armaments and seems unwilling to do SO. Neverthe- less, 1t is considered most probable that discussion of the limitation of armaments will find place in the program, owing to Great Britain's in- sistence.
 The precise position of Germany in this connection will not be disclosed until the program is finally decided upon. but the assertions made in Lon- don that Germany will withdraw from the conference rather than have the question of limitation of arma- ments discussed are unfounded. The United States, it is understood will reserve its decision regarding par lticipation in a discussion of the arma- ments question, the general view at Washington being, 1t is asserted here, that as the United States is outside the European system it is not in a position to urge the continental pow CTS to reduce or arrest their land ornaments, while upon the subject lof naval armaments the authorities at Washington appear to be indis- posed to cease their development. St. Petersburg, April 1.-The fu- neral of Count Lamsdorff, ex-Russian n minister of foreign affairs, who died at San Reno. Italy. March 19. took place here to-day and was attended by many prominent persons, incIud- Ing all the ministers, with the ex- ception of Premier Stolypin, and the members of the diplomatic corps. among whom were the American ann bassador Mir Riddle, Secretary Ives and Major Gibson, the military at- tache.
 St Petersburg, April 1.-The dis cussion or the agrarlan problem, to whicn the first Russian parliament al- most entirely devoted its legislative activity, began in the lower house to- day. Over n hundred speakers imme- diately signified their intention of participating in the debate, to which. according to the plans of the parlIa- mentary leaders, only one day Der week will he devoted. The question is considered to he of far less im- portance now than 1t was last year. Neither the constitutional demo- crats nor the socialists have much ex- pectation of arriving at practical re- suits during the life of the present parliament. They are convinced that any measure involving the compul- sOry appropriation of land, which is the basic principle of all the liberal solutions, will immediately be vetoed by the emperor and be regarded by the cabinet as justification for the dissolution of parliament. But. the house was forced to begin the discus sion of the agrarian problem as conception to the peasant constifu- ents of many of the members. Each political party has put forward three or four spokesmen to explain the fea- lures of the programs but the great mass of the speakers are peasants whose remarks will contribute but little to solution of the question. The real work will mainly be done by the committee to which the various projects will be referred. The pro ject of the constitutional democrats, which was introduced to-day. is prac- ticalIy identical with last years draft. It involves the compulsory expropria- ton of all estates above established maximums to bc determined in each province by commissions created for this purpose.
 The bill as presented contemplates individual ownership. whereas the project of the group of toll. which al- So was reintroduced. proposes the ns- tionalizafion of all the land in the empire. The national socialists intro duced bill repeating all Premier Stolypin's temporary sgrarian legis- lation. but this probably will he al- lowed to die a natural death in com miftee. the cabinets enactments i,eing already too far in effect to permit of their withdrawal
 The first speaker to-day was Prince ID. \. Sviafopoik- Mirsky. a monarrh- Ist and landowner of Bessarabia and a relative of Ex-MinIster Of the h. terior Sviafopolk- MinSky. who made long speech in defense of individual property. quoting literally from American and English authorities on the subject