12 MAY 1906, page 7

The Opening Of The Duma.

O N Thursday, with every circumstance of pomp and ceremony, the new Duma was opened in St. Peters- burg by the Czar in person. Russia has before now stood at the cross-roads,......

The French Elections. T He Elections In France Have Come And

gone with more than their wonted quietness. Paris, as usual, was apathetic, and in the provinces votes were recorded without rioting and the results received without excite-......