. All the Russias: travels and studies in contemporary European Russia, Finland, Siberia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Finland, nor have they had any force there; thatthe Council of State cannot act as a legislative organ for Fin-land, and that the Imperial manifesto and the statutes basedupon it are inconsistent with the right of making their ownlaws which, according to the Constitution of Finland, belongsto her people. There can be no question of the historical ac-curacy of these contentions. 88 ALL THE RUSSIAS The chief Russian actions of which the Finns complain arethe appointment of a
. All the Russias: travels and studies in contemporary European Russia, Finland, Siberia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Finland, nor have they had any force there; thatthe Council of State cannot act as a legislative organ for Fin-land, and that the Imperial manifesto and the statutes basedupon it are inconsistent with the right of making their ownlaws which, according to the Constitution of Finland, belongsto her people. There can be no question of the historical ac-curacy of these contentions. 88 ALL THE RUSSIAS The chief Russian actions of which the Finns complain arethe appointment of a Russian instead of a Finnish Secretary ofState, the taking-over of the Finnish post-ofifice, the announce-ment that after a certain future date Russian will be the lan-guage employed in all official departments, the severe censor-ship and suppression of newspapers, and the institution of a newlaw of military service. Of these it is the last-named which hasbrought something like despair into the Grand was stated on good authority that this proposal, whenlaid before the Russian Council of Ministers some three. Finnish Types. months ago by General Kuropatkin, Minister of War, a«d Gen-eral Bobrikof, Governor-General of Finland, was discussed forfour hours and then rejected by a large majority, the GrandDuke Vladimir Alexandrovitch, and M. de Witte, Minister ofFinance, both voting with the majority. If this were so, theTsar, whose decision of course over-rides that of the Council, hasbeen guided by his military advisers, for the new law, in a some-what modified form, has now been signed and officially promul-gated, and is to come into force in 1903. It is accompanied byan Imperial manifesto pointing out that the inhabitants of theGrand Duchy must share, in common with all other parts of the THE FINNS AND THEIR NEIGHBOURS 89 Empire, the military burdens necessary to secure the unity ofthe Russian army and the national defence. Not to go intoneedless detail, the effect of th
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