Petrograd, Feb. 22. Never before have such scenes of enthusiasm been witnessed in the Duma, as at the opening session to-day.
The House was packed. All the Ambassadors and Ministers of the Allies attended.
The President at the opening of cheered to the echo. inned that the Tsar's historic it showed the direct communion between the Tsar and his people from that time forward - (Loud cheering.) Erzeroum he likened to the first rays of the dawn of victory rising in the East. The President greeted their Allies, but his remarks were drowned in outbursts of che-
The Allied Ambassadors, rising, received an ovation.
The President concluded: "Russia's duty is the resurrection of Servia. I express my firm hope in our victory, without which there shall be no peace." (Thunders of applause.)
'M. Sassanoff, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in a great speech, stated the unshakeable determination of Russia and her Allies to conquer in this war, which was the greatest crime against humanity. Germany's responsibility for the war had been thoroughly unmasked, and the German people were realizing, in an increasing degree, that
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