ABSTRACT

This Commission (the establishment of which was foreseen by the programme of Constitutional Reforms) has, as is stated in an Edict of the 26th December, 1908, to revise the regulations of "the Banner organization so as to :6.t present conditions of the Empire and to devis<l means for teaching ev.ery Bannerman to earn a living and become independent." Further, the same Decree adds that " there is no intention at present of stopping the pensions and allowances issued to every Bannerman, and all are to continue, as usual, to draw the same, that there shall be no misapprehension on the part of Bannennen."