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CHAPTER XI
THE GOVERNMENT OF FINLAND AND ITS FUTURE
The government of Finland is an instance of the fact
that a constitution matters less than the manner in
which it is used. The government has several
anomalies, but it has worked relatively well. Its
Senate has two sections, the Economic Department,
which coincides with the Cabinet or Ministry of other
countries; and the Judicial Department, which is
mainly a Supreme Court. Only in a few affairs, such
as when laws are prepared, do the two sections take
counsel together. This peculiar arrangement is no
great disadvantage to the country. The most anomalous
feature in it is that the members of the Judicial
Department of the Senate, that is, of the Supreme
Court, hold their office as senators for only three years;
while all other judges, as well as other officials in
Finland, with a few well-defined exceptions, can only
legally be dismissed by a decision of the court. The
greatest practical defect in the organisation of the
government is its connection with the Emperor, the
medium between whom and his Finnish Cabinet is the
Governor-General, and more particularly the Minister-Secretary
of State in St. Petersburg — the latter of
whom no longer has a committee for Finnish affairs at
his side as formerly, and for the moment is not even
as formerly, and as he ought to be according to law, a
Finlander. Much depends of course on the personal
character of the men. The four Estates who form the
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