RUSSIAN NAVY FOR REFORM

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3042, 31 March 1917, Page 12

RUSSIAN NAVY FOR REFORM

' , ". « —=— ! :V SHIPS READY TO FIGHT FOR 1 :\ w . NEW REGIME LEGALISING THE REVOLUTION '> SOLDIERS ABSOLVED FROM , " > THEIR OATH n" ' t "7" / J-. , ' London, Uneh 29 ""«' Tfi© Potrogtad corespondent of the "Times" states that the resolution m the Sal tic Fleet cost thutj-lwo uctuni, 'The ships lis leadj to fight iin- „•> ,der their new Lends The Chinch has - absolved*tho soldieis of the oath of i allegiance to the Tsar, and their last ' doubts of'the legaht\ of tho revolution ha\ e thus been remos ed —Tho "Times " ~X DEMAND FOITcONFISCATION OF ._ L" LARGE ESTATES j LIKELY TO CAUSe'dISSFASIOiN Copenhagen, Mai i. 29 ifte Council ot Solch'is in J IWh--1 men at Petiograd demands ihe confisi cation of all largo estates,'" including - those of tho T->i. and tho Grand Dukes This is lilcpK to cause dissension, be- „„ „ cause M JRodzianko (Presiaent of tho 1 " Duma) 'and other Mlmsteis are hige landowners —Aus -N Z Cable Assn "KICK' THE KAISER OUT" \ BTJSSRN SOCIALIST HINT TO GERMANY. New York, March 29 The New Yoik "World's" correbpon- ' tlent at I'otrograd his inteiviewed M Soholoff, a Socialist leader, who said ** "Tha ivar will bo wgoiouslj protecuted until Germany his been 4 conquoied / The Russian Socialists want a National 'Assembly soon, and will not wait foi the end of the wai Tho\ will ho con__tenfc with a domocracj like that in lAmenca and Fiance If tho Germans - want to hasten peace, let them kick the Kaiser out "—Aus -N Z Cable 7 Assn. ', , r (Beo March 30, 540 p ni) Petrograd, March 29; \i » The- Counoil of Workmen and Sol'(fliers' Delogates has promulgated a manifesto to tho people of all countries, -particularly the Geimans, denouncing jtlie aspirations of conquest bj tlie rul- « ' -mg classes The Labom loader, M Tchilze, said f'The manifesto's watchword is 'Down •wjth William I' In addressing the Germans" we clo n6t loosen our grasp on the rifle "—Renter KUROPATKIN RECALLED FOR - ' - ORGANISATION WORK. (Rec Maich. 30, 540 pm ) Petrograd, March 29 ■ - • The Duma has recalled General patkm to assist in the woik of reorgahisation—United Seivicc • THE EX-TSAR JN GAPTIVITY , " "WISHES TO SEND BIS SON TO* NORWAY. (Rec March 30, 540 pm ) . '1" London, March 29 **•.(■"* The fivTsar lias asked permission to ~-*,'. send "his Tson to Norway, foi leasons ■" «1* health" Nicholas' and his family are '-"-"jhappy i"n then, captmty. Nicholas is j * alwa\s tho hist/to kneel m cKurc'u duimg the. prayer foi thc-Proi lsional Government —United Sen ice * WORKERS' NATIONAL LEAGUE BRITISH LABOUR MINISTER ITS PRESIDENT ' '-London, March 29. Mi J Hodge, Mimstei \of Labour, is the President of tho fast annual conof the Birtish, Workers' Nitional League, formerly the Socialist National Defence Committee Thobodj Las now been placed on a broader and t permanent basis, and includes the pro-' mirient Labour leaders—Mr. W. Abraham ("Mabon"), Mi Will Crooks, and .. jMr. -Jt A. - The league ap- *~ .proves national militaiv training on the lines reebmmended by the late Lord Roberts,'tho exclusion of sweated or bounty-fed alien goods/and a \igorous agricultural policy to lender Britain self-supporting to the extent of ninetenths —The "limes " THE WOMEN'S VOTE SIR GEORGE RETD WITH THE - - MINORITY London, March 29. jo~ iSirGeorgoßeidrM P~(fermer]y High Commissioner for Australia) \oted with < * the minontj in yesterday's funchlse 1 ' division —Aus -N Z Cable Assn J THE SALE OF MACAO ISLAND OFFICIALLY DENIED BY f> . PORTUGAL h "• " ' London, March 29, The Portuguese Government domes the sale of Maca'd "island, and adds i Tins is an to create trouble amongst the Allies —Aus -X Z , Cable Assn ALLEGED DISLOYAL SPEECH \ ECHO OF THE NF,W SOUTH WALES r~ , „ ELECTIONS i -'- (Rec March JO, 925 pm ) Sydnay, Afarch JO Ihe executee of the PLL, at a special meeting,, lepudiated ceitain al'eged.dislojal statements which weie made at Riookfield by a lecently-elect- * ed membei, Mt Sturt, at Bioken Hill, and asked him eitliei to lepudnto or i withdraw them, failing which, to show I cause why lie should not lie e\pellctl - 'from the iabour movement and noi allowed to sit at the Pailiamentary, Laboui Caucus —Press Assn .' PUBLIC KITCHENS TO FEED SOUTH LONDON " 7 I- r ' (Rec Mai oh 30, u 40 p m ) London, Maich 29 ' TTie Minister ot Foot! Supplies is establishing public kitchens, to feed '.i 100,000 people daily in tho South Lori- ' don district —Reutci ,{ THE PETROL SHORTAGE SUPPLIES FOR PRIVATE USERS i, , _ AT AN END ,[ \ London, March 29 ii! . In the House of Lords, Lord Hylton < stated that the pctiol supplj was so short thit none would bo available foi * private users when then licenses e\i pire next month—The "Times"