THE NEW RUSSIA
SOCIALIST SNUB TO AN AGITATOR I LABOUR REFORMS - London, April 22. The "Observer's" correspondent at Petrograd states that M. Lonin, leader of the exiles, delivered an inflammatory speech demanding a commune of peace and the abolition of the Government. It was coldly received by the majority of Russian Socialists. . The "Labour Gazette" points out that tho extremists are the best friends of the reactionaries. The congress of soldiers and workers' delegates support the Government's _ demand for the establishment of Arbitration Courts, safeguards for women's and children's labour, tho abolition of contract labour, and an eighthours day, except in munition.factor-ies.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.. THE RIGHT SPIRIT. (Rec. April; 23, 10.30 p.m.) Petrograd, April 23. The; President of the Workmen's Council stated that they demanded an eight-hour day, but owing to the principle involved they were ready to work twenty-four in order to secure victory, —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ECHO OF THE PRO-GERMAN REGIME . THE REAL POWER ON THE THRONE. London, April 22. The "Times" correspondent at Petrograd writes: "Irrefutable evidence is forthcoming regarding the revolution that the reactionaries were led by the Empress and M. Protopopoff and were bent on the promotion of disturbances. A state of famine was deliberately engineered in Petrograd and other cities, which the reactionaries were prepared to turn to account as a pretext for a peace favourable to Germany. M. Protopopoff gave instructions to perfect the organisation of the disturbances. The weakness of the .'Tsar's hold on tho people was the most astonishing feature of the revolution. Ho was nothing to them, hardly a. name. Nowhere was regret heard at his abdication. v "The Empress was the most interesting personality of the old Tcgime. While the Tsar was thoroughly antiGermim and "pro-Ally, the Emoress was anti-Ally and pro-German. She believed her mission was to maintain absolute monarchy for her husband and son. She was intensely mystical, and believed God had chosen Russia as the instrument for great miracles. This partly accounts for the sway Mid repulsive impostor Rasputin cxeroised over iter. Perhaps she was right. Russia was chosen as the scene of a great miracle, though not precisely of the kind she imagined." The correspondent adds: The influence of the Duma and Provisional Government is daily growing. The ■•hulk of workmen and soldiers are patriotic and know that Germany must be beaten if their liberties are to be assured. —The "Times." ' RELEASED POLITICAL PR.IS- ■ ONERS. Copenhagen, April 22. Oivinf; to transport difficulties a hundred thousand released Russian political prisoners have not.yet departed from Siberia. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. '
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3061, 24 April 1917, Page 7
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