DOMINANT FACTOR IN RUSSIA

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3067, 1 May 1917, Page 5

DOMINANT FACTOR IN RUSSIA

COUNCIL OF SOLDIERS' AND WORKERS' DELEGATES ARMY DESERTERS RETURNING London, April 29. The "Observer's" Petrograd spondent states that the Council of Soldiers' and Workers' delegates is now the dominant factor in Russia. It 'is supporting the Government, in spite of the internal opposition of Sbcalist extremists and agentsrprovocatcurs. The discipline of the army has been re-es-tablished, except at Kronstadt, where the extremists havo obtained control. Thousands of soldiers who deserted during tho revolution are returning to tho ranks, the. Council having announced that deserters will not participate in the eventual distribution of land. Two thousand deserters assembled at Cornel and marched' behind a flag inscribed "Down with Desertion," and asked the army commander to send them to the front.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE "LIBERTY WAR LOAN" EVERYWHERE MEETING WITH SUCCESS. ." (Rec. April 30, 5.5 p.m.) London, April 29. The "Daily Chroniclo's" correspondent at Petrograd .says: "The so-called 'Liberty War Loan,' which will bo the first test of the Government's stability, is everywhere meoting with success, 'over fifteen millions sterling having been subscribed in four, days in Petrograd and Moscow alone, which is more than twice what tho old regime raised during tho same period. The extremists oppose the loan, but the Workmen's and Soldiers' Congress support it.'.'—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

ON THE FIGHTING FRONT ■ OPERATIONS IN ASIA MINOR. London, April 25. Admiralty, per Wireless tress.—A Russian official report states: "Wo recaptured a height lost yesterday in the, direction of Erzingan. Turkish attempts to attack near Takopinari, westward of Pulumer, were repelled." —Aus.-N.Z. Oable Assn.-Reuter.