A WARNING TO THE DOMINIONS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3106, 9 June 1917, Page 7

A WARNING TO THE DOMINIONS

IS BRITAIN PANDERING TO THE PEACE CRACKS?

London, .tunc 7. f'ullins; Can', secretary of the Urifish Empire Union, writing in the "Morning Post," says: "flas it struck Australians, South Africans, New Zealanders, and Canadians that, the' Government i'< sendinc to Stockholm and Fetrogrnri a revolutionary nonentity by the name of Macdonnld as the representative of British Labour and democracy and Parliament? That Maedonald states that he carries a inundate promising a pcarn based on no indemnities, no reparation, and no annexation? This means that South-West Afrira, |l>e Cnmcroons. New Guinea, and Herman West Africa will be handed back to the TTims as a reward for murdering our women and children. America and Franco have refused passnorts for their peace, cranks. Why is the Government nf the British Empire halting between two opinions?"

WOULD THERE HATE BEEN WAR? SIR THOMAS MACKENZIE ON IMPERIAL PREPAREDNESS. London, Juno 7. Sir Thomas Mackenzie (High Commissioner for New Zealand) presided ot Professor Gilbert Murray's address on the "Control of Foreign Policy, in which Professor Murray advocated a policy of peaceful negotiation. Sir Thomas Mackenzie said that the Dominions disliked militarism, but were resolved to t*ee tho war through. Had those responsible for Imperial interests realised' Europe's development and provided adequate means to meet it, there would not have been war now.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. BRITISH TRADE UNION LEADERS BOYCOTT THE STOCKHOLM. CONFERENCE (Rcc. Juno S, 5.5 p.m.) Mr. Hutchinson, of the Engineers' Union, has declined tho invitation of' the Labour Executive to go to Stockholm and Petrograd. The Parliamentarv Committee of the Trades Unions Congress has decided to send two representatives to Petrograd to advise on Hu6sian and British trade nnion methods. The visit is in nowise political, and tho delegation will not go to Stockholm.—Eeuter. KRONSTADT WILL RECOGNISE THE RUSSIAN PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT TROUBLE NOW SETTLED THE BASIS OF THE REVOLUTION Petrograd, June 7. The Eronstsdt trouble has been settled. The sailors at Kronstadt have agreed to recognise the Provisional Government at Petrograd.—Eeuter. THE OFFICIAL VIEW OF THE RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY AS STATED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOLDIERS AND WORKMEN'S COUNCIL. Washington, June 7. The United Press correspondent in Petrograd interviewed M. Tscheidze, President of the Workers and Soldiers' Council. He stated that Democrats can best help Russia, and the democratisation of the world by exerting pressure so as to end the war at the earliest possible moment. If America can best exert pressure by fighting Germany, let America send armies. "We look at everything in the world from the viewpoint of the revolution, and the success of the revolution depends upon the war soon ending on a basis of peace without annexation or indemnities, and with the small peoples having a voice as to how they shall be disposed of."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. NEW COMMANDER OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN ARMIES NATIONAL DANGER TRANSFERRED FROM THE ARMY TO THE CLERGY. Petrograd, June 7. General Gutor, the youngest general in the army, will succeed General Brusiloff as commander of the armies of the south-west. Tho chief dangers are now not in the army, but in tho remote rural districts, where many of the clergy are fomenting a counter revolutionary movement and are saying that the revolution was born of Satan. Many agitators accuse the Provisional Government of desiring to shut the churches and destroy the ikons. The anarchists aro urging the peasants to seize lands and cut down the forests.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. GERMAN STAFF ANXIOUS ABOUT ITS RUSSIAN FRONT. Rome, June 7. A Petrograd dispatch states that Von Hindenburg and Yon Ludcndorff have hurried to the Eussian front to discover whether there are signs of a Russian offensive.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FAMOUS RUSSIAN EXILE RETURNS (Eec. June 9, 0.5 a.m.) Copenhagen, June 7. Prince Kropotkin (the famous Eussian e.\ile) has arrived at Bergen from England, en route to Russia. Under tho a.uspices' of tho Council of Soldiers and Workmen, a great welcome has been arranged in his honour. M. Koronski received Prince Eropotkin at the frontier.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. JAPAN DENIES INTENTION TO INTERFERE Washington, Juno 7. The Japanese Embassy denies the report that Japan warned Petrograd that measures would be taken if Russia abandoned the war. The State Department shows a. disposition to ascribe such reports to German influence, which seeks to create distrust amongst the Allies.—Renter. -' BIG EXPLOSIVES DEPOT BLOWN UP Copenhagen, June 7. A great accidental explosion has occurred at Petrograd. A large quantity of explosives, which had just arrived from England and was stored in the harbour, was blown up and many people were killed.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.