RUSSIA'S ORDEAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3115, 20 June 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA'S ORDEAL

EVENTS SHAPING FOE FRESH DEVELOPMENTS VIGOROUS CLEAN-UP IN GREECE GRAVE CRISIS IN SPAIN AIR REPRISALS DISCUSSED IN PARLIAMENT \ Reports from Russia to-day present a mixture of hope* and fears. M. Kercnski, tho War Minister, is applying iron-handed methods for tho disciplining of tho Army, and Micro aro indications of a gradual hardening- of the national spirit. Tho separate pcaco idea is losing its altractions, and tho women or Russia, to shamo their , aro drilling in wholo battalions in older to offer themselves for the fighting front. In tho interior, howovor, matters are somewhat chaotic, tho rcvonuo is leakin"- away from tho national Treasury in all directions, and tho financial situation is becoming 6erious. It is hinted that theso factors will conibino to unify tho governing elements in a common causo against the forces of disorder, which aro expected to culminato in a now crisis. Thoro are no new developments of iiuporuanco on flho Western tfront. The Allies in Greece aro proceeding with the policing of that uncertain country with a thoroughness calculated to impress tho Greeks with a proper sense of tho situation. Tho public clamour for reprisal raids on German cities has found expression in Parliament and ovoked a reply from Mr. Bonar Law, who states that tho question is now engaging the attention of the War Cabinet and other responsible authorities.