ANARCHIST OUTBREAK IN PETROGRAD

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3120, 26 June 1917, Page 5

ANARCHIST OUTBREAK IN PETROGRAD

MANIFESTO TO THE PUBLIC WARNING AGAINST COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES (By Telegraph—Ptea Association—Copyright). ' • ■ ' , , ~ , t , , . Petrograd, June 21. ... ma " l . f( i sto th ? P<*>P'9 .of Petrograd has been issued in connection with the Anarchists outbreak. It is signed by tho All-Russia Conference of Workmen and Soldiers, the -All-Russia Peasants' Conference, and all' the Socialist parlies except'the extremists, and says that the extremists in tho Vibor<* quarter are calling the people into'the streets without the assent of the signatories, and points ,put that tho action of the extremists at tho present distressing juncture may harm the work of the revolution. The manifesto says:—"You are being called into the streets in order to assist in deposing tho Provisional Government, the support of which we consider essential. Bloody disorders may arise from peace clemonstrations." The manifesto urges the people to beware of counter-revolutionaries who are ■waiting for an opportunity to crash the revolution, and appeals to the people fn the name of the active army to avoid the streets and abjure demonstrations. The Anarchists continue to hold out in. General Douirnoves's house Aus -N Z Gable Assn. . . ' .. • ' ' — 1 \ CRUCIAL' TEST OF THE GOVERNMENT'S MANA. , ■ , Petrograd, June 24. the Dournoves incident is likely to prove tho crucial test whether .the Government is able to master tho growing anarchy. The Anarchists told some pressmen that they .were supported by six thousand armed people, besides militia and machine-gun companies, also several infantry units. A meeting of troops on Thursday, resolved to organise armed demonstrations against the Government. The organisers placarded the streets with posters declaring that the Government was supporting Imperialists and Capitalists, who were responsible for. the continuauce of the war and faJnine, and inviting the soldiers and "workmen to appear in the street with tho watchwords, "Down witli the Duma! Down with the ten Ministers! Down with the War! We Want Bread, Peace, and Liberty! Meanwhile the' Government has issued placards inviting the population to be calm, and declaring that any attempt at violence would 1)6 ri"orouslv suppressed.—Reuter. . SCHEME A .COMPLETE FIASCO. • (Rec. June 25, 8.15 p.m.) Petrograd, June 24. The Anarchist plans are a complete fiasco. Neither tho workmen nor the soldiers rallied to their call. The military commandant at Petrograd and the president of the Soldiers and Workmen's Council dissuaded intending military demonstrations, thus counter-acting the agitation among the factory hands.— Reuter. HUNS BEHIND THE ANARCHISTS Paris, June 24-. M. Ribot (Premier) has communicated to the Committee of the Chamber documents proving that tho German Legation at Berne had inspired the Hoff-mann-Grimm intrigue, and also promoted the anarchist campaign in Russia.— Reuter. AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW OF THE SITUATION \ ; . '■' FRENCH MINISTER LOOKS'FORWARD TO THE OFFENSIVE.' Paris, June 24. M. Albert Thomas, French Minister of Munitions, interviewed on his return from Russia (where he acted as French Ambassador), states that he is optimistic and confident about Russia. 'The idea of a separate peace," he says, "may be completely dismissed. The duality of the Government and the Council of Workmen and Soldiers Delegates has disappeared, and the Coalition Government's authority is increasing daily, especially in connection with the reorganisation of the Army, which had negotiated a serious and critical time. Tho necessity for a disciplined army in order to preserve ,and guaiantee their liberty is now understood by the masses. There is a, widely-growing belief that military defonce will bo made more effective by an offensive. I found material and moral reasons for the possibility of an offensive," stated M. Thomas, "although I shall not declare the date at -which it will take place. The Rumanian Army will do wonders immediately RußSk gives the signal. '—Reuter.

WOMEN'S "BATTALIONS OF DEATH" SCORCHING DENUNCIATION OF PEACE-MONGERS. (Rec. Jiino 2-5, 8.15 p.m.) London, .fane 21. Tlie "Morning Post's" correspondent at Petrogrnd states that the first battalion of women soldiers will go to the front in a fortnight as an object-lesson to the peace-mongers. Most of the recruits aro women and girls of the educated classes. Tho Amazonian "Battalions of Death" have issued an appeal to tho nation, recalling the fact that evory day the Army stands idle cosll; Russia .£5,000,000. It describes the pacifists as Judases, who are selling Russia to the foe. "They will soon learn that it ip better to fa-co ten German bayonets than one tigress mother of Russia. You make war without annexations or contributions, yet expect tribute from jour own native towns! Until your bayonets overturn Wilhelm's throne you aro cowards and traitors!"—A us-N.Z. Cable Assn. . "STEADILY GOING FROM BAD TO WORSE" PESSIMISTIC HE PORT FROM A CORRESPONDENT. (Rec. .Tuno 35, 8.15 p.m.) . London, .Tune U. ' The "Morning Post's" correspondentat Petrograd, in a dispatch dated June go «avs- "Things aro steadily going from bad to worse. Tho Leninites denounce th'oVoaiition as useless, and demand a wholly Socialist Ministry. To outsiders it seems that the Government, by following a Tolstoyau policy oi lion-resislanco tn evil is establishiw: class win-faro throughout Russia 1 lie situation undoubtedly is serious One Micister correctly describe! a« <a patient in a high fever,' and that it depended on the toughness of the country s constitution whether it survived or not. ■ "The Anarchists continue to refuse to evacuate Donnovoss villa, and threaten to blow it up if the Government should attempt to expel them. The marvellous patience of tho great m« of the Russian people alone makes it possible for the country to woathor tho storm. It is a. noteworthy fact, that despite the universal "demand for land and the nationalisation and expropriation of all privnlo lands, tho Jews aro rapidly buying land thorughout Russia The idea of energetic Stato intorforenco js coming into tho foreground as tho only solution of tho industrial crisis."—Aus.-N Z. Cablo Assn.