INTERNAL RUSSIA

Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1917, Page 3

INTERNAL RUSSIA

CABINET CHANGES. (Received this day at 12.30 a.m.) PETROGRAD, July 21. - M. Lvoff has resigned M. Kerensky Premier, temporarily retains tho portfolios of War and Marine. M. Theretelli hag been appointed Minister of Interior, retaining Posts and Telegraphs. .M. Nekrosoff provisionally th* Minister of Justice and Minister of Railways has also resigned A BAD LOOKOUT. GERMAN EFFORTS. rAUSTRALIAN & N'.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION] PETROGRAD, July 20. •Lenin (the leader of the Loninites) has fled. M.- Penkratoff, a Socialist revolutionary who spent fourteen years ai i,m> Soblussellbury Convict Prison, arid M. Alexinsky, a working class member of the Second Duma, have issued a manifesto. Thoy declare that rinco May 29th the War Office has aware that the pro-peace agitation in Russia means Germany money and office A German General Staff officer told an officer in a Siberian regiment that he had been deputed to agitate in Russia. It is heard that this agitation is being carried on by. the President of w.v - Ukranian Alliance for the emancipation of Ukraine apd by M- Lenin. A crowd on Wednesday pillaged the offices of the Leninist organ “Pravada” Subsequently General Polotzoff ordered th® soldiers to occupy the | “Pravada” office. The Provisional Government has disconnected all telephones ■with, rthe T»ninisit of&oers’ dwelling ! throughout Kronstadt. PETROGRAD HAPPENINGS. KERENSKY'S CENSURE. Reuter’s Telegrams.

(Received. This Dav at 8.50. a.m.) PETROGRAD, July 21. Anarchists have abandoned the last citadel at Durnovi village. Most of the Workmen have resumeu work. M. Kerensky is arresting all guilty of relations with Germany, and already several notorious Maximalists have been arrested. Th© whereabouts of M. I-enin is unknown. The mutinous troops have been disbanded. Further troops have arrived from tho front M. Lvoff's resignation was followed by a stormy Cabinet meeting. M. Kerensky has just returned from th© front. He criticised the Ministers on the military handling of th© recent situation. He declared they should have used I their fullest power to suppress the mutiny.