RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 May 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

GOVERNMENT'S NOTE TO ALLIES. ~... WORKERS DISSATISFIED. •MINISTERS' RESIGNATIONS N DEMANDED. MILIUKOFFS DRAMATIC ADDRESS. Received Hay A, 5.5 p.m. , . P'etrogrqd, May 4. i.lie Committee of Workers and SoldieiV delegates are gravely dissatisfied with the Note which tho Provisional Government lias addressed to tho Allied Powers, promising to carry on the war to a victorious end, and not to make u separate peace. A I 1 iniiish infantry regiment demonstrated outside Mars Palace, demanding the resignations of SI. MillukdJT and M. Gutehkoii. There were gther labor doraonstrations ..of r a similar character, which aroused energetic counter demonstrations in favor of the Government. A joint sitting ,of the (Provisional Government and the Committee of Workers' and Soldiers' delegates was immediately summoned. • - ■During tho sitting, M. Miliukoil appeared on the 'balcony of tho palace, arid in a dramatic, midnight addresß to an excited crowd in the square, said the Government was not going to allow Russia to betray her allies. .Russia would never consent to a separate peace. Telegrams give disquieting news from Helsingfora, the capital of Finland, where there are serious strikes, due to German spies.. VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT. • PACIFIST AGITATION DENOUNCED. Reuter Service. Received May (.1 11,15 p.m. Petrograd, May (1. Plie executive of the Workmen's and Soldiers', delegates, by 34 votes to 18, accepted as satisfactory the explanation by the Provisional Government of M. MiliukolFs 1 Note, The Council of Workmen and Soldiers' delegates, consisting of *2500 members, passed a. vote of confidence iu the Provisional Government by a majority p! 35. Tho Duma meets to-day for the first time since tho revolution. The Btreets on Saturday were filled with excited crowds, discussing the situation. The majority denounced tho pacifist agitation. ! Suddenly a.band of. so-called Leninists, who are iboth 1 pacifist and antiGovernment, marched into the Nevsky Prospect, and a collision occurred with partisans of the including many soldiers. The Leninists fired their rifles and several 'of,tho other side were killed and wounded. The Leninists were finally dispersed and the streets \yere picketed. •'.« GERMAN ATTITUDE TOWARD RUSSIA. A CHANGE OF BOLICY. WAITING lAND WORKING FOR i ■' • POLITICAL FERMENT, i. SEVENTEEN (DIVISIONS WITH- , L . DRAWN. • ■ Received Slay 0, 5.5 p.m. .. , London, May S. Tho Morning .Host's 'Petrograd correspondent telegraphs that the German policy as regards Russia's internal development has notably changed. Apparently they regard the Stokhod attack as a psychological mistake, despite a Russian army corps being wiped out, because tho consolidated army has checked the growth, of revolutionary principles therein. A German attack on Petrograd may be regarded as postponed for tho present), in the hope that, political ferment will produce a more favorable situation later. Meanwhile, a host of German agents are working for the same end, tho Anglo-French activity in the West being a contributing factor to Germany's inactivity in the East. Already she has withdrawn 17 divisions, and, in any case, Russia will not be caught unawares on the land, despite the political ferment, because the belated thaw is causing exceptional floods, rendering operations impracticable on the several fronts.

A WARNING AGAINST GERMAN TRICKERY.' Received: May 5, <jj> p.m. Petrograd, May 4. General Brussiloff lias warned tlio irmies that German parliamentarians are Altering the lines ostensibly on .pcaceul missions. Ho adds that several of hose who have been taken prisoners :onfessed to acting on instructions to nspcct the Russian lines and learn the lisposition and strength of the forces. *' ■ NO SEPARATE PEACE. Petrograd, May 4. The (United Press correspondent states ;hat M. MiliukofT addressed a mass neeting ol those antagonistic to htm, md gained a personal triumph. He aslured them that the 'Provisional Government would never strike (Russia's name sfl' the list of the Allies, lie did not ear for himself, hut feared for Russia. The Government would tiever consent a separate peace. It is significant :Iml prolonged cheering greeted this itatement. that a separate pence would never be permitted. The situation has greatly improved. ARMISTICE ON RUSSIAN FRONT. ■ •Petrograd, May 4. iA correspondent states that practically nn armistice exists along the RussoGerman front. No shot lias been fired by the Auslrians and Russians for over a month past. Fraternising between the, Russians and Germans at many points was so frequent that General Gouvko, Cammiudu «f ilxe Minsk wet, waij

—M!jiaii||a obliged to -warn his soldiers that' t)ijJjS (■erri: i»is were probably intending SITUATION CONSIDERED GIUVJ^ TptroirmV'Mty A corespondent r.tntes that the.'sltlttW tinii is undoubtedly ten«e. A Ynptut#V? between the Provisional (iovornment the Workers' Committee ha* remJtq|pll from tho latter'* denmnd tlmt the eminent take them into full oon9denc6* ! v as to Russia's enfrnfjenienta to Hie Altis*. jj Two thousand soldiers from tfco Petrol', i grad garrison were used to «j?r.l tho (Government leaders nt a r.ioetln.;. j w»* a. gigantic demonstration nu'sirfy 2/m Miliuknff, tiec.iuse of hi« ueelttrAtWii'i that Biissia would observe the C*atV-v foreign ftgreonic::ti>. <j t gj The correspondent states thafc ia no questloa Utat tb« tituatios iTI smtt " '.•-fga[