RUSSIA.
AMATERIAL IMPROVEMENT. WILL TACRINE'S REPORT. I POSITION MORE HOPEFUL THAN EVER. Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association, Received May 26, ij.s p.m. London, May 25. Mr. Will Thome (Labor M.P.), who lias arrived from Russia, said that when he reached Russia the military situation was gloomy and the political situation inexplicable, but a material improvement had taken place in consequence of our active propaganda. M. Keren sky, who had been primarily responsible for the Coalition Ministry, is one of the most popular and strongest of modern Russians, whose influence should reassure the Allies. Mr. Thorne added that ho was more than ever hopeful of the military and political situation. KERENSKY AT THE FRONT. RUSSIAN FAITH IK HIS INFLUENCE. PACIFISTS AT WORK AMONG THE TROOPS. RUSSIA'S GREAT STRENGTH. Australian Ca,ble Association. Received May 27, 5.5 p.m. London, May 26. The Daily Chronicle's Petrograd correspondent says that M. Kerensky (War Minister) has gone to the front, and that his influence and power will now he put to the supreme test. Russia has unbounded confidence in M. Kerensky, believing that he alone can rescue the country from ruin and shame. He has completely won over the Workmen and Soldiers' Council to the necessity of defeating the enemy, hut it would he unwise to Tmse over-fanguine hopes thereon. The improvement in the capital is not reflected in the army at the front, where the pacifists are not leaving a atone unturned to persuade the troops that they are fighting merely to extend the Allies' wealth and possessions. There is one thing that would defeat these intrigues, namely, a decisivo reply from England and France in relation thereto. The Russian soldiers are ready to shed the last drop of their Wood for ideals, hut must he convinced that the Allies' aims are equally idealistic. Tho Morning Post's Petrograd correspondent says it is estimated that Hussia has ten or twelve million men with the colors and in various stages of training. Only a small percentage at the fighting fronts are inspired toy the example of the revolutionaries, but many of the soldiers in the interior are running amok. SOLDIERS LOOTING.
Twenty thousand soldiers recently seized a south Russian estate, and another party seized the town of Tharitsin on the Volga, with a population of 100.000, demanding a contribution of a i million and a half roubles for-their own purposes. Soldiers also seized Volga steamers. Despite these happenings Russia cherishes the belief that the Empire can be ruled by kindness. I ALEXIEFF DENOUNCED. • The Daily Erpress' Petrograd correspondent says that General Alexieff, in a speech to army officers, said that the idea of peace without annexations and contributions is Utopian. A bulletin of the Council of Workmen and Soldiers' Delegates thereupon accused Alexieff, of sowing sedition, recalled that he served the old regime, and stated that the Government will know how to put this presumptuous and garrulous general in bis place. Other newspapers praise General Alexieff for telling the naked iruth. Many soldiers now consider the removal of the Grand Duke Nicholas was an unfortunate blunder. A POSSIBLE LEADER AGAINST ANARCHY, Admiral Kolchay, of the Black Sea fleet, who is a man of striking personality, is often mentioned as a possible leader against the growing anarchy at Petrograd. DANGER OP LOSING ARMENIA.
M. Kcrensky, speaking prior to going to the front, publicly announced the Russian retirement from Armenia, and said there was not only a danger of losing Armenia, but possibly part of the Caucasus. The Government promises to publish a disciplinary code for the Russian army next week. HONORING MARTYRS. An Odessa telegram states that an imposing demonstration to6k place when the remains Lieut. Schmidt, leader of the mutiny on the warship Potemlrin in July, 1903, and of his three companions, who shot revolutionaries, were exhumed. The bodies were taken from the island of Berezane and will be reinterred at Sebastopol. The bodies were carried through Odessa when on their way to the Crimea.
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