A NEW LOAN.
REPRESSING INTEMPERANCE. THE FINNISH DEMANDS. Received June 1, G. 45 p.m. Petrograd, May 31. The Government) has approved the raising of a loan of two thousand million roubles by the issue of paper money. It has been decreed that public drunkeness shall be punishable with eighteen months' imprisonment, and that violence or robbery by drunkards will be punished by six to eight years' p&nal servitude. When discussing Finnish demands It was stated they would be internationally guaranteed. TURKISH ATTEMPTS FRUSTRATED. Admiralty, per Wireless Press. Received June 1, 7.25 p.m. London, May 31. A wireless Russian official report states: We frustrated Turkish attempts north-west of Kabldt and south of Ranee. ENEMY FORCES SENT TO FRONT. The Hague, Hay 31. Germany recently, sent large forces of troops, naval guns, and naval gunners ti» the Russian front. There are some indications that Germany's hope of prolonging tue Russian inactivity ia dwindling. KERENSKY'S TRIUMPHAL TOUR. Petrograd, May 31. Advices from the .front state that M. Kerensky's tour was a triumphal progress. He was received with enthusiasm uv the troops, who declared readiness to advance, AMERICA'S REPLY TO RUSSIA. Paris, May 31. The Stampa asserts that Mr. Wilson's message to Russia was dispatched on Sunday, and will shortly be published. Mr. Wilson says that peace must : be without annexation or indemnity, hut must include restitution, for example, of Alsace-Lorraine, Trieste and Trentino. America will demand reparation for Belgium.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 June 1917, Page 5
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236A NEW LOAN. Taranaki Daily News, 2 June 1917, Page 5
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