RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

COUNTERACTING THE GERMAN RUSE. 'SOLDIERS' COTOfCII/S APPEAL TO " ARM?. Petrograd, June 10. ' The Sotdierß* and Workmen's Committee has issued an appeal to the army, stating!. "The German commander on , the eaiitara front has sent a wireless to our troops proposing a cessation « war without a rupture 'With our aUiei. He talks thus because he knows wo, will reject overt proposals for a separate peace. That is why he invites as to a separate armistice, which, he wys, offers no advantage to Germany. This is taitrue, for, speaking of the inaetlvity of th« Germans on the Hussion front, he forgets what Russians do not, namely, the Russian defeat on the Stok"iiod; he has forgotten that Russians ' kaoW Whether German troops have been .' taken from our -front; he has forgotten that Russians hear the noise of the bloody Francifcßritisli battles; he has forgotten that the overthrow of the Allies oieana the overthrow of Russia UH the end of political liberties." CAJOLERY AND THREATS. ANGLING FOR AN ARMISTICE. Petrograd, June 10. tte German Commander-in-Ch'ief has ■est a wireless mesasge to all Russian troop* which suggests that, through an armistice, Russo-German military operations could he ended, without Ruseia deserting .her allies. The message declares ■ thafcGermany and her allies are ready to meet the frequently expressed desire of the Russian soldiers' delegates to end the bloodshed and conclude an honorable p6ftco and re-establish the former neighhotly relations. Germany will support Russia economically. He invites Russia . to seijd plenipotentiaries if she wishes 'to know the German conditions, but to abstain, from demanding publication of the conditions so long as she considers herself bound by secret treaties conclud-. Ed Jay former governments for the purpose of destroying Germany and her . »IH«L ; The Commander-in-Chief specifies the alleged objects of Germany's enemies, n&melyv possession of the Germna colo- ' nlea, Alsace-Lorraine, Trieste, and Constantinople, and the partition of AsiaMinor and a heavy indemnity. He -concludes by affirming Germany's . eontinuW ability to fight on all fronts without denuding the eastern front, and declares that if the Central Powers are J forced to continue the war, with the consequent vast military outlay , their mili- • tary objects will become inevitably more «rieh*ive. tME KRONSTADT REBELS. , GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE DRASTIC 1 MEASURES. Petrograd, June 10. The Council of 'Workmen's \ |wd Soldiers' Delegates, saving reafflrm- ■ ed their independence, the Provisional Government has announced' that drastic ; measures are necessary, and has tlierej fqre proclaimed the citizens of i Kroßstadt must ofoey all i I pjders of the Provisional Government. I The proclamation has been communioated to all the Soldiers' and Workmen's Committees at Kronstadt, the ports on the Baltic, and Hie fleets. . 1 ' Refusal to recognise the authority of the Provisional Government is described \is defection from revolutionary demote* and the domination of anirchy. VEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, RESOLUTION. Received June 11, 10 p.m. • Petrograd, June 10. A congress of peasants' delegates from whole of Russia passed a resolution i;i uvor of a federal democratic republic. A commission is engaged in framing a law relating to a constituent assembly, and has decided that voters aged 18 should receive the franchise. WITHDRAWAL OP ENEMY TROOPS. Petrograd, June 10. /in- continued withdrawal of enemy . ', resorted from the Russian to "Z-r.<y - " vcnch, Italian, and Mesopoi v ; , „ is., In some cases all men v I vears are being transferred.