RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 June 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

RUSSIA'S DECISION. NO REASON FOR FURTHER' DELAY. (Received June 18, 11.80 p.m. Rome, June J5. 'A communique says that in view of tile expressed wiliragnew of the Entente to revise the terms of the allianc? as relating to the war aims, it is felt Russia vhould not further delay her 'decision, in order to render vain the proGerman tendencies or. tho part of a section of tho Russians. RUSSIA TO DEFINE HER ATTN TUDE. ALLIES TO MAKE A DEMAND/. RUSSIA CANNOT IRREPARABLY DAMAGE ALLIES' CAUSE. Received Juno IS, 9 p.m. Washington, June 15. The Italian mission has announced the receipt of an official despatch from Rome that the Government is sending a deWand to Russia for an explicit statement as to its future stand in the war. It is understood the other Allies will make a like demand. ft is stated that the Entente has coneluded that Russia's position affects the Allies' plans, especially as regards military operations in the near future, but no action by Russia «an irreparably damage tho Allies' cause. Japan is expected to prevent a Russo-German aliiance. . EFFECT OF ANGLO-FRENCH NOrE. PROPOSED POLISH ARMY. Petrograd, June 14. Many organs, especially the Socialist papers, express dissatisfaction at the French and British replies to the Russian Note. They complain of their ambiguous phrasing, and some interpret the replies as a direct refusal to accept the Russian platform. Though it ib expected the Kronstadt mutineers will soon submit to the Government, their example has spread elsewhere. Reports from Tsaritsyn, Kherson and Yienanovoe state that separate republics have been declared in those provinces. There is a reign of terror at Tsaritsyn. OJher towns are quiet. Congress delegates from the Polish troops axe discussing a proposal to raise a separate Polish army of half a million from the Poles at present serving in the Russian army.. The deliberations 1 arc not yet concluded, but it is known an enormous majority of the delegates favor the proposal. THE MUTINOUS SAILORS. 'MORE TROUBLE BREWING. Petrograd, June 14. Details of the mutiny on the dreadnought Gangoot show that the orews of the warships Republica, Gangoot, and Diana gave notice to the Provisional Government that the ex-Ozar must be given to the revolutionaries in order to be sentenced. The Government took no notice of the crew of the Gangoot, who attacked Kronstadt. The Soldiers' Council emphatically repeated the demand, threatening force if disregarded. The Government then stated that it could not accede to the exaggerated desires of the men of the Gangoot, and simultaneously the Petrograd Soldier? Council expressed the desire that the Czar should be condemned and forced to labor in the mines. The Government consequently caused the garrison at Tsarskoeselo to be strengthened. THE AMERICAN MISSION. . Petrograd, June 14. Messrs Root'and Stevens, members' of the American Mission, have arrived. ■■ ta- tt]Rs*