RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 August 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

THE MOSCOW CONFERENCE. PATRIOTIC APPEALS DISREGARDED. 1 IiOi(4oOj Aug. 39. Mr Wilton telegraphs ffojn Pelrograd that if hope lingered in.Russian breasfef that the Moscow Conference would accomplish a miracle of soctal healing it \Vq!s quenched 'to-day. The Council of , Vtfqrkmen's and Soldiers' Delegates; did rati heed the .appeals to ainlr'tlieir differences and., say? ; the country. shey cheered M: Kerensky only if he displayed opposition to General Korniloff. ■ At'the Conference, M. 'ProlulT, rtfpresenting the Engineers' Alliance, emphasised that the complete disorganisation of transport might have terrible consequences. as the amies might turn on ■Russia and commit excesses. ,The disorganisation was largely due to the extreme demands of the transporters' representatives. 1 Ukraine and West Russia declared that the people of "these districts wereready for any sacrifice for the country. A representative of the Letts said that, Courland sihould never 'belong to Germany. A delegate of the General Mussulman Alliance declared that all the Mussulmans of Russia fully supported the Government. A TERRIBLE STORY, THE WORST CONFIRMED. I Received Avg. 30, 5.5 p.m. London, Aug. 29. At the .Moscow Conference, General Alexieff confirmed the worst General korni'oft had said about the disorganisation of tiic army. The old army had a strong, warlike spirit. The present army 'was enfeebled by ill-interpreted and ill-applied doctrines, and split into two opposite ca.io.ps, namely, officers and soldiers. The sense of duty of the soldiers towards the officers had disappeared, the officers -becoming veritable martyrs. lie instanced an attack launched, which consisted of twenty-eight officers, twenty non-commission,ed officers, and two soldiers. The balance of the soldiers coldly watched the heroes perish. A COUNTER-REVOLUTION. WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. United Press. Received Aug. 30, 5.5 p.m. London, Aug. 29. At the Moscow National Conference, M. Orckoff, the chief spokesman of the railroad workers, declared that the railroaders will disrupt a counter-revplution by a nation-wide tying up of communications. There was no doubt a counterrevolution was growing. M. Groozinoff, a representative of the Zemstvos, urged support to General Korniloff. M. Proloff, the railway engineers' representative, declared that the railroaders' demands were responsible for the disorganisation of transportation. M. Grouzemberg, a Jewish delegate, pledged tho loyalty of all Russian jews and Ukrainians. He declared that tho province was ready to make any sacrifice for the good of the nation. Tho Mussulmans pledged their loyalty. Received Aug. 30, 11 p.m. London, Aug. 29. The Moscow Conference has closed. Representatives of the agrarian organisations evoked great indignation by declaring that the soldiers' and workmen's committees had disorganised industry, also by severely criticising the revolutionary movement.

M. Kerensky, in his 'closing speech, said tho views expressed at the conference manifested a desire to arrive at an agreement with the Provisional Government. He emphasised that the Provisional Government would not suffer a counter-revolutionary movement. "WE 9 WIL.L KILL!" TO SAV'E THE COUNTRY FROM ANARCHY. , Received Aug. 30, 10 p.m. Petrograd, Aug. 29. At the closing of the conference, M. Kerensky the inflexible determination of the Government to restore discipline in the army, and warned the forces of anarchy that they would find an implacable enemy in democratic Russia. "As Minister for Justice," he said, ''l abolished the death penalty. As Minister for War I decree it is necessary to partially re-establish it. This le-esta'blishment hurta us to the very soul, tat for the salvation of the country we will kill with all our soul." . RUSSIANS FLEE IN DISORDER. THE ENEMY ADVANCING. (London, Aug. 20. A Wireless (Russian official report states: Stubborn enemy attacks in the idiiection'of Okna, north-east-of Soveia, met with varying success. In the direction, of Focsaai the enemy attacked in .the direction of Muatohelin. One of our divisions- did not show the necessary resistance, abandoned tho positions' and fled in disorder. The enemy continued to advance all day and ipenetrated our positions in the region of Varnitza. TROUBLE IN FINLAND. ... j A LOCAL REVOLT. ! Copenhagen, Aug. 29. Numbers were killed and wounded in a fight lasting several hours between the Finnish population at Bjomeborg and tho Russian garrison. GERMANS CAPTURE HELL POSITIONS. Lqaioii, Aug.. 25'A German official report says: etormed hilt poaitjicms in-, tho: Oitijx vaßey,, captured the village' at BBunJJchelin, westward of MidSdleinaisch, anil ipieased' the 1 enemy north-westwardi. oa