RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 November 1917, Page 5

RUSSIA.

KERENSKY DEPOSED. 1 TAKES TO FLIGHT. | j j I I r cpjj|ro.ls .Pltrbgriad. ;.fjnnpiinces .that "a separate peace is jjxi-' tniiieni "Kerensky has. fled. London, Nov. 8. A wireless JJits?ian official message i.says:—fhe ; of .the military :,re'volutipi}ary committees is as foJlowB: To offer an immediate democratic pi^cc.' The im?npdi|i.te .liandjng (jver of the propriety a i lands to .the , peasants. The transmission of all authorities 'to . tlie committees. The: fljwest PQJiWatipn of a Clonstitu - ( tjional', Telegrams Sfrom.tho oflfieial rPetrograd Telegraph' Agency, vfhjph ; is now in ithchands, of,the MaJfimal.ists, .state that the latter hojd th'e city'land have ,the Ministers Lenin, who js leader of the movement, has t an immediate armistice and peace. Renter's o>yn cprrcflpondqnt has ,bpen silept since,lie reportefl that,tlie Jtfgixiv^ists, had .seized tlie Agenpy. ""' Jfew jjxprk,, Jsjo.v, S. • ; Tl)e ,linked ,Jress correspondent authoritatiy.fly' .Jearns that t'hc on Wednesday night!

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proclamation by soviet. I CONFISCATION OF LAND. Lpndon. Nov. 8. ,A wireless Russian official message ,says: A, proclamation has been issued br tile primes' Committees and' the Soviet ,qf Soldiejs' fteputies announcing tliat ' tlie atid-'proletariat of Petrci'grpd .the forepsky Govern"Blent, , which rgse against -the people. ,'jjhe deposition of tfie Government" has been icconipltsjied without bloodshed, > Tlie Pctrograd. Soviet of Workmena' 'Peputies .welcomes the change and proclaims the authority of the, Military Revolutionary Committee until the creation of a government of the Soviet. The Koffiers are'ordered to watch the conduct .of officers. Those who do not' Openly arid ; immediately join the accomplished "revolution mtist be drrested as' enemies pfithe' national revolution. .The' army Tmist not permit any military. de-< to •go to Petrograd from -the ;front,' it mifst oppose silch aetion uicr-' cileqsly. ' Mic.proclamation ectnehrios: /The sol-* 'diprs ire >for-pjice, brea,d - and• land, tlie ;peiojjle';?iiid' the -pimer of stKS ; people.' "' ' t A wireless' ftiissian 4>ffeM tneasage states that the reunion of 'Soviets opened to-day. The Army Committees were' ordered to elect a delegate for every -25)000. Failure to send a delegate was • a sin against the revolution. At an extraordinary meeting of soldiers and peasants' 'delegates, the preiM/TSro'tzky, after declaring that the Provisional Government no longer existed, outlined the problems before the Russian-Democracy. Firstly: The_immediate conclusion.of the war,'for which tlie newiG'overainent must' proclaim an armistice.to tbie belligerents; secondly: The handing over of the-land-to the peasants; thirdly: tlie settlement of "the economic crisis. The Assembly passed a resolution in favor of the speediest settlement of ths problems, and closed the sitting. A declaration was read, from represen- 1 •tatives of < the Maximalists in :the. Soldiers' and 'Peasants' Council. Diaappointed at the coup d'etat,. they.announce their intention to' withdraw from.participation in l the Petrograd deliberations. KERENSKY'S INTENTIONS. RALLYING • THE : LOYALISTS AT ■MOSCOW. -Received'Nov.->9, 7.50 -p;m. London, Nov. 8. , -As the'.telegraphs are in the hands of •Maximalists, 'fetrograd • tows must betaken with reserve. - ■ i -News-has-been received in -London •from an independent source -indicatijig : 'ttat M. KerSnsky-was aware of Genii's, ■intention, and arranged-to transfer-tpe 1 Governtnent'to Moscow. -It-is .-believed Keren*ky will-endeavor t orally themod- - crate X&iaeks and itich- trooips as-are dot- corrttptedby the extremista. SOLDIERS' AND PEASANTS CONGRESS. : .'tWRgJNQ ON THEIR OPPONENTS. Reuter Service, , swwsdil?oy., 9,; BjP,m. puff of ,;~pi fN«*f ,ia,» : toutches, pve :> power, to com.niiss(»ries of all thfir duties, and .order. , the TqJgpM. of, ; the of «jndthe ; »r-i rapt .of the ; .who .aprested 'jpi .jUiio. ;tj» *e ; Mtap^,ea'.f^Mapin t>f .pplttfeal, pyapajanSa, and pe release of 'the .soldiers,arrested '.for ,al-' leged political crimes,,, also the arrest, of ~ ex-Ministers KqijoyatyflY ! Jyisclikin, * Malaritovjtch,' Nikitin, imd . . others. i The .military are epjoined, to arrest. Kerensky and ;vll in, complicity, Kerensky to lie treated, as, guilty of iiigli treason.

GERM AX SQUADRON OFF FINLAND. . Stockholm,, Xov, ,S. A ITaparanda telegram states. that a .'.large (iertnan s&uadron is cruising oil Helsimrfora,

WHERE -J6 -XERENSIKY? ; COSSACKS REFUSE ..TO ATTACK 1 MAXIMALISTS. United Service. j 'Received Nov.' 9, 10 p.m. I PstroCTad, Nov. 8. ; .The coup, MaJj.it .ftefr '.intention to,maintain oMer. ' ' " 'Keren'sliy's" jvlieresiljoiita is unknown. ,Tlie')iopc is expressed that.he lias c'd Moscow, where the'loyalists arc certain, to attempt to constitute a govern-; ine.nt if flie control of Petrograd is nqt' .regained.

NO BLOODSHED YET. THE SITUATION OBSCURE. Received Nov. 0, 9.55 p.m. London, Nov. 9. Renter's Petrograd correspondent, cabling on the 7th, says that up to the preseht there has 'been no bloodshed and only a few minor street collisions. The situation is.obscure.