ARMY DESERTERS RETURNING IN LARGE NUMBERS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3121, 27 June 1917, Page 5

ARMY DESERTERS RETURNING IN LARGE NUMBERS

Petrograd, June 25. Numbers of deserters are roturning daily- Over 5000 passed through Minsk on June 23. The "Nowaja states that tho Government has decided io 'lissolve the Duma.—Reuter,

GLOOMY OUTLOOK FOR FOOD AND INDUSTRIES London, Juno 2"). "The "Daily News" correspondent at I'etrognid writes that food is costing fivo times more than in pence time. Tho re arc the clearest possible signs or i.imino later in tho year. Even more serious is tlio .threat of an almost totiiis.io| - page of industry, duo to the skortago of fuel and material, let tho « olk " el have continually demanded enormous increases in wages, there was gi.w»i»' gcr of a big i-aihvav strike, which a Gov eminent manifesto luckily averted. Jno Cossack Army is displaying groat distrust of tho extremists and a ilcsirc ioi tho stability of tho country- This is of great importance, tho te m l ,o,,| '\> eminent being confident that the Cossacks will support the work nt cro.uin„ .i strong united State—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RUSSIAN ARTILLERY ACTIVE IN GALICIA (Rec. June 26,' G. 20 p.m.) London, .hum 2;>. An Austrian wireless official message indicates a revival of Russian artillery activity at many points, particularly on the Naraiovtai-Zborov sector.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reutor. SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS IN ASIA MINOR. (Rec. June 27, 0.50 a.m.) \ London, Juno 20. A Russian official report states: "On the summit of Barziii, thirty miles south-west of Ushnue, we occupied a series of heights. In tho direction ot Rayat, wo repulsed ft Turkish counter-attack. We forced the Kurds out of positions west of Ashkan summit, and westward of Sendeh."-Aus.-N./. Cable Assn.Reuter.