THE RUSSIAN REVOLT

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3234, 7 May 1917, Page 2

THE RUSSIAN REVOLT

STILL CAUSING TROUBLE. THE ENEMY IN THE MIDST. [BY ELEOTBIO rKLEQEAPB —OOPYEIGHT] Australian'N.2. Cable Association.)

Petrograd, May 4. Tho Committee of Workers and Soldiers' Delegates is gravely dissatisfied with tho Note which tho Provisional Government addressed to the Allied powers, promising to carry on the war to a victorious -enil and not mako a separate peace. A Finnish infantry a-egiment demonstrated outside the Mars Palace, demanding the resignation of M. MiliuJcoif and M. Gutchkoff. Other Labour demonstrations made similar demands, which aroused energetic counter demonstrations in favour of tho Government. A joint sitting of the Provisional Government and tho Committee of Workers and Soldiers' Delegates was immediately summoned. During the sitting, M. Miliukoff appeared dramatically on the balcony of the Palace, at midnight, and addressed the excited crowd in the square. He said the Government was not going to allow Russia to betray the Allies. Russia would never consent to a separate peace. Telegrams giving disquieting news arc to hand from Helsingfors, where serious strikes have occurred, duo to German spies. *

POLITICAL POINTS. HOW THE GOVERNMENT IS HANGING ON. FReuter's Telecrain.l The executive of the Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates, by 34 votes to 19, accepted as satisfactory an exjtlanation by the Provisional Government of M. Miliukoff's Note. The Council of Workmen, and Soldiers' delegates, consisting of 2500 members, recorded a. vote of confidence in tho Provisional Government by a majority of 35. The Duma meets to-day for the first time since the revolution. The streets on Saturday were filled with excited crowds discussing the situation. The majority denounced the Pacifist agitation. Suddenly a band of so-called Lenientists, who are Pacifists and anti-Go-vernment, marched through the Neveky Prospect. A collision occurred between the partisans of the Government (including many (soldiers) and the Lenientists, who used rifles. {Several people were killed or wounded. The Lenientists were finally dispersed, and th« streets picketed. MILITARY MATTERS. WILL NOT Ufi CAUGHT. London, May 5. The Morning Post's Petrograd correspondent says the German policy in regard to Russia's internal development has notably changed. The ene. my apparently regards tho Stokhod front attack as a psychological mistake—despite the fact that a Russian army corps wae wiped out—because it consolidated the army and checked the growth of revolutionary principles amongst the Russian troops. The proposed German attack upon Petrograd may be regarded as postponed for the present, in the hope that the political ferment may produce a more favourable situation later. Meanwhile, a host of German agents work to the same end. The Anglo-French activity on the west front ie a contributing factor towards Germany's inactivity in the east, from which she has already withdrawn 17 divisions. In any case. Russia will not be caught unawares on the land, despite the political ferment. A berated thaw is caus, ing exceptional floods, thus rendering operations _ impracticable on, several fronts, giving the Russians time to get over their internal troubles, and holding up German military operations. CLASHING OF FACTIONS. GREAT PRO-ALLY DEMONSTRATION. (Received May 7, 9.20 a.m.) Petrograd, May 6. In consequence of a further collision between the Lenientists and the Soldiers, the executive of the "Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates has forbidden meetings and demonstrations and asked that no further soldiers be sent to the capital without a written request '■from the Delegates. Great pro-Ally demonstrations took place on .Friday outside the AngloFrench and Italian Embassies. Tho British Ambassador, in v. speech, outlined Britain's efforts in the war, stating that her only object was the solemn vindication of right and justice. He called upon Russians to support the Government, which w.is a sincere defender of the people's interests.