RUSSIAN SOLDIERS' APPEAL
NO PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY. - • .. t "LONDON, May 2. A message from Petrograd gives particulars of the recent demonstration by 5000 crippled and Russian soldiers. ■ ■ . j * .---.'> ..-,..-.-. They "marched to the-Duma, and demanded that the war shall be continued until victory is attained.' •■" ■ : L~ •',■'.'■'<*.. Their spokesman, addressing- the-:menu bers of the Duma, said :—"We fought in defence of those who how. cry. .'Down ; with the war!'. Let us cripples be first killed; then the pacifists can make an ; alliance with Germany over our corpses!" - ■ • ? A previous cable message stated' that '. the procession of maimed soldiers took place in the Russian capital on Sunday, A»ril 29, the men marching through the streets bearing banners inscribed ' War to the Death!" and "Down With the * Kaiser." " ,
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Nelson Evening Mail, 15 May 1917, Page 5
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