COUNCIL OF WORKMEN AND SOLDIERS

Nelson Evening Mail, 18 May 1917, Page 5

COUNCIL OF WORKMEN AND SOLDIERS

CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF COALITION. lAiutnuiui And N.Z. Caibl* AeaociM.tma.) LONDON, May If. The Dailyi 'Chronicle's, Petrograd correspondent states that an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates decided by 41 votes to 19 in favour of a coalition Ministry on the following conditions : Firstly, foreign policy to have as its chief aim the earliest s possible conclusion of a. general peace, without annexation or indemnity, and with the right of all nationalities to determine their own fate. Secondly, decisive measures for the reconstruction of the army on a democratic basis, strengthening the fighting force for the -defence of liberty. Thirdly, radical social, economic, and financial reforms. Fourthly, the earliest possible convention' d£ a constituent assembly in Petrograd. Fifthly," the Socialists' re-, presentatives in the Provisional Government to l>e responsible to the Council of Wprklmen's and Soldiers' Delegates. BFuUSILOFF'S [REiSTG'NATIOiN NOT / ACCEPTED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Rec. May 18, 9.45 a.m.) PETROGRAD, May 17. The Government has not accepted the resignations of Generals' BrUsiloff and Gurko. A conference of South Russian peasants demands the abolition of private land and a share in Government land with soldiers and. workmen.