INTERNAL DISORGANISATION IN RUSSIA.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13937, 21 July 1917, Page 6

INTERNAL DISORGANISATION IN RUSSIA.

CONFLICTING IDEAS -REGARDING CONTROL, PAN-RUSSIAN CONGRESS SUGGEST SOLDIERS' AND. WORKERS' COMMITTEE SHOULD GOVERN. ,/> CABINET LIKELY TO' TRANSFER TO MOSCOW. ' "■ (Reutcr's Telegrams.)' ■ ; ' •• •••■ , ! PETROCIRAD, July 19. • During the disturbances ailucd. troops and workmen arrested , the Minister of Agriculture. " They * lrad r not realised until they listened to his speech that lie was a leading Maximalist, ■ After a meeting of the Soldiers' and Peasants' Committee, an announcement was made oil a Pan-Russian Congress, to consider,the - transfer of the whole governing' powers to the Soldiers' and Workmen's Committee. The Congress will be held a fortnight' hence at Moscow, in o'rder to prevent interference by the irresponsible part of the Petrograd garrison. Subsequently an extraordinary Cabinet Council discussed the transfer of the seat of the Provisional Government to Moscow. The Kronstadt dissenters remain at Petrograd, but there are evidences that they are becoming disillusioned as to the prospects of their coup jd-etat. • 5 ' 'j *■' !(Koutor's Tslograms.) ' . PETROGRAD, July 19. ; Government forces arc bivouacing in the Winter Palace Square and cannon are posted there. (licuter's Telegrams.) NEW YORK, July 19. • . It is estimated that there were casualties in the JPqtrograd .disorders, which ha v§ been PETROGRAD IN A STATE OF EXCITEMENT. [.. _ • c . ' WOMEN SHOT AND TRAMPLED DOWN. . ("Tlio Timea" Service.) • Received July 20, at 8.5 p.m. PETROGRAD, July 19. The city continues-cxcited. Terror jtrickeu .citizens, describing the disturbances, staff that .the mutineers frequently fired on peaceful citizens. Even wpmen were shot and trampled down. is impossible to say whence''the shooting started, but it was probably begun by provocateurs. . General Polontzoff, military Governor of Petrograd, is convinced that the great majority of the local regiments oppose the conspirators. - . LENINIST ATTEMPT TO PROPAGATE 'pEACE'. / CONFESSIONS OF A LIEUTENANT. DISORDERS REGARDED AS DEFINITELY ENDED. 1 . ' . 1 . (Australian.and Renter). ■ Received July 20, at 8.5 p.m. ' PETROGRAD, July 19. Recent disclosures concerning the rebel Lenin include the' confession of Lieutenant Frmolenco, who ileelai-es tlmt Lenin went with the Sixth Army to endeavour to propagate a peace move- " nient. Funds were received from .Germany through the German Legation, at Stockholm, TiVo million roubles arc now itanding to M. Kaslovsky's account in the Petrograd banks. 'M. Skobelolif (Minister of Labour), has been urgently summoned from the front, and is endeavouring to the. worsen. Ihe . Kronstadters iiiten'ded .to ... .arrest :M, Skobclol!," ' and ~M. - Tieretelli (Minister • of ( Posts and Telegraphs) declaring that they had been bought with the roubles Two light guns were sent to the Tanrida Palace for. that pur-' : ;pose but they were met by a machinrpi'wginttM. ''Fire" war' •' exchanged.and seventeen were wounded, A/lekchment, of guards subsequently went to the palace, where M. Tychiedk'c and M; - Skobeloff- addressed the crowd, emphasising "flic ctisthretioir'b'c-" ' tween democracy and anarchy. {Renter's Telegrams.) , ' . >•*•"• i9. ' • lie 1 etrograd local commander announces-that the disorders may be.regarded as definitely ended., lif miliary organisations'' have given assurances of their ready' support'.of the Government V:efforts to - re-establish order. •* *" l t .GOVERNMENT CLEARING-UP ORDER. \- . ' '■ . ..STRONG ACTION. BY MILITARY' COMMANDER.' < i■>. . \ . > . . .i • ' .'•■ ' (Australian and 1 • Received July 20, at 8.5 p.m. ' ■■■■' " r --■ ■ LONDON, July 16. , /A Petrograd wireless message states tliat the city is practicallyJ in a state of siege. All shops and houses luiye been closed in nc-, eoi'dance.with v Genci'al I'oloutsetf's oixlerpJ.fyTftf,.. - 1 ■ln 'carryiiig.ont'tlie (tovprhnim.f'g^vVimite^,.