RUSSIAN COALITION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16665, 9 October 1917, Page 5

RUSSIAN COALITION.

AGREEMENT OF PARTIES. HOPE OF EFFECTIVE POLICY Eeuter. > ■ PETROGRAD, Oct. 7. Members of the Government now at Moscow, the industrialist delegates to the Democratic Conference, and the .representatives of the Constitutional Democrats admit that they have reached an agreement fyr the constitution of a Coalition" Government. A. and N.Z. WASHINGTON. Oct. '7. The Russian Embassy says it believes /that the Coalition Government offers every assurance that effective policies will be carried out. embracing M. Kerenskv's determined programme for the restoration of the fighting power of the army. DANGER IN FINLAND. ' RUSSIAN FAMILIES LEAVING. COPENHAGEN. Oct. 7. The commandant of Finland has requested' all Russian families to ? leave. Precautions are being taken against a great and imminent danger. ILLNESS OF KEEENSKY. CONSUMPTION ADMITTED. ■ ' NEW YORK, Oct. 7. ' M. Kerensky,. the Russian Premier and Commander-in-Chief, . writing to a friend, says his consumption is progressing better than the Russian revolution. He hopes that Russia will be liberated before he dies, and will develop a real democracy from the present anarchy. THREAT OF A STRIKE. RAILWAYMEN'S ATTITUDE. (Reed. 7 p.m.) PETROGRAD, Oct. 7. Some of the railwaymen have decided not to participate in the strike, which, it is hoped, will be averted at the eleventh hour,