RUSSIAN SITUATION

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9620, 28 March 1917, Page 5

RUSSIAN SITUATION

CRISIS HAS PASSED atmosphere of seriousness NOT VET CLEARED. . V To'csroph —Pro*. Association— Copj-r!sli> ' Auttralion ami N.Z. Cable Association. PARIS, March 2G. The 1 ■ Potit Parisien's" correspondent ■it Peirograu liaci an interview with M. Kereaski. who said that thesituacioiv wa> still serious, but it had passed thy crisis. Women's suifrago would not be introduced for the election of the Constituent Assembly, owing to insufficient time to effect the reform. THE ARMY AND NAVY ALL MEMBERS OF IMPERIAL FAMILY BARRED. lly Telcerapli—Press Association —Copyricui Australian aod .N.Z. Cable Association. ROM E, March 20. Advices from Petrograd state that the transfer of executive powers and military commands is proceeding without conflict. No member of the Imperial Family will hold a position in the army or the civil administration, A SIGN OFJTHE TIMES army sends messages of ASSURANCE OF FIDELITY'. By Telegraph —Press Association —CopyrigUs Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received March 27, 5.20 p.m.) PETR OOR Ail) f March 26. An excellent sign of the times is the arrival of enthusiastic deputations with messages from the trenches assuring the country that it can rely upon its defenders.

One message says: “An inconclusive end to the war would cover Russia with eternal shame. New Russia must not he stamped with treachery. You have defeated tho internal enemy; lot us conquer the foreign foe.”

INVASION OF LONDON RUMOURS DISPELLED. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright Australian and N.Z, Cable Association. LONDON, March 26. Rumours of invasion were current in London and tho provinces for fortyeight hours, but were dispelled by Mr Bonar Law in a statement in the House of Commons. Ho said he was unable to find any foundation for them. TRANSPORTED FINANCE EACH ALLIED POWER MUST BE SELF-SUPPORTING. Ry Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. PAIUS-, March 26. A decree by the Ministerial Council prohibits the importation into Franco and Algeria of all merchandise except on behalf of the State, or goods specially authorised by the Minister for Finance. M. Ribot (Premier) states that each country of the Alliance must become as far as possible self-supporting. Tho war had become very largely one of transport and finance, and any measure saving tonnage and restoring exchange brings victory nearer. Tho Government intends to encourage the homo production of foodstuffs. Franco in 1916 spent six hundred million sterling abroad, tho imports exceeding the exports by four hundred million sterling. MOEWE'SJiINKINGS 57 AMERICANS ABOARD ESMERALDA. Gy Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. WASHINGTON, March 26. Among the ships claimed to have been sunk by tho r Moewe, 57' Americans were aboard tho Esmeralda. The case is likely to furnish America with a similar problem to that of tho Yarrowdale, GAUNTLET RUN

ARMED AMERICAN LINEIR REACHES BRITAIN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. WASHINGTON, March 26. The St. Louis (11,629 tons), the first .armed American liner to sail for Britain, has arrived safely. GERMANY AND_TURK!BH TROOPS ENVER PASHA’S MISSION TO BERLIN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. BERNE, March 28. Enver Pasha has gone, to the West front. Old Turk circles in Geneva declare that Germany’s refusal to send back the Turkish troops caused bitterness at Constantinople, and Enver Pasha’s mission to Berlin was due to the failure of tile earlier mission. ENEMY PRISONERS 87,672 GERMANS, AUSTRIANS, TURKS AND BULGARS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N-Z. Cable Association. LONDON. March 26. Speaking in the House of Commons, Air J. F. Hope (Treasury) said that the war prisoners in British bands totalled 55,397 Germans, 16,000 Austrians, 763 Bulgarians, and 15,512 Turks. He believed that Germany hold 32,500 British prisoners.