COUNCIL OF SOLDIERS AND WORKERS DOMINANT.
DESERTING SOLDIERS. RETURN TO ABMY.
[Australian and N.Z. Cablß Association
(Received April 30. 1.15 p.m.) LONDON, April 29. The Observer's Petrograd correspondent telegraphs that the Council of Soldiers and Workers delegates is now the dominant factor m Russia, and is supporting the Government, despite internal opposition from (Socialist extremists and agents' provocateurs. Army discipline has been re-established except at Kronstadt, where the extremists Obtained control.
Thousands of soldiers, who deserted during the revolution are returning -to the ranks, the Council having announced that deserters will not participate m the eventual land distribution. Two thousand deserters assembled a& Cbmel and marched behind a flag inscribed "Down vrith desertion." They asked the army commander to send them to the front.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14285, 30 April 1917, Page 3
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