COUNCIL OF SOLDIERS AND WORKMEN.
and N Z. Gable Association.! PETROGRAD, May 1. The workmen's delegates appointed a| Council of 600 members, composed of equal numbers of soldiers and workmen, to discuss current affairs. I The Extremists secured only 95 votes out of 600. 1 A procession of 5000 maimed soldiers who carried banners inscribed "War to the death with the Kaiser," attracted much attention. Utcuter's Telegram.) PETROGRAD, May 1. M. Gutehkoff (Minister for War) has returned from a visit to all the fronts. He issued an order to each Army Corps, regiment, and company, to elect a committee which will maintain discipline, control food supplies, and liave powers* to take justifiable measures against abuse iof power by the chiefs, and settle disputes between officers and soldiers and make preparations for the election of a constituent assembly.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14287, 2 May 1917, Page 3
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137COUNCIL OF SOLDIERS AND WORKMEN. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14287, 2 May 1917, Page 3
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