THE RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT.
STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS. (Renter's Telegram.) ; ■ (Received October 25, 12.25, p.m.) PETROGRAD, Oct. 14.' In the course .of a discussion m the Preliminary Pai'.liament, the Minister for War declared that the provision ing-' of the army was severely; hampered by the action ■of certain provinces which* had plenty of bread ref using to give it. The Minister of Marine admitted that the relations o£ officers and bluejackets at Helsingfors * was most strained, bait the question of discipline had been spS tled on a , basis of mutual confidence, such as was .exercised by the sailors and officers on the wai'slnps participa ti rig m the battle of the Gulf of Riga. Genera,! Alexieff declared that the army must save itself, as it could not at present depend on the reav.
M. Kerensky protested against Alexieffs statement that the army was 'incapable of fulfilling its duty. But for fanatics and traitors, Russia and her Allies would have had an honorable peace by Christmas. '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14437, 25 October 1917, Page 3
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