BRIGHT VIEW OF KERENSKY'S PESSIMISTIC SPEECH.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14446, 5 November 1917, Page 3

BRIGHT VIEW OF KERENSKY'S PESSIMISTIC SPEECH.

(Reuter's -Telegram.) ? „ t . WASHINGTON, Nov. & Mr Lansing, m an authorised statement, deplored; any interpretation of %he Kerensky interview that Russia was -but ot the war permanently. He said that 111 Allied diplomatic circles M. Keiensky s statement was not regarded! as tremendously important, .because, it merely set down what everyone . knew* was lhe' condition There Was no ground for behoving that Russia was deserting the .Entente, but aether that she was tryhuP manfully to sblve hei- own prdblems.7 -.-.'. (Received -Nov. s,*'-ll;5-"a:in)' * PETROGJRAD,Nov/4. M. Kerensky, m an interview, sadd it was .impossible , to sendy a delegate m coynpariy with Terestch'enko to. the J&i-is Conference, owing to differences with Terestchenko and the Democrats respiting the^governnient of small nations.^ 1 If Tenestchenko was included^ the * Democrats would decline. to send a delegate. Kerensky -.consider^ the lending. oX _- Democrats . delegate indispensible. % The Peasants' Executive demahd'-. a declaration of the status quo ante,*"■*„lum, with full teparatidii 'and compensation by 'Germany to Belgium, also 'the preventi6n!"SfvG"irniari State' officials .j^id families participating m the^ AlsaceLorraine referendum, but it omits,i,re,ferenoe to the German colonies. .-'•