RUSSIAN CRISIS

Southland Times, Issue 17755, 5 September 1917, Page 5

RUSSIAN CRISIS

PETROGRAD MENACED DANGER MAY LEAD TO UNITY (By Telegraph,—Press Assn. —Copyright,) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, September 3. Received September 4, 7.25 p.m. The decision to abandon Riga was received with the gravest concern by the Anglo-Russian community, and it is hoped that the danger to Petrograd will yet unite all parties. ARMY RECOMMENDATIONS. PETROGRAD, September 3. All the armies represented at the Moscow Congress recommended the appointment of Military Commissioners to Headquarters on every front, in order to raise the fighting spirit and secure democratic reorganisation. They also recommend the appointment under the War Ministers’ presidency of a Military Council for the purpose of enlightening and interesting the whole army front and rear organisations. EXTREMISTS ACTIVE SITUATION NOT IMPROVED APPROPRIATION OF FOOD FOR THE ARMY. (The Times.) PETROGRAD, September 4. Received September 5, 12.25 a.m. The extremists’ element has regained the upper hand in the Council of Ministers, and is displaying the greatest activity in all the cities in Russia. Repeated acts of arson in Petrograd reveal ominous signs of the recrudescence of the Maximilist campaign. The Government anticipates serious disturbances, and armoured cars are held in readiness in Petrograd for any emergency. The situation as a whole has not improved since the Moscow Conference, and the irresponsible forces of anarchy are dominating the Government. Precious time is wasted in futile bickerings, and Korniloff has been constrained to take personal measures to ensure the supply of food for the army, ordering the forcible appropriation of cereals from peasants.