RUSSIAN CRISIS
THE DEATH PENALTY. STRONG OPPOSITION. (By Telegraph,—Press Assn.—Copyright,) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, September 5. Received September 5, 11.10 p.ra. The Daily Chronicle’s Petrograd correspondent states that the Council of Workmen’s and Soldiers’ delegates discussed the Moscow decision in favour of the death penalty. M. Tsertelli bravely endeavoured to persuade the meeting in favour of this course, but the internationalists and social revolutionaries won. M. Tsertelli’s defeat is symptomatic, and shows that the international element in the Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Council still outweighs the patriotic element. The municipal elections are proceeding in Petrograd, and the extremists are using the death penalty as their principal election cry. GENERAL GOURKO BANISHED. PETROGRAD, September 5. Received September 5, 11.10 p.m. It is reported that the Government has decided to banish General Gourko.
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Southland Times, Issue 17756, 6 September 1917, Page 5
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