NO RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 November 1917, Page 5

NO RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT.

SEPARATE PEACE IMPOSSIBLE. ALLIES MUST WAIT. ' \ London, Nov. 27. The. Petrograd correspondent of the Morning Post states that the fact that Lenin lias ousted Kerensky has brought peace 110 because if Germany has the man power she can occupy as much of Russia as she wishes. Lenin's proposed armistice lias actually been irf force for months, but a separate peace is impossible, because nobody exists capable of concluding peace. There are many governments in Russia lmt not one that governs t'lic country. A Constituent Assembly will be elected, hut will never act, because the Bolsheviks' success has damned it. The Allies who are seeking intimate friendship and future partnership must not be associated with the curious individuals thrown up bv the recent disturbances, but must await the reappearance of their old friends above the present turmoil. .. The latest Bolshevik disclosure is a secret document in which France guarantees Russia's military and economic future, and is prepared to agree to the extension of 'Russia's western frontier as far as necessary. A document is published in which Russia seeks M. Briand's permission to fortify the Aland Islands. REPRESSING BLOODSHED. X VAIN REQUEST FOR HELP FROM THE FLEET. Received Nov. 28, 10 p.m. j Stockholm, Nov. 27. All the non-Socialist parties in Finland asked the commander of the Baltic fleet for assistance in repressing the bloodshed by armed gangs. The commander replied that the application must be made to the Soldiers' Council. ASSISTANT MINISTERS DISMISSED. * Petrograd, Nov. 27. The Council of the People's Commissaries lias issued a decree dismissing the assistant Ministers and high officials of tlie Treasury for refusing to recognise tlie Council's decree. It nbo hands over property belonging to the nobility, corporations and merchants' guilds to the Zemstvo3 and city municipalities.

GERMANY WILL BLOCK JAPANESE. Rome. Nov. 1 27.

The Petrograd correspondent of the Giornale D'ltalia states that Lenin beclares that Germany will send troops to repulse any Japanese invasion, of Russia.

German money is freely circulated In 'Petrograd through neutral banks.