The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-05-05

DAY a. 20 Russia's aims ln nae Wal
soldiers delegates said today ne
full text OF this explanation nad
been read 20 the executive commit
tee and approved by then
In the meantime the temper "
the surging crowds on the streets
has perceptibly changed Neiis ana
imprecaiions against the ministers
have been quieted for cheers roF
democratic Russia. Sober heads IN
the throngs apparently succeeded IN
bringing home 10 the demonstrs-
TORS the necessity 20 continue q
complete form OF government
government that would have been
Dissolved for rule Of the mob If the
crowds demands for resignation OF
various ministers had succeeded
Twenty-Five thousand persons
were tanned in the streets around
the Marinsky palace all day Thurs
day and Thursday night Il was
turbulent. shouting mob Many
clashes occurred among It's mem
bers. Several shots were fred. NO
attempt was made 20 keep order
Two persons were reported struck
BY bullets. The crowds kept cease
less vigil around the building 10
which The soldiers and workmen'
delegates were meeting. Excited
knots gathered around various ora
tors. Cheers for the peoples rule
were mixed with roars OF applause
greeting demands FOR wholesale
designations Of the present govern.
ment leaders. But thru all the dis
order there ran the instructive eau
ton against aiding Germany by dis.
rupting Russia's forces. Extremist
agitstors who sought TO urge com
pIete brotherhood with German sol
diers were howled down. Nicholas \
Lenin. now recognized as Ger
maninhuenced agitator. was literal
~ swept away when be tried &c
speak. The crowd simply would
not let him talk. Before long the
crowds temper had subtly changed
into patriotic demonstration FOR |
Russia az any cost, and this senti' |
ment was recognized and fostered |
by friends Of the provisional lead /
ers who entered the crowd and be
sought order again
The whole gisi OF the orators re-
marks seemed TO DC that the popu /
lace was unwilling 70 support any I
ministry which would enter into 4
secret treaties. Constant demand 4
that the present ministers make
public all compacts into which they
had entered or intended entering
or else resign-was voiced.
We are lighting an offensive and
not a defensive war was reiter
ated cry.
There was no diminution in the
size OF the crowd when the min
istry met at night in Joint session
with the executive council Of the
soldiers and workmen's delegates
The mob's demands had by this time
been changed into appeals for Ger
tain policies by the ministers.
The Russian people have been
burdened with heritage OF inter
nal and international evils they !
have cleaned out the former--now
they must clean out the latter" was
one typical speech by one OF the
crowds orators.
''Miliukoff knows all about secret !
treaties--he must publish them,
was another uttersnce greeted With /
wild acclaim.
When the impromptu orators in /,
the crowd bad worn themselves out !
the mob began yelling for speeches 7
from the duma leaders. Their de. /
mands. in a vast chorus of clamor.
penetrated to the hall in which the
ministers and soldiers and work
men we're debating.
The crisis in the rioung was
reached late yesterday. when a moo !
carrying banners inscribed Down |
with Miliukon'' were addressed by
the foreign minister himself in an
impaSsioned plea for a war 20 thC
finish for the preservation OF tree
Russia.
the minister's eloauence produc
cd revolution in sentiment among
the crowd, which departed cheering I
for the war and for free Russia.
Stories of German and Russian !
troops fraternizing IN he trenches |
continue A virtual truce is said 70 |
exist along almost the entire front l