New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-07
Council of 80 at Head
with Commissions in
Place of Ministers
310 Representatives
In Its arliament
Even Women Workers Are
Called On to Help
Rule New State

Kronstadt. June s via London, June
THE Kronstadt sesessionist admin
istration is now fully organized and
exercising all administrative, military
social and economic functions Of an IN
dependent government.
The supreme executive is govern
ing council Of thirty members, OF whom
twenty are soldiers and sailors, and the
remainder workmen, including one
woman. who was elected from among
the factory hands. and also one repre-
sentative each of tie local Socialist or
ganizations.
Ultimate authority rests in a far-
lament of 3lS members, elected by the
soldiers. sailors and workmen, with
three representatives OF each Socialist
organization and three women factory
hands, who are said TO be extremely
active social workers and enthusiastic
propagandsts.
No Ministers
The party groupings in the Parlla-
ment already are clearly defined. Inc
Social Revolutionaries dominate in the
general political questions, being most
eloouent and active and mostly related
10 the peasants. from whom come a
vast majority Of the military. In pur-
suance of the Kronstadt programme or
discouraging dominant personalities as
being dangerous to liberty, the govern
ment has no ministers.
All departmental work is done by
commissions, the members Of when
are to have equal power. There are
commissions resembling petty war
ministries. which control the actions
of the military and naval commanders
+ who are all locally elected, and also .
general revision commission exercls
I inc the functions of a controller gen
oral which will check up expenditure
and the work of departmental com
missions. The government publishes
an official newspaper, with reports OF
the debates in Parliament and othe'
news. .;
To The Associated Press the wee
nresident. former private soldier
named Liabovitch, and other leaders TO-
dav explained Kronstadt's amazing pro-
,ramre of social and political regen
Grafton. Although Liaboyltch !; vehe'
mently democratic, favoring the DIS
solution of Russia into separate states
such as existed in the era OF the Tartar
;nvasions and with only the looses'
connection with the central Petrograc
council. he denied stories of plans
forciblv TO convert the rest of Russia
including an alleged project TO send
warships against the capital.
The correspondent of The Associate
B prass Visited the Anarchist Club ana
discovered large piles Of extrayagant
and visionary literature, but only one
rnn,bIet in which violence was advo-
Gated.
National Organizations
In addition 10 the political parties
Krors,adt boasts national organiza-
,ions representing the large loca'
Fsthonian and Finnish populations
which nublish newspapers in their own
language. The leaders of these groups
declared they stood solid with the Rus
Sian majority in repudating the Petro-
grad Provisional Government on th'
condition that their languages ard Gus
toms are respected, Of which they nave
received guarantees: .;ts
In the city complete order prre6ytails'
hut the propaganda to convert all nus
sia is extremely active. The ferment Is
spreading. and as result OF thls a
deuutation was sent yesterday 70 the
town of Oranienbaum, on the malniahu,
nineteen miles west Of -. retersouIs :
ana opposite kronstadt, to invite tne
citizens TO proclaim their independence
of Petrograd. to which Oranlenoaum re-
fused to consent. The hroustadt leau
ers declare they are contdent re'ro-
grad will not attempt COERCION