The Washington herald., 1917-11-23
DEFIANT RUSS
GENERAL OUSTED
TO GET TRUCE
Amy Chief Refuses to Offer
Armistice as Bidden by :
Petrograd.

London, Nov. 22-An official wire
less statement from Petrograd today
:, says that Gen. Dukhonin has been
! deposed by the council of the People S
! Commissaries for refusing to obey
their orders by offering an armistice.' -
| The Russian announcement says
! that Gen. --.nonin has been ordered
T. continue his duties until the new
cOmmander-in-chief, Ensign Krylenko.
/ or another authorized person arrives.
| A body of troops and Red Guards,
under command of Commissary Men
. jinsky and Col. Muravieff. commander
of the Petrograd garrison, appeared
before the State Bank in Petrograd,
according to a Recter dispatch, and
demanded that 100000 roubles
(about $500. COO be handed over with
in ten minutes
Mejinsky declared that any one who
! opposed the execution of the order
would be treated as traitor. OFF,
cials of the bank and delegates of the
town council and the Peasants union
assembled in a room in which the
doors and principal safes were guard
ed by sentries from the Semenoffsky
regiment and refused unanimously to
meet the demand. whatever the con-
, sequences.
Allied Enyoys Notified.
Petrograd., Nov. 22-The Russian
government. on Tuesday, ordered
Gen. Dukhonin, the commander il
chief. to open negotiations for an ar
mistice with the commanders of the
enemy armies. The proposal to nego-
! tiate peace was-officially conveyed to
the Ambassadors of the allied nations
at Petrograd.
Formal offer of an armistice to
all the beIligerents. which the Coun-
Gil of Peoples Commissaries of the
All-Russian Workmen's and Soldiers
Congress proposes is not intended to
forecast any effort toward a sepa-
rate peace. On the contrary. it Is
declared definitely here that not only
is a separate peace not desired, but
that the rejection of the armistice
proposal by Germany. even should
it be acceptable to the allies. would
mean a continuation of the war by
the new revolutionary army with
| vigor against German imperialism,
until the German people, inspired
| by Russian democratic IDEAS" over
| throw their rulers and demand peace.
Confidence is expressed here. how
ever. that Russia's initiative will bring
the desired results, if not with the
allied governments, then through the
iIsistence of the people of the al
led countries, who, it is predicted,
Will bring pressure to bear on their
governments
Electoral lists from the constituent
assembly are being distributed today
by the town council. There. are. nine
teen parties, including. besides che va
rious shades of Socialist and Constitu-
tional Democrats, the Council of
Cossacks Troops" headed by Gen. Ka-
! ledines; the Party of the Union OF
Christian Democrats" the "All-Rus-
sian League of Equal Rights for
Women" the "Women's Union of Aid
for the Country and the United Or
thodix Parishes of Petrograd."
Nikolai Lenine. premier of the Boise
Wiki cabinet, has proclaimed all news
paper advertisements to be the prop
erty of the state and allows them to
be printed only in the publications of
the provisional workmen's and peas
ants government or of the local Coun-
Gil of Soldiers and Workmen's dele
gates.