Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-25
RUSS RIOTERS SLAIN
DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST cABi-
NET MEMBERS RESULT IN
THE KILLING OF SOME.
MACHINE GUNS ARE USED
Disagreement Over Ukrainian Policy
Causes. Split and the Resignation
of Four Cabinet Members-Ker-
ensky Hurries to Capital.

Petrograd, July 1S-Minister of War
Kerensky hurriedly returned from the
front and arrived in Petrograd, fol-
lowing the resignation of four of his
cabinet ministers.
in such serious times the resigna-
ton of so many ministers is a dagger
blow in Russias back" the Russky
Volya quotes Kerensky as declaring.
The members who resigned are A.
L. Shingaroff, minister of finance;
Professor Manuiloff, minister of edu-
cation; Prince Shakovsky, head OF the
department of public aid, and M. Ste
panoff, acting minister of commerce. A
special session of the council OF min
listers has been called in an effort to
avert a crisis.
Two demonstrations against the gov
eminent resulted in the firing of shots
in the Nevsky Prospekt, as a result of
which a number of persons were killed
or wounded.
Panic Started by Shots.
The firing apparently was the re-
suit of stray shots which brought on
a panic in which the demonstrators
turned rifles and machine guns on each
other.
The demonstrations were organized
by the BOlsheviki, the majority fac
ton of the Social-Democratic party.
The resignation of the cadet minis
tiers followed a sharp disagreement
Ovor questions ipvnIvinU tho UlyraiDo
an extensive region in Russia embrace
ing part of the territories of the old
kingdom of Poland.
Premier LvOff has requested the min
listers to meet at his private residence
when the cause of the dispute will be
considered 1t is known he will at
tempt to prevail on them to withdraw
their designations. The split in the
ministry occurred at ministerial con-
ference called to consider report sub
mitted by NJ. Tereschtenko, minister of
foreign affairs, and M. Tseretelli, min
lister of posts and telegraphs, as re-
suit of their negotiations concerning
the UkrainanS.
Usurped Power.
After the report was read the cadet
ministers promptly took exception to
the form of a declaration drawn up by
Tereschtenko and Tseretelli and agreed
to the fact that these ministers with
out the authorization of the govern
ment took it on themselves to commit
the government to a definite policy re-
Cra riding thp Ukraine
Tereschtenko and TSeretelli, the
cadets maintained, simply had been
chosen delegates to find q possible
basis of an agreement in the Ukraine,
but had not been given the power of
making a declaration in the name of
the government The ministers de-
clared that upon receipt of fragmen-
tary information from the ENJOYS of
the ministry, Tereschtenko and Tsere-
tell, they specially warned the latter
at the beginning of the Ukraine con-
ference at Kiev that they must return
to Petrograd to confirm the temporary
government so that decision might
be taken after mature deliberations by
all the members of the ministry.
Petrograd, July 19.-Following the
series of clashes between patrolling
forces of the government and Max
imilists, the city is quiet under con-
tinuous downpour of rain. Tuesdays
list of casualties, so far as ascertained,
comprises six persons killed and 23S
wounded.