Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-04
PETRoGRAD. June 4.

oNHoEH IToul NNe hTOntLhOt khTTlHOf
which recently declared it's Independence O
the Central Government. arrived In Petro
grad early yesterday with the announce
ment that warships at Kronstadt woul
come 10 Petrograd Immediately and Ian,
men TO make demonstrations.
Later II was reported that sailors hat
landed at Gutuyen Island. port OF Petro
grad. and begun an attack. A visit to tn,
Gutuyen port quarter showed that the re
port was untrue II was sufficiently alarm
ing 70 provoke Intense excitement in tn,
city and cause the dispatch to the spot Of a
military force.
Petrograd then waited for the threatened
demonstrations by the Kronstadt warships
As the time passed with no such incident
the announcement Of the sailors came to be
regarded by a majority as merely boastful
talk on the part of extremists acting in de-
nance OF the orders OF Anatole Lamanoff
president of the Kronstadt Council Of Work
mems and Soldiers Deputies.
The sailors said the demonstrations
would be for the purpose Of bringing about
new elections of members Of the Council
OF Workmen's and Soldiers Deputies,
whose present members we're denounced as
bourgeois. They also demanded that for
nner Emperor Nicholas be handed over to
them.
At street meetings they expressed dis
satisfaction with the War Minister, NJ Ke-
renski, and the whole provisional Govern
ment, particularly for abolition Of the
eeath penalty, which they characterized as
premature.
On visiting the Gutuyeff quarter the cor
respondent found that vast fire had been
burning for some time, having been partly
extinguished. A large quantity of sulphur
was ahre There were evidences Of a vio-
ient explosion. Windows at a considerab Bile
distance were broken.
II appears that at o'clock in the fore.
noon the ice breaker Oranlenbaum instead
u the Kronstadt warships. arrived off
cutuyen. 1t was flying the red flag on IL
we're sailors and workmen, who were sing
ing the hymn OF the extremists The ice
breaker steamed up and down opposite the
wharf. took on board a party 70 Petrograd
Worltmen and departed
simultaneously seven large cases of phos-
phorous on the wharf ignited. The fire ex-
tended to quantity Of salts, causing a
violent explosion, after which the stores
Of sulphur caught fire and were consumed
Inquiries show that It is altogether improb-
able that any one landed from the ice
breaker.
The connagration apparently was caused
either by incendlarIes from quarters other
than Kronstadt, or. as official investiRa-
tors on the spot suggest, by spontaneous
oombustion Of PHOSPHORUS exposed to damp
and heat.
MINISTER'S AS CONCILIATORS
AAs AtHtTHoIl, minister OF Agriculture, and
n. T5ereteli. Minister OF Posts and Tele-
graphs, are going 10 Kronstadt with a view
70 arranging settlement of the difficulty
existing between the members Of the Work.
mems and Soldiers Deputies and the Gov
@rnment
In a statement, NJ. Pereveizoff, Minister
Of Justice. said:
'Kronstadt will be declared morally boy
ootted. outiawed and cut off from the rest
of the empire, unless II Immediately with. |
oraws It's defiance to the Provisional Gov |
ernment
'Kronstadt exaggerates its strength We
have here sufficient troops and ships TO
ooerce the rebels. We could also easily |
blockade the Island and s;arve It out but |
I and my colleagues are agreed that such |
measures are not desirable
INSTEAD, the Cabinet, IL in the meantime |
kronstadt has not surrendered, probably |
will Issue a declaration that the fortress |
mas turned traitor to the revolution and be.
corne an enemy Of Russla's new freedom.
We are convinced that the universal repro
oation or Russia, without harsher meas
nres' Will bring extremists to reason"
YOUNG STUDENT LEADER
The central figure Of the Kronstadt rev.
,lution is youthful chemistry student O
ne Petrograd Technological College, Ana
ole Lamanon BY his elouuence enthus- |
asm and energy, he recently made himself
resident OF the local Council Of Work.
mems and Soldiers Deputies and virtually
kronstadt's dictator.
ell Is smooth-faced dark-skinned. soft
yer man IN students uniform He is
Magnetic and ready Of speech ell aims al
'eing a Napoleon and a Rosseau AT the
anne time, combining a resolute government
fltn the propagation of novel political and
ocial ideas.
his program consists of the subdivision Of
russia into innumeTable petty centers ruled
y local groups Of soldiers and workmen's
equities and united only in the loosest wav
= congress or representatives of tn-
zeal councils sitting in Petrograd
The provisional government today adort-
2 the unique expedlent of naming the
ussian dreadnought Alexander III as tbe
apltal city" OF the port Of Kronstadt
ne fortress itself is under control OF tba |
oldiers and Workmen's Council there
nd has proclaimed its independence OF the
rovisional Ministry.
The provisional Governments admins
'ative oihcers were ordered to meet aboard
ie Alexander for conference
Sixty per cent Of the storekeensrs in
etrograd up to today had granted de-
lands OF their striking clerks for n 100 |
pr cent increase in wages-and retroactive
ON the start OF the war. In many cases
'me OF the clerks affected will receive
ON AViVVV 10 lo,OVO ruDleS-from $4,000
$500 in back pay. A large number Of
ores have announced they will remain
osed rather than to submit TO the strikers
Iorbitant demands
Secret service operatives for the Govern-
ent caught the general epidemic of desire
u more money today, joining In a de-
and on the Government for increased
ages.
Special services were held in nearly all
lurches In the capital yesterday where
ayers were said that the anarchistic dis
lrbances Of the last few days might end.
Minister OF War Kerensky, who has been
liking tour OF the front exhorting the
,idlers to continue fighting until victory
won. declares that the power OF the
my is on the Increase despite the de-
ruction Of the old system OF discipline.
The Provisional Cabinet met today at the
,me Of former Minister Of Commerce.
pleading with him to withdraw
> resignation Premier Lvon wept in
Irting with the former cabinet member as
refused.
The Journal OF the Council Of workmen's
"a Soldiers Deputies. now all powerful IN
Itrograd. complained editorially today
'alnst further issuance OF paper money by
d Government. demanding that all war
onts be conhfcated by the central au-
orlty
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