The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-17
Political Crisis Appears to Have
Passed at Present.
Agree on Terms for Formation
of Coalition Cabinet.
AMERICAN INFLUENCE CAUSE
Statements From q. s. Social
lists Gained Peoples Unrest.
Shepherd Tells Story of Origin
of New Russia's Uprising.
BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD.

BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD. -
Petrograd, May 1.-THE workmen's
and soldiers delegates today nomi-
mated five radicals for the proposed
coalition cabinet.
Their choices were:
Minister of justice, NJ. Malganto-
vitche, a Social-Democrat.
Minister of agriculture. Tchernoff.
Revolutionary Socialist.
Minister of munitions, Pjeshehonov.
Peoples Socialist.
Ministers without portfolio. Skobe-
left. Social-Democrat, and Avksjentev.
Revolutionary Socialist.
There are eleven members to the
cabinet as now constituted by the
duma government but all have port
folioS. Whether the wcrkmen and
soldiers propose that the duma repre-
sentatives shall name nine of the reg
ularly constituted cabinet ministers.
and Skobeleff and Avksjentev shall be
merely members of the council, was
not made clear.
Will Command Support of All.
1t was apparent, however. that the
crucial period in the dispute between
the soldiers and workmen on the one
hand, and the duma leaders on the
other, had passed today. Formation
of coalition cabinet which win COM
mand support of both sides now seems
certain.
Petrograd, May 17.-Russia ap-
peared today to have passed the
crisis of her political sickness and to
have started on the road to GONZALES
cence. Differences between the Duma
government and the soldiers and
workmen's delegates was melting
away and the formation of cabinet
which seems certain to demand full
support of all factions went on apace.
the soldiers and workmen's commit
tee met with the duma ministry. They
agree that the ministry include in the
reorganizcd cabinet three Social Dem
ocrats and three National Socialists
six out of twelve of the cabinet
posts.
Official denial of alarmist reports
of conditions of anarchy at Vladi-
vostok was issued today. 1t was as
serted the army commandant there
alton of all classes ever since the rev.
olution.
Publish American Statements.
One thing which it seems has had
great effect in stopping the interne-
cine strife among factions here, is the
series of statements printed in Rus
sian newspapers from prominent
Americans urging complete democra-
cy and unity of effort to GUST auto
cratic Germany. Today the state
ments of Hamilton Holt, New York
editor and a number of American So
cialists that the United States does
not seek and does not favor aggran
dizement in the war, were received
with especial favor.
Few people outside of Russia will
understand why there has been 50
much vacillation about a coalition cab
inet-why the soldiers and workmen's
delegates first refused the duma min
istry's proffer of such a plan; why
they changed this refusal into accept
nnce, on certain specified terms; why
the duma leaders rejected the speci-
fled terms and how it comes today
that there is so much 'jockeying" be-
tween the two factions for the organ
lied cabinet An understanding OF
what the soldiers and workmen's
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