Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-05
RUSSIA EQUAL
TO THE CRISIS;
GOVERNMENT IN
firm POSITION.

FOREIGN POLICY OF
COUNTRY INDoRsED
Outbreak Attributed to Ger
man Intrigue, Under the
Leadership of Nicholas
Levin-Public Announce
ment to Be Made of Rus
sia's Aims in War.
BY WILLIAM a. SHEPHERD.
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT
Petrosrad, May 4, (via London, May
6).-After two days of cheering, NUT
terins, jostling mobs surging back and
forth in demonstrations that at times
approached perilously near to organ
lied riots, the duma provisional gov
ernment had today apparently succeed
ed in re-establishing itself. An all
night meeting last night apparently
smoothed out many differences between
tho duna leaders and the soldiers and
workmen's delegates.
TEMPER OF PEOPLE CHANGED.
In the meantime the temper of the
surging crowds on the streets has per-
ceptbly changed. Yells and impreca-
tions against the ministers have been
quieted for cheers for democratic Rus
sia- Sober heads in the throngs ap-
parently succeeded in bringing home
to the demonstrators the necessity for
continuance of a complete form Of
government--a government that would
have been dissolved for rule of the
mob If the crowds demands for resig-
nation of various ministers had sue
ceeded.
Twenty-Five thousand persons were
jammed in the streets around the Mar
insky palace all day Thursday and
Thursday night. 1t was turbulent.
shouting mob. Many clashes occur
red among its members. Several shots
were fired. No attempt was made to
keep order. Two persons were report
ed struck by bullets.
AMIcABLE ADJUSTMENT.
At the headquarters of the soldiers
and workmen's committee today it was
formally stated that an amicable ad-
justment had been reached with the
duma leaders and that the executive
committee by a vote Of 2 to /, had ap-'
proved the governments pledges. In
oluded in these pledges, 1t was report
ed, was one to announce publicly the
reasons behind tho provisional gov
| o,.y arts do
as to Rusia's aims in the war. Sol
diers' delegates said today the full text
of this explanation had been read to
tho executive committee and approved
by them.
around the building in which the SOL
diers and workmen's delegates were
meeting. Excited knots gathered
around various orators. Cheers for
tho peoples rule were mixed with
roars of applause greeting demands
for wholesale designations OF the pre-
sent government leaders.
EXTREMISTS HoWLED DOWN.
But through all the disorder there
ran the instructive caution against aid
ing Germany by disrupting Russia's
forces. Extremist agitators who
sought to urge complete brotherhood
with German soldiers were howled
down. Nicholas Lenin, now recognize
ed as a German influenced agitator
was literally swept away when he tried
to speak. The crowd simply would not
let him talk. Before long'the crowds
temper had changed into a patriotic
demonstration for Russia at any cost,
and this sentiment was recognized and
fostered by friends of the provisional
leaders who entered the crowd and be-
sought order again.
The whole gist of the orators re-
marks seemed to be that the populace
was unwilling to support any ministry
which would enter into secret treaties,
Constant demand that the present min
listers make public all compacts into
which they had entered or intended
entering--or else resign-was voiced.
1--WE are fighting an offensive and
not defensive war;" was reiterated
cry.
MoBs DEMANDS CHANGED.
There was no diminution in the size
of the crowd when the ministry met at
night in Joint session with the execu-
tive council of the soldiers and work.
mems delegates. The mobs' demands
had by this time been changed into APP
peals for certain policies by the minis-
ters.
The Russian people have been
burdened with a heritage of internal
and international evils; they have
cleaned out the former-now they must
clean out the latter was one typical
speech by one of the crowds orators.
"Milukoff knows al about secret
treaties-he must publish them.. was
another utterance greeted with wild
acclaim.
When the impromptu orators in the