The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-07-27

IN FORCE AGAIN
TOSAVERUSSIA
Dictator Kerensky Resolved
to Use BLOOD and Iron"
Policy if Need Be.
TO HUNT GERMAN SPIES
Papers Preaching Disorder and
Disobedience Hereafter
Will Be Suppressed.
TO HUNT GERMAN SPIES

PETRoGRAp, July 26.-Premier Ke,
rensky, now clothed with the full powers
OF dictator. has taken drastic meanf
TO put into effect his announced pro
gramme to save the revolution and the
army. IL need be, with blood and iron
Dispatches to the Associated Press from
the various quarters OF the Russian
field show these important movements:
The provisional Government has re-
stored the death penalty. at the in
sistent demand of Gen. Korniloff.
Field courts-martial have been es-
tablished to impose the penalty upon
all officers and men who refuse to
meet the serious situation at the front
They are composed of three officers
and three men.
general conference of all the or
ganizations representing the forces be-
hind the revolution has been called
to meet at Moscow.
Orders have been issued to run down
the German agents whose efforts and
money are alleged to be responsible
for the disorder and mutiny now dis
tressing the nation.
BY a Kerensky decree the publlca-
ton Of all papers which preach dis
order and disobedience is prohibited,
and their editors are notified they will
be prosecuted vigorously
new proclamation was issued by
the representatives OF the soldiers.
workmen and peasants calling ror
support OF the revolutionary author
ity and urging all the Russian fac
tons to rally to the aid OF Kerensky
Forced by Gen. kOrnilOn.
These things are recorded as the frs,
fruits OF the determination OF the Ke-
rensky regime TO stamp out anarchy and
restore order. 1t was only upon the
inststent demand Of Gen. Korniloff. who
is battling to save the remnants OF the
armies in Galicia, that the death pen
atty, abolished by the first revolutionary
government. was restored. And even
then the threat of resignation on the
part OF Korniloff and the assurance that
the measure was imperative as ''the
only means OF saving the army" were
required to bring the fear OF the hang
man and OF the firing squad TO the aid
OF the element that is seeking to bring
order out OF chaos.
Not only at the front but in the
troubled capital is the new order restor,
ing the death penalty expected to bring
results. Observers from countries vitally
interested in the salvation of Russia
have seen in the new order the placing
OF weapon in the hands OF the Ke.
rensty government by which order may
be restored in both civil and militia ~
fields. One correspondent, telegra phinl
the facts, insisted that II afforded the
only means of bringing to their senses
Nha .f H.. A.
had been responsible for the recent up
risings. for the reason that they had
reached a stage where no other remedy
appealed to them at all
Kerensky in an interview to-day said
the fundamental problem OF the pro-
visional Government was TO provide fol-
the immediate safety OF the country and
the revolution whatever might be the
cost. The Government. he said. was
thoroughly conscious of the duty before
1t and was determined to make a reso.
Lutte stand against anything which
threatened the ruin of the State.
Premier Would Save Heroes.
The reestablishment of the death pen.
atty at the front, he averred. was nee.
essary in view Of the fact that the
army faced the alternative of being sac
lhittu 10 anu CO"bTuS. WHIT
the approval of the army. he said. the
step had been taken TO save the lives
of heroes who were perishing in the
discharge of their duties. 1t was also
needed, he added TO remove the re.
proach that had come to the good name
10 Russia.
Not only the commander in chief but
the commanders of all the armies in the
field bad Joined in demanding the in.
Fiction OF the death penalty as the only
means OF restoring order and discipline
Gen. Korniloff, according to a spe.
cial despatch from the front, had al.
ready turned his artillery on an entire
division OF his men and had blown them
TO pieces, as one might dynamite a
building in the path OF a coniiagratior
in order to save a town
Under the direction of the Public
Prosecutor an inquiry is under way "a
discover and bring to justice all persons
who had part in the recent revolt against
the provisional Government The inquiry
was supplemented by n decree relating tc
press restrictions, and in 1t the Minister
of the Interior Is authorized to suspend
publications that incite disorder.
Not only are the papers which ad.
vocate disorder to be stopped, but those
which call for the disregard Of orders TO,
the performance of military duties are
to come under the ban, Editors who are
responsible for such publications are or.
dered to be brought to trial.
Proclamation Issued.
The new proclamation Of the execu
tives OF the workmen's and soldiers
delegates and the peasants congress 4.
signed by y. c. Tcheidse, president ol
the Council OF Workmen's and Soldiers
Delegates and Socialist member OF the
Duma. and is addressed to all commit.
tees of the army and the fleet 1t says
the revolution Is being endangered.
Lack Of discipline and open treacher,
at the front" says the proclamation
"are facill: ting Field Marshal yor
Hndenburg's new offensive. The serI.
Gus defeats inflicted on our army ar,
opening the way to the enemy for In,
creasing the general panic and prepa rinq
the soil In which the poisonous seeds oi
counter revolution may come into full
bloom. Already an attack is being or
ganized by the strong bourgeoisie al
ready the Jackals and hyenas Of the ole
regime are bowling"
Then, outlining tho measures adoptet
md the powers conferred upOn the Gov
crnment TO deal with the situatio,. IN,
proclamation continues.
We turn TO you. our represent atives
with a passionate aDpPnl gun