The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-18
Rumored Now That Russia and Central Powers Are About to Arrange for Truce Characterised at Hague As of German Origin.
Political Changes at Petro- grad Blamed Kaiser Will liam and Chancellor Holl- veg at Loggerheads Over Policy Toward Possible Peace.

Petrograd, May 18-The news yesterday that an agreement had been reached between the provisional government and the council of workmen's and soldiers delegates was follow ed unexpectedly last night by an official announcement that the ministerial crisis had not yet been settled. This morn ing, however, it was made known officially that the for- nation of a coalition cabinet had been completed
 The new-eabin et-wH follow the lines agreed on previously for representation of the vari- ous socialist groups. The off, cial statement says six social- ists are included.
 After the seeming solution of the governmental crisis by the reception into the cabinet of five socialist re- presentatives of the council of depu- ties, Premier Prince Lvoff received a representative of the Associated Press and authorized him to trans init to America an expression of the premier's satisfaction over the solu- ton and his confidence in the future. Premier Lvoff said;
 'aThe most serious crisis in the modern history of Russia has been satisfactorily settled, and conditions alreaday show marked symptoms of ( or,f io that the new coalition cabinet will receive the support of all reasonable Russian citizens. We have for the first time the prospect of a govern ment which will combine both moral authority and material power.
 Most of the difficulties of my first revolutionary cabinet arose from the fact that in all questions I and my colleagues were obliged to rely solely on moral persuasion. There was no actual governmental power with material force, such as you have in America, and in the other demo- cratic countries of the world. After two months experiment we discover ed that moral influence was a suffi- cient weapon with vast majority o1 reasonable Russian citizens. who de. sired tranquility but unluckily botr in the civilian population and in the arrny there were individuals and small groups who actively aimed al anarchy and repudiated all forms o1 discipline.
 "It became plain <nat the govern anent could not remedy this condition without material force and this force could only be obtained if representa- tives of the socialist and allied lief parties entered the government ant agreed to support 1t unshrinkingly il a policy of combined freedom an( order. If this solution had proved unreachable we were threatened witt general anarchy, followed by a na tional disillusion with the revolution and reactionary counter revolution ary movement as the final stage.
 "Thts normal course of unsuccessful revolutions has, hope, been avoided as a result of the agreement betweeI the temporary government and tht council of deputies. The council ha. undertaken to support the govern ment against anarchy and disorder and further to work for the restoring of discipline to the army, naturally or condition, which we granted. that tn, army will be democratized.
 Hope is strong that when tn, present enemies of national tranquilit! see that not only the so-called bour geoisie but also the workmen and tn, socialists themselves stand for tn, restoration of order they will without compelling us to take action, abandon their present anarchical method which, if continued, would result il the ruin of Russia. The program O policy which we have agreed upo1 with out new colleagues contains very great concessions to the socialists but the>e concessions were an indis pensable condition of socialist colIab oration in the government.
 Tn the future democratic Russi, must not only enjoy freedom but mus take on itself the responsibility of de fendfng its freedom. Personally I d. mot doubt our democracy'H fitness fo higher governmental work. Durtn the negotiations which led to a settle snent the representatives of the coun
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