The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-01
PRO[ETAR|AT Of
ALL LANDS ARE
ASKED To UNITE

PETROGRAD, April 20.-From the
czarS winter palace, until recent:
tho seat of the most autocratlc OF all
modern governments, huge sign TO-
day proclaimed the rising tide or
world democracy.
On the eve of May Day. Minister OF
War GutchkoT issued an order Sink
ing the last bonds from the army OF
THE new Russia. II is with the news or
freedom that Russia will celebrate TO-
MORROW. The keynote Of the day Is
truck by tho sign stretching across
the front OF The palace. fashioned by
the hand Of workmen now knowing
The meaning Of liberty. 1t roads;
Call to All Nations.
Tho rrolelariat of all Countries
Unite
The orders issued By Minister
Gutchkon today were put forth at me
suggestion OF the private soldiers
themselves. They provide:
thereafter all soldiers are to De
considered citizens OF Russia tunder
autocracy's rule they were not even
supposed 10 be units Of the nation they
were supposed 10 die for.
Complete religious Freedom
Free speech guaranteed.
Attendance III church services not
compulsory.
Mail from trenches shall noi be cen
sOred.
All mail -- including pamphlets -
shall be delivered 10 soldiers at Inc
front.
Statutes Not Compulsory.
The sarvilr sir" abolished in re-
plies by private soldiers 10 officers.
thereafter privatcs shall say merely
"yeS' or "no'-without the sir" IN
answering officers. Also. soldiers
hereafter need not salute their ONT
GERS unless the soldier wishes. Pri-
Yates, however. must come tn at
tention" when commanded 10 do SO
CORPORAL punishment in tho atmy
completely abolished.
II is in this spirit Of complete Tree
dom that free Russia will celebrate
Nav Day tomorrow.
Under czardom. a few brave spirits
nScd 10 meet in remote forests on
May | and in constant dread of IN"
secret police would 80 through the
forms OF Il parade under the rcd flag
Of liberalism. Today the government
itself joins
The Russian calendar is more than
TWO weeks behind Ihar in use. every
where else on Ihr glnhc. But in orInr
lnHl INV IttlSSlh = IuFd w al wa '''
hroihrrh0od-,a 'proletariat Of ala
countries WAS decided to advance
May day in Russia to coincide win
the rest OF the world.
4 parade such Us Russia never saw
before will he the principal feature
of the celebration hero in the capitol.
Troops Return to Front.
Rur while Russia is celebrating her
freedom her people. iubilant al
throwing off their ShacklaS. are not
forgetting that Russia's liberty must
b. fought for.
Soldiers who visited their homes
from tho front Immediately after the
revolution are returning TO fight by
the thousands. All over Russia won.
rn of The villages arc shaming them
into returning 10 their duty. demand
ing they fight and hold new Russia
in her proud now place in the worlds
GemnCraCieS.
Strange stories ar" told by Russian
soldiers back from NE front Of now
the. enemy rrceiccd The news of Rus
sia's overthrow of autocracy One sol
der told m" today Of The "strangest
sight he ever saw"
we have discovered now that the
Germans on our frcnt don't like 10
attack u.s." he said. Under a red has
last Monday German officers climbed
ont of their trenches. The German
soldiers followed. We didn't fire. But
We likewise hoistpd our red Gag. WhHn
the Germans saw we were idelibcratIn