The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-20
RUSSIANS TOLD
THEY MUST FIGHT
NEW MINISTER OF WAR IN ORDER
TO ARMY WARNS NATION
IN PERIL.
NO ONE CAN RESIGN
Oeserters Are Given Until May % TO
Get Back to Ranks Or Be Punished
Iron DISCIPLINE In Future is the
Proclamation.

Petrograd (yia Londonl May 10
Minister of War Kercnsky has issued
the following order Of the day to the
army:
"The country is in danger. Each
one must do what he can to avert the
peril No request to be allowed to re.
sign, made by officers in command.
with desire to escape responsibility
at time so grave, will be accepted by
me, Deserters are enjoned to return
TO the army and fleet by May rs. All
inlractions OF this order will be se.
yerely punished
After conference with the govern.
ment duma committee and council Of
deputies, the commanding generals
have returned to the front
Minister of War Kerensky address
ing the congress OF peasants, announc.
eu ms determination to introduce an
iron discipline into the army. He
made an impassioned appeal for sun.
port on restoring the morale of Rus.
sias military forces and his speech
was greeted with enthusiastic demon
strations.
Inc provisional government declar.
ed today that it was united in the re-.
tJctlOh OF a separate peace, and that
1t adopts as its aim the re.establish.
ment OF general peace which will
not tend either to domination over
othrr nations, seizure OF their territory
and anneXations or indemnities.
Inc government expresses its con
viction that the Russian army viii
not suffer the Germans TO destro,
Russia's western allies.
An Official Statement.
The statement embodymg tbesa
dec'aratlons was issued by the newly
organized provisional government MS
declaration, and reads:
The provisional government re.o-.
ganized and reinforced by represent.
atiye- of the revolutionary demo,rarv
declares that it will energetically car.
Fy INTO effect the ideas of liberty
equality and fraternity beneath In.
standards by which the great Russian
revolution came to birth The proyi-.
lonal government is united as 10 the
fundamental lines regarding its mure
action, as follows.
FIRST: In policy the provisional
government, rejecting i'm concert with
the entire people an thought of a
separate peace, adopts openly AS IFS
AIM the re-eStablishmtnt of general
peace which shall not tend towards
either dominion over other nations
seizure OF their national possessions
or violent usurpatiOn of their terri.
tories "a peace without annexation of
lhdemnities, and based on the right
OF nations to decide their own affairs.
Wants Brotherhood Of Nations.
IN the irm conviction that the fan
OF the regime of czardom in Russi,
ana the consolidation of the demo.
cratic principles OF our internal and
external policy will create In the AL.
lied democracies new aspirations 10.
wards stable peace and brotherhood
OF nations, the provisional governmen.
viii take steps towards bringing about
an agreement with the allies ON
basis OF the declaration of April 9
second: Convinced that the defeat
OF Russia and her allies would nor
only be of the greatest calamity. -o
the people, but would POSTPONE or
make impossible the conclusion OF "A
worldwide peace on the basis ndi.
Gated above. the provisional govern.
ment believes that the Russian reyom.
uonary army win not suffer the Ger
man troops to destroy our western al
Jies and then throw themsoyp. upon
us with the full force of their arms.
The development OF the principle,
OF democratizatiOn In the army and th,
development OF his military power.
hoth offensive and defensive. win con.
'iltule the most important task of the
provisional government
Many Big Questions.
Ihe statement declared further tg,r
the provisional government would Hrlt
hileNlbly against economic disorpaui.
zatlon OF the country by establishment
OF governmental control of industries.
eheIietlcally promote measures for
protection OF labor, delegate to the
constituent assembly dgrarian prob.
lens attempt institution of financial
ana tax reforms, continue efforts tn
introduce and develop democratic uu
NY ol seligovernmeut and concluded
with the declaration that the govern.
ment will take the most energetic
measures against an attempted cour.
ter revolutions"
Premier Lyon and an cabinet mem.
bers signed tho rp.,lttt,,