The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-18
Premier Declares Russia a
Republic, with Council of
Five to Run War
REBEL SOLDIERS WERE
DECEIVED BY LEADERS
Cossacks Believed Anarchy
and Panic Reigned in
Petrograd

Petrograd, Sept. ls.--The central com.
mittee of the executive committee of the
Council of Soldiers and Workmen's Dep
uties and the executive committee of the
peasants delegates at a joint meeting
voted approval, by an overwhelming ma
jority, of Premier Kerensky's latest
move, which has distinctly improved
the prospects for the survival of the
new cabinet of five. These two organi-
zations represent the workmen, soldiers
and peasants all over the empire, unlike
the Petrograd council of soldiers and
workmen's deputies, the Bolshevid ma
jority of which yesterday made impossi-
Bile demands. They are the nearest thing
TO parliament which Russia possesses.
NJ Avskentieff former minister of
the interior, appealed to the meeting TO
help keep the government aioat He
said great dangers were impending, of
which one was that Cossacks were march
ing on Tsarityn, on the Volga, with the
aim of dividing south Russia from the
north and depriying the north of bread
He added THE provisional government
has precise information that the Ger
mans are organizing an expedition IN
Finland" For these reasons, the former
minister said, it is absolutely necessary
to rally around the government,
NJ. SkobeleiT, former minister of labor,
also warned the meeting, saying: Gen
eral Kaledines 1.-THE Cossacks leader is
coming here, and il we assail the provi-
sional government from the opposite di-
rection all is lost
notwithstanding an attack on Premier
Kerensky by delegates who denounced
him as an irresponsible dictator, the SEN
timent of the meeting was emphatically
in favor of the government. The only
immediate menace TO the government
is the Bolsheviki of Petrograd, who,
owing to the suppressing of the news
papers and their defeat in the central
committee, of the Council of Soldiers
and Workers Delegates, is in an angry
mood.
The cabinet Of FIVE, however, needs to
hold together only until Sept. 25, when
new, responsible ministry will be APP
pointed. Meanwhile, the cabinet is pre-
pairing to make concessions TO the left.
1t has drafted, but not yet signed, a
decree abolishing the Douma.
At the plenary session of the Petro-
grad Council of Soldiers and Workmen's
Deputies Saturday, which was attended
by soldiers who were absent from the
previous meeting, they repassed the
Maximilist resolutions adopted Friday, |
putting forward an extremely radical
demanding;
Exclusion of all representatives of the |
property classes from power.
Abolition Of private property
The immediate declaration OF demo
cratic republic.
The constitution of a strong revolu-
tionary power free from all compromise
with the counter revolutionary bour-
geois elements.
Immediately conyokiag a general con
ference Of representatives of the whole
organized democracy for the settlement
Of the question of constituting power
capable of leading the country until the
time the constituent assembly assemblies.
Until this conference is summoned, the
present government viii remain in pow
IF, working in close union with the rev.
stationary democracy, which is invited
20 give energetic support.
The government will act in close CO.
operation with a committee for the
safety of the revolution"
The people are called on to await pa
.iently the summoning of the conference
ind to abstain from arbitrary or Illegal
lcts.
The conference would be held in Petro-
rad not later than Sept. %.