El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-22

Army Wants 20 Win War.
NY visit from Moscow, from where
/ returned tbs morning." he continued,
satisfied me that the whole army,
from the commander down to the last
soldier. are eagerly devoted 10 con-
tinuance OF the war. l found there %
better demonstration than one could
get in Petrograd of the new unity Of
the nation The reclamation which fol-
lowed my declaration before large
gatherings Of the cooperation existing
between all classes and the government
left no doubt as TO the sincere desires
OF the population. There are. Of course,
elements throughout the world which
are against the war. but the majority
in Russia is determined TO finish IL
and not a single element stands out for
a separate peace"
Answering question regarding the
final form Of the new government, Mr..
kerensky said:
To Abandon Capital Punishment.
Il am = Republican and think I
know what kind Of a government Rus
STA wants but, as a member of the
government, / will not try 10 bring any
pressure upon the popular opinion
which VIII render the decision The
keynote OF the new government VIII
be tolerance toward all. The members
OF the old government which are IN
der arrest viii be given a regular trial.
There will be no summary military pro-
cedure, no courtmartiaL and I believe
that I can promise you that capital
punishment will be definitely sban-
doned IN the near future.
Grant Freedom of Press.
Among other reforms viii be the
establishment OF freedom Of the press
and the Russian press will soon be-
come. I hope. a. liberal and outspOken
as the American press. which / have al
ways admired The new government
viii be based on respect for the rights
Of mankind"
signed article. exposes what it terms
the treason OF the court clique and al
leges that TsarkOe-Selo was a nest
Of German spies"
The paper says a special committee
has been appointed to investigate the
crimes OF former ministers during
the last Bacchanalian nightmare years
Of the dynasty, on which Rasputin put
the final touches"
The article says in part,
The first crime was treason and
espionage had its nest in the palace
The court was chiefly German and the
pitiful role of Sturmer in his efforts
10 drag Russia toward a separate peace
was known everywhere The press OF
our allies accused Russia of giving
Germany Russian military secrets-
Planned to Divorce Royal Pair.
"AleXei khVostoff. who was dis
missed as minister OF the interior be
cause he aimed 10 divorce Nicholas and
Alexandra and kill Rasputin. declared
10 friends that ne had documents Show
ing the connection between the court
and Berlin and that Rasputin was sur
rounded by German spies who were
sending out military secrets easily
learned from the drunken monk
himself one Of the band Of
dark forces did nothing TO hinder the
II eason az Tsarkoe-Selo.
Refused 10 Accept Rifles.
We know from the letter of Gen.
Guchkoff. minister Of war, 10 Gen.
Alexieff. that Sturmer and Belaieff re-
fused England's offer to give 500. 600
rifles TO the Russian army. Similar
facts have been collected by the defence
committee Of the imperial duma. We
know the consequence Of Gen. Sioux ,
hcmlinOffs doings when he was only
governor q kieV and when he sur ,
rounded himself with spies. His nearest
friend was commander OF the Austrian
SPY organization.
Calls SOukhOmlinOff Traitor
our military secret service knew
but could do nothing The result Of his I
treason was 4 Russian defeat costing
millions Of lives. What are We TO 90
now Allow Nicholas 10 live in beautf-
iul Llvadia- among the flowers ne was
50 fond of and among the conditions
Of freedom he always denied to others q
allow him TO do this so that he NAV
dark forces for the reestab- .
lishmenJ Of the Romanoffsr-