The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-04
SERIOUS RUPTURE
IN RUSSIA
fContinued from page -
in preparation for tonight.

in preparation for tonight
There can be no Disgusting OF the
tensity of the situation.
The workmen's and soldiers coun
ell held an all night session last nlgh'
at which resolutions were adopted plC
terly disappearing the acts of the pro
yisional government and charging
failure on their part to keep prom
Uses to the workmen and soldiers 10
admit them to conferences on all I'M
portant matters. The official minutes
of the meeting, as published today
contain a bitter attack on the pro-
yfsional governments blanket approx
al of all contracts and agreements
pledged by the former autocratlc gov
eminent with the allies.
"The workmen and soldiers do not
even know the provisions of all OF
these agreements" the official journai
asserted.
The governments statement voicing
approval of the contracts and pbllsa-
lions of the former regime, was de-
clared by the meeting to have been
secretely prepared at the home OF
Minister of War Gutchoff, without con.
sultation with the soldiers and work
men representatives.
Not alone did the meeting attack
the provisional leaders for failure to
move in the open on all administra-
tive and governmental matters, but 1t
was charged that the provisional ON
GERS were seeking to cast discred1t up
on the workmen and soldiers by send
ing false news OF their activities out
of Russia.
The committee demanded permits
sion to disseminate it's own news, re
flecting its own views. This permits
sion was formally granted today.
Foremost in the category OF the
"false news" which the committee
charged was given circulation abroad
by the provisional leaders was the
impression which it was asserted
had been spread that the Russian con-
stitutional conventiLAs would not be
held until after the war, and the infer
ence that the work1nen and soldiers
had approved such course.
On the contrary, the committee
made formal demand that the con-
stituent assembly be held at the ear
Hest possible date.
Crisis STAYED OF.
by William G. Shepherd, United
Press Staff Correspondent
PETROGRAD, May "A dramatic
speech, appealing to the patriotism of
the workmen and soldiers, delivered
by Premier Miliukoff from the balcony
of the government building, had today
apparently STAYED off the crisis that
appears imminent in new Russia
From a hooting, jeering mob that
demanded his resignation. the premier
turned the throngs Of soldiers and
workmen which had paraded the
streets throughout yesterday, into a
crowd which cheered his utterances,
pledging unrelenting war on Germany.
The situation was not entirely clear
ed up today, however.
A joint meeting of the representa-
tives of the provisional government
and the workmen's and soldiers COM
mittees scheduled for tonight, has
been cancelled. 1t is assumed this ac-
ton was taken to permit further con-
ferences with leaders of the work
men and soldiers demanding a greater
participation in the affairs Of the gov
eminent. This would permit of an ex-
PLANTATION Of the governments state
ment approving pledges entered into
by the car.
After thousands Of demonstrators
had paraded the streets and assem-
bled in front of the duna building, to-
gether with several thousand soldiers.
demanding MiIiul1offs resignation,
the minister OF foreign affairs ap-
peared in person on the balcony
when / see your banners reading
down with MiliukofF ! fear not for
myself, but for Russia the foreign
minister began. II fear for what the
outside worlds Interpretation of your
demonstration will be-
Miliukoff was given close attention
when he signifed his desire to ad-
dress the throng. There was some
ieering and interruption al first, but
as he proceeded the crowd Quoted
"The provisional government can
not strike the name OF Russia from
the list OF the allied nations he de-
clared with the greatest emphasis.
THE provisional government wifi
never consent to separate peace.
I'VE look to you TO trust US and TO
give US your support"
Prolonged cheering greeted Miliu-
koff's statement that the government
would never consent TO a separate
peace.
1.-THE despatch from Shepherd is the
first word of any serious friction be-
tween the duma provisional govern
ment and the soldiers and workmen.
Various small internal differences
have been reported heretofore, but all
related to administrative acts rather
than governmental policy On the
other hand, the provisional govern
ment has heretofore bowed submits
sively to the demands Of the soldiers
and workmen-as, for instance, in
the sweeping army orders recently is