The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-17
RUSSIAN CABINET
CRISIS PASSES
VARIOUS FACTIONS COME TO
AGREEMENT AS TO GOVERN
MENTAL POLICY.
ANNEXAT|ON|STS LOSE
No Land Grabbing Is Demand Of So.
cialist Groups, Now Largely in Con.
trol-Promse to Western Allies to
Continue Vigorous War.

Petrograd, via London, May IL
The cabinet crisis has been settled
A declaration of the governments pol
icy has been accepted by the repre-
sentatives of the council of workmen's
and soldiers delegates with few al
terations and was signed by them at
midnight.
During the sitting NJ. Tchernoff, ma
tional socialist, was appointed minis
ter of agriculture and NJ Skobeleff,
vice president of the council of work
mems and soldiers delegat vas ap-
pointed minister of labor. y,
1t was also decided to be u 'Sto,,
to include in the government Fe. cal
kokoshkine, constitutional democrat
and a professor at the University of
Moskow, and NJ Tseretelli member
of the council of workmen's and sol
diers' delegates. The duty of these
men will be to prepare for the CON
stituent assembly.
Petrograd via London. May 1.-THE
cabinet crisis may be considered as
settled. A declaration OF the govern
ment's policy, accompanied by the rep.
resentatives of the council of work.
mems and soldiers delegates with
merely verbal alterations will be sign.
ed by both parties without delay.
II has been decided to take into the
cabinet five representatives. of differ.
ent socialist groups, which with A. f
Kerensky, who assumes the war port
folio, will make a total of six OF these
groups sharing in the government
Three of the appointees will be so
cial democrats, and three, including
NJ. Kerensky, socialist populists.
OF the former NJ. Skobeleff, vice
president OF the council of workmen's
and soldiers delegates, and NJ. Malan
tovltch, an Odessa lawyer, have beer
chosen definitely The third appoint
ment has not yet been made.
Two Are Agreed on.
Two of the socialist populists min
listers will be NJ. TchernOff and NJ
Pechekonoff.
The governments declaration be
gins with a statement that the gov
general peace without annexations Of
contributions.
The declaration further meets tn,
councils demands by promising t
take steps toward the attainment o
an agreement with the allies whicl
will realize the governments declar
alton Of April 3. The government
however, is convinced that Russia
defeat in the war would be a grea
misfortune to all nations, and Will
willing to make a general peace Of
the above foundations, believes firml
that revolutionary Russia will not pei
NIT the defeat of II sallies in the west
Plans for Future.
The government consents to tn
councils demand for the democrat
zation of the army, but desires to con
bine II with strengthening of Rus
sia's fighting forces. The declare
tons meet half way the councils 81
cialist program by promising furthe
control over production. transport, sal
and distribution of products; measure
for the better protection of labor; tn
right to a settlement of the land que
tion by the constituent assembly; d
rect taxation Of wealth. developmer
in a democratic direction of local Sc
government and the Fastening of pre-
arations for the constituents assen
bly,
The government has full confdenC
now that It will be able not only
fight a reactionary counterrevoll
tion, but also to take measures againi
the anarchists of the extreme left.