New Britain herald., 1917-10-09
|kERENSKY AGAIN
| HAS HIS own Way
~ cement Reached With DEM
Eclatic Congress and Bourgeois

Pctrograd, Oct. 9.-After a. confer
A-co CT three hours of members of
&c government, including Premier
tNerenaky, with a delegation repre-
eAans the democratic congress, and
STA representatives Of the bourgeois.
0oi'lpiete agreement was reached on
= aeos.ionS. The premier declared
me government purposed i'm
-s' sely 10 form a complete cabinet,
'--'' the reconstructed coalition
y ialnent might be able to go to
Fk at once on the basis laid down,
q view of the governments objec-
sis, the representatives of the demo-
s@tAc congress withdrew their re-
lest That one Of their delegates
artlcipate in the Forthcoming inter
,Eed conference in Paris
NJ. Iseretelli, at a secret Session of
90 preliminary parliament. an out
foWth or the democratic congress-
esleTday outlined the negotiations
with the government, which, he said.
1eu 10 a speedy agreement on all
points except the responsibility of the
government to, the preliminary parlia-
ment. The question was settled. he
ADDED, by an agreement that the par
alament should be convoked officially
{and organized by the government.
Inc parliament would include 100
representatives of non-democratic
Pelements. who would have the right
70 lnterpellate the government, which
must reply formally and juridically.
Ihe government would not be re-
p1ponsible to parliament, but no cab
)anet could continue in existence with
pout the confidence of parliament.
The parliament Endorsed the for
nula covering the question of the re-
eponsibliity of the government to the
parliament by 100 to "a, 20 members
1bstaining from voting.
An official statement issued today
f1xes at 7S0 the number of electoral
fd1strtcts from which are to be elected
members OF the constituent assembly
which Is TO determine the countrys
future form of government. Petro-
grad will have twenty members, Mos
COW nineteen, the Caucasus thirty-six,
Ikfeve twenty-five, and the Valley of
the Don seventeen.
The general railway strike order,
which promises a complete tieup of
trafnc, except sanitary and military
trains, became effective Saturday
might. All passenger trains scheduled
to leave Petrograd yesterday, except
for the front, were abandoned. The
strike was carried into effect in spite
of the warning given by M. Nikitin,
minister strikers would have to an
swer charges of treason, and calling
upon the telegraph operators to re-
fuse to transmit the strike order
The railway strike which went into
effect at midnight Sunday and which
is intended at the present time to
affect through services has only been
partially effective, according to in
form alton received from the ministry
Of Traffic today. Local trains con-
tinue running, and the Finnish Rail-
way is also operating. No trains have
left for Moscow or beyond from
Petrograd. "
Premier Kerensky has received
word from the Simferopol Railway
union protesting its unwillingness to
observe the strike order, declaring it
Is unpartiotic. A similar attitude has
been taken by the vladivostok Rail-
way employees.
The strike plan contemplates the
stopping of all local services tomorrow
and all traffic, freight and passenger.
on Wednesday unless the demands of
the men for an increase in wages are
granted. 4,