Evening star., 1917-06-05
WORLD IS URGED
TODEMANDPEA
Russ Council Addresses So
,ciaiists and Trade Unions
Asking ResoIute Action.
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
PETRoGRAD. June 5, via London,
7:35 p.m.-The council of soldiers and
workmen's delegates today sent a long
statement to the socialist parties and
central fedaratious Of trzda unions of
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Forced Program Through.
The statement says the Russian
democracy forced the first provisional
government to accept this program,
and, "as events Of May ,S-4 clearly
showed, 1t did not tolerate any depar-
ture on the part Of the first provisional
government from that program, the
second provisional government, under
pressure Of the council of soldiers and
workmen's delegates, put forward the
Of Its declarations"
The statement the. -ete-s to tie de-
cfston OF the council OF soldiers and
verk-aen's delegates to take the !nit!s-
tive In sunlnontng an international con-
ference, and coct!ues:A
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euaFed " Too general iataraeRs q .ahop
as VEL - a n1anklad caa oaly BE-
achieved = tao socialist labor parties axd
trades unions in all countries, belligerent
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stubborn and energetic dght against this
universal slaughter
First Important Step.
''The first important step in that d.
rection is the sUfnmoning Of an inter-
national conference, the main object Of
which should be to arrive at an agree
ment between the representatives of
the socialist proletariat in regard to the
termination of the party truce" with
imperialistic governments and classes
which makes nugatory the real strug-
endeavor into practical effect.
IAN international agreement upon
such policy is the main preliminary
condition for placing the struggle for
ing. This road is indicated to the pro-
letariat by International treaties"
Gen. Michael v. Alexieff, commander
in -chief Of the Russian armies. has re-
signed. Gen. Alexis Brussilon, COM
mander in chief Of the armies of the
southwestern front. has been appointed
to succeed him.
Cen. Alexieff was appointed COM
mander-in-chief on April Is, soon after
the retirement of Grand Duke Nicholas
from that post.
Gen. Brussifoff recently resigned from
his position as commander-in-chief of
the armies Of the southwestern front,
but withdrew his resignation after a
| nnf Of
Gen. Goutor, who has been command
er Of the eleventh army, has been ap-
pointed to succeed Gen. Brussiloff In
command on the southwestern front.
Revolutionaries Languish.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. June 5.-A correspondent of
the Times. who has been some weeks
in Russia studying the situation, tele-
graphs an estimate Of conditions which,
however. he says, he gives with great
reserve. Some Of his statements fol-
low:
revolutionary forces are somewhat lam
gushing Even the extremist follow.
perhaps may befexplained by the abso-
lutte decadence of czartsm, which was
so rotten that 1t simply fell by itself.
without the possibility of resistance
.It Is remarkable how order has been
preserved in Petrograd, although the
police have been removed and replacsS
by militia. In some cases expropria.
tion occurred. but there was no strong
anarchistic movement, as there was
after the revolution Of 1906, this partIn
BECAUSE czarism lis not theret to, foster
anarchy. asa means of 'provocationf ana
partly because the war rFiss operatinr. a
a. strong check on the mind Of the Deos
Psi @sinet,e e, ,,c.ari sm, neither taught nor ~.
tduraEed the people to- work. the a.