The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-17
CRISIS Near
AS RESULT OF
QUITTING OF
4 MINISTERS
Special Session of Council
Called in Effort to Avert
Disorders in Russian Gov
ernment.
UKRAINE IS CAUSE

PETROGRAD, July IL. - TWO
demonstrations against the gov
ernment resulted In the firing Of
shots in the Nevsky Proepekt at
midnight, as result Of which
number Of persons were killed or
wounded.
The firing apparently was the
result OF stray shots which
brought on a panic, In which the
demonstrators turned rides and
machine guns on each other.
Quiet was restored after q few
minutes. The demonstrations
were organized by the Bolsheviki.
the majority faction OF the social
democratic party.
LONDON. July ia Petrograd dis
patch says M. Stepanoff, acting minis
ter OF Commerce, also has resigned.
PETROGRAD. July IL Three
members Of the cabinet have resigned
and special session Of the Council OF
Ministers has been convoked In an
effort to avert a crisis. Their names
are: A. l. Shingaroff. minister OF
finance; Prof. Manuloff. minister OF
education. and Prince Shakovsky,
head of the department Of public aid.
The designations OF these cadet min
listers followed sharp disagreement
over questions involving the Ukraine,
an extensive region in Russia embrac.
ing part of the territories OF the old
kingdom OF Poland.
Premier to Entertain EN-.
Premier Lvoff has requested the
ministers to meet at his private resi-.
dence when the cause OF the dispute
will be considered. 1t is known he
will attempt to prevail on them to
withdraw their resignations
The split In the ministry occurred
last night at q ministerial conference
called to consider a report submitted
by M. Tereschtenko. minister Of for.
eign affairs. and NJ. Tseretelli, min.
lister of posts and telegraphs, as re-
suit of their negotiations concerning
the Ukranians.
After the report was read the cadet
ministers promptly took exception to
the form Of a declaration drawn by
Nine. Tereschtenko and Tseretelli and
agreed to the fact that these ministers
without the authorization of the gov.
ernment took on themselves to COM
NIT the government to a definite
policy regarding the Ukraine.
Are ONLY OeleoateR
Tereschtenko and Tseretelli. the
cadet maintained, simply had been
chosen delegates to find a possible
basis of an agreement in the Ukraine
but had not been given the power Of
making a declaration In the name of
the government.
The ministers declared that upon re-
ceipt of fragmentary information from
the ENJOYS Of the ministry, Nine.
Tereschtenko and Tseretelli, they
specially warned the latter at the
beginning of the Ukraine conference
at Kiev that they must return to
Petrograd to confirm the temporary
government so that decision might
be taken after mature deliberations
by all the members Of the ministry.
In addition to this cause of com.
plant the cadet ministers criticized
the text of the Ukraine declaration.
first because 1t abolishes all power of
the temporary government in the
Ukraine; second, because it did not
specify Of what territories the Ukraine
consists or make clear how it shall be
governed.
Executive Body Formed.
After taking cognizance Of views of
N. Tereschtenko and M. Tseretelli and
Of communication from War Min
lister Kerensky on the subject, the pro-
government decided today on
the creation OF an executive body to
put into execution measures dealing
with the administration Of Ukraine
The personnel will be decided on by
the government in agreement with the
Ukrainians on the basis OF equitable
Of other nationalities
Ukraine.
The provisional government will
adopt a sympathetic attitude In re-
gard to the elaboration Of necessary
measures, as we'll as bill dealing
with the solution Of the Agrarian ques-
tion.
In order to maintain the combative
unity OF the army, the government
will not countenance measures which
might injure the military organization
and command, although it does not oh.
]ect to the creation OF army units com.
posed exclusively OF Ukranians. sub.
iect to the approval Of the war min.
lstry.
In order to permit settlement Of |
this problem. special Ukrainian dele
gates may be attached to the war cabi- |
net, the general staff and the staff Of |