New Britain herald., 1917-05-19
KERENSkY ID RULE
 WITH ROD OF IRON
Will Insist on Strict Discipline
 Among Russian Soldiers NONE ALLOWED TO RESIGN

Inftaction of Rules to Be Punished
 With Severity, New Minister of
 War and Marine Announces 7. Formation of Cabinet Published.
 Petrosrad. via London. May Minister of war Kerensily hab 1ssgsd the following order of the day to the army:
 '"The country is in danger. Each one must do what he can to avert the peril. No request to be allowed to resign, made by officers in high com
 nand with . desire to escape respon- sibility at time so grave will be ac- cepted by me. Deserters are en- Joined to return to the army and fleet by May 2S. All infractions of this order will be severely punished
 After a conference with the gov ernment, the Duma committee and the council of deputies. the com manding generals have returned to the front.
 M. Milukoff, former foreign minis ter. has refused to accept the minis try of education because his presence in the cabinet would involve 8 re-, sponsibility for the protected foreign policy of the administration. He con- siders this policy dangerous and like ly to compromise Russia's relations with Her allies. s
 Addressing the congress of peas- ants, M. Kerenslky announced his de- termination to introduce an iron dis cipline into the army and made an impassioned appeal for support in re- storing the morale of Russia's mili- tary force. A great demonstration occurred after he had completed his address. The delegates embraced the minister and carried him on their shoulders to his automobile. M. Ker- ensky spoke as follows:
 'sWe must before everything con- solidate the civic liberty tho revolu- ton gave us and we shall not. do this if each does not do his duty to his country with complete self-sacrifice. Lot us show the world we know not only how to destroy but also how to create.
 2 ssSoldiArs. sailors and officers, call on you to make a last heroic efIprt- !. am your servant. Help me to show the world that the Russian army is not a demolished temple but Is strong and formidable, capable of making itself respected and of defending the free republic of democratic Russia.
 ..It may appear strange that l, a. civilian. who. was never soldier. have undertaken the heavy task or restoring discipline in the r1ny, but l accent 1t because I understand that this discipline is based on your. duty and reciprocal respect. have never known what this discipline is, but nevertheless propose to introduce Sn iron discipline into the army. and am sure shall succeed.
 ''This is necessary not only at the front but also in the interior of the country in order to bring the liberty which has been conquered into the constituent assembly. This great na- tional council. invested with sovereign authority will show that 1t does not wish to repeat the sad events Qf the revolution in 1905 when theefeasants conouered the land but were not able to keep 1t in their hands.
 .'I am shortly going to the front. Allow me, therefore, to say in the trenches that the Russian peasants wish to have the land which belongs to them and that no force shall take 1t from them. But also allow me to say that the peasants demand, Tn order to achieve this object, that everyone shall do his duty in a spirit of self-sacrifice."