The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-05-18
UNITE ON
FUTURE POLICY OF
GOVERNMENT AND
SIGN DECLARATION

PetrOgrad, May IS, via London
The cabinet crisis has been settled.
A declaration of the governments
policy has been accepted by the rep
resentatives of the Council of Work.
mems and Soldiers delegates, with
merely slight alterations, and was
signed by them.
During the sitting M Tchernoff,
National Socialist, was appointed
minister Of agriculture and M. Sko-
belief, vice president of the Council
Of Workmen's and Soldiers delegates
was appointed minister of labor. It
was also decided to be desirable to
include in the government Feodore
Kokoshkine, Constitutional Demo-
crat, and professor at the Univer-
sity Of Moscow, and M. Tseretelli,
member Of the Council of Work.
mems and Soldiers delegates The
duty of these men will be to prepare
for the constitutional assembly.
Three Of the appointees will be So
cial Democrats and three including
M. Kerensky. Socialist Populist. OF
the former, M. Skobeleff. vice presi-
dent of the Council Of Workmen's
and Soldiers delegates. and M. NAL
antovitch, an Odessa lawyer, have
been chosen definitely. The third
appointment has not yet been made.
Two of the Socialist Populist min
listers will be M. Tchernoff and M.
Pechekonoff
Concessions Presented.
The government presented to the
Council of Soldiers and Workmen's
delegates, 1t is understood, dec
laratiOn of concessions on questions
Of general policy which hitherto have
been the most serious obstacle to
settlement, with threat that. in the
event Of nOn-acceptance the entire
cabinet would resign. The most i'm
Dortant points covered were in con-
nection with the foreign policy. The
document began with statement
that the governments aim is the at
tainment Of general peace without
conquest Of other nations, depriving
them Of their national sovereignty
or their territory. In word, peace
without anncXatiOns or cOntribu-
tions
The declaration further met the
councils demands by promising to
take steps toward the attainment OF
an agreement with the allies which
would realize the governments dec
laration of April 9. The govern
| ment. however. was convinced that
Russa's defeat in the war would be
a great misfortune to all nations.
and while willing to make a general
peace, believed firmly that revolu-
tionary Russia would not permit the
defeat of it's allies in the west.
Council Met Half Wav.
oil fn
councils demand for the democratic
, zati0n Of the army. but desired to
combine it with a strengthening Of
Russia's fighting forces. The dec
larations met half way the councils
Socialist program bv promising fur
| ther control over the production.
transport, sale and distribution Of
products: measures for the better
protection of labor: the right to a
settlement Of tho land question by
the constituent assembly: increased
direct taxation of wealth: develop
ment, in a democratic direction Of
local elf-government and the hast
ening of preparations for the con-
stitutional assembly. In return the
government demands such full con-
fidence and support as would enable
it not only to fight reactionary
count nter-revolution, but also to take
measures against the anarchists OF
the extreme left.
A new feature was injected by the
demand of the peasant congress.
which began it's sessions here Tues
day, that its representatives partici-
pate in the discussions. The govern
ment and council agreed and it was
stated that five peasant representa-
tives would join the conference.
In Favor of War.
Washington. May 1S.-Official
dispatches from Petrograd on the
formation of the coalition cabinet
are behind the news dispatches. They
do say, however, that the new min
listers of foreign affairs and war, re-
spectively. are in favor of vigorous
prosecution Of the war and that the
workmen's committee favors often
sive warfare.
Information received by the gov