Arizona republican., 1917-08-27

premier went on, 'to protect the army
 against the subversive influences which deprived soldiers of all sense of military duty and will struggle energetically against the maxmalists and against all attempts by them | to corrupt discipline
 { The premier said his colleagues
 would describe the widespread dis
 organization in the country. adding:
 Tn order to remedy this we must
 make all sacrifices, abandoning our personal and party interests.
 M. Avskentieff, minister of interior, | and M. Prokopovitch minister of trade
 and industry followed M Kerensky The minister of the interior described the task of organizing the provinces,
 the minister of trade and industry
 told of the cost to Russia of the war
 The first year of the war, said M Prokopovitch. cost Russia $500, ,OG0
 rubles; the second year 11.200, COG, ,OO0 rubles, the third year already 1S,000
 GOO 000 while the total revenue for
 1913 was 10000, 000.00
 Regarding the question of food, he
 said the country's position was ex-
 tremely difficult there was actual
 scarcity in several provinces and a
 minimum in Petrograd and Moscow. He was endeavoring to nurse such
 industries as remained and he con tsidered it necessary tot control the profits of manufacturers in order to prevent them fro mbecoming rich at the expense of the populace.
 1 Vice Premier NekraSoff told the con
 ference how expenses had increased
 during the war. He said that in 1914
 about 2l9,000,000 rubles of paper cur
 rency had been put into circulation,
 223O00,000 in 1915 and 290, 0,00000O in
 1916; that in the first two months of
 1917 there had been issued 46,000, 900
 and from March onward the issue 1 averaged S32 100000 rubles monthly.
 The Budget, said M Nekrasoff, was in
 a profoundly abnormal condition be-
 cause it has placed on one side the cost } of the war and thus. in effect, there , were two budgets, one giving a false , impression of prosperity and the other conceallng the germs of financial ca
 tastrophe
 The vice premier admitted that tN, new regime was costing the country much more than the old and that the , new administration bodies were ab- sorbing enormous sums, the food com rnittee for instance. He said the IT. nancial difficulties Were largely due to the extraordinary increased pay of
 the workers and instanced the Putiloff
 factory, the workers of which alone had been paid this year 9O,00O, 900
 rubles. Another source of difficulty , was the small amount of revenue from
 taxation, excise charges and other
 source Direct tXation, the vice pre- mler added, could not keep pace with I the states expenses and indirect tax 2 ation was becoming a necessity . Continuing M. Nekrasoff enumerated SpripS n m
 strengthen the financial position of the country including various monopolies. 1 especially of sugar, tea, and matches. ] lie emphatcaIly denied reports that
 the government was contemplating = conflscatlon of private possessions of | landed property. It would never, he o said embark on such a dangerous ad- = venture, believing firmly that the citi-
 Zens of the country would do their e duty
 I The mayor of Moscow in a speech Q said the population of the ancient capi- s tai could not support the anarchical n minority which was trying bv strike to detract from the importance of the y conference.
 Premier kerensky thanked the may or, saying that his speech would in
 l still new strength and confidence in
 the government.
 The conference was odjourned to
 Monday.
 u The scene in the ancient capital on T the assembling of the conference was a a gay one, particularly in the neiSh- V borhood of the grand opera, where the sessions are being held. The square q in front of the opera house was = densely crowded with holidaymakers. who were calm and peaceable In a view of alarmist rumors of impending V flotous demonstrations precautions n were taken by the military governor l. of Moscow. Detachments of cavalry Q surround the ~opera house, all of q whose doors were guarded closely. = The interior of the opera house is = decorated elaborately The footbridge
 connecting the auditorium with the e stage is hung with festoons of revo- e lutionary red.
 tt Notwithstanding the efforts of the t mayor and various prominent organ it izations, the maXimalists succeeded @ partly in their plans for a local strike e as a protest against the conference IT which they considered bourgeois and l. counter revolutionary Many work e shops and factories were idle today d Street cars were not running and e hotels and restaurants were closed e The maXimalists are continuing s their efforts to make the strike gen C tal.