Evening star., 1917-06-04

ened demonstrations by the Kron-
stadt warships, and as the time passed
with no such incident the announce
ment of the sailors who reached here
last night came to be regarded by a
majority as merely boastful talk on
the part of extremists, acting in de-
fance of the orders of Anatole Lam
anoff. president of the Kronstadt coun-
Gil of workmenS and soldiers depu-
ties.
Demands of Sailors.
The Kronstadt sailors who came to
Petrograd said the demonstrations
would be for the purpose of bringing
about new elections of members of the
Council of Workmen's and Soldiers
delegates, whose present members We're
denounced as bourgeois The sailors
also demanded that former Emperor
Nicholas be handed over to them. At
isfaction with War Minister Kerensky
and the whole provisional government,
particularly for it's abolition of the
death penalty, which they characterized
as premature.
On visiting the Cutuyeff quarter, the
correspondent found that a vast fire
had been burning for some time, hav
ing been partly extinguished. A large
quantity of sulphur was af1re. = There
were evidences of violent explosion.
were broken.
Icebreaker Flies Red Flag.
It appears that at o'clock this
morning the icebreaker Oranienbaum,
instead of the Kronstadt warships, ar
rived off Gutuyeff. 1t was flying the
red flag. On it were sailors and work
Bolshevfki extremists. The icebreaker
steamed up and down opposite the
wharf. took on board a party of Pc
trograd workmen and departed.
phosphorus on the wharf ignited. The
fire extended to quantity of salts.
causing a violent explosion. after
which the stores of sulphur caught fire
and Were consumed. No one was in
jured. and buildings close by were un-
damaged. except for the destruction of
glass. Inquiries show that it is alto
gether improbable that any one landed
from the icebreaker- The confiagra
incendiaries from quarters other than
kronstadt, or, as official investigators
on the spot suggest, by spontaneous
combustion of phophorus exposed to
damp and heat.
Going to Treat With Rebels.
M Tche-noff minister of agriculture.
and NJ. Tseretelli, minister of posts and
telegraphs. are going to Kronstadt with
view to arranging settlement Of the
difficulty.
NJ. Kerensky, the minister of war, has
returned to Petrograd.
"Kronstadt will be declared morally
boycotted, outlawed and cut off from
the rest of the empire unless it imme-
diately wlthdraws it's defiance to the
provisional government"
This statement was made to the As
sociated Press by Minister of Justice
Pereveizeff.
'Kronstadts defiance was discussed
yesterday by the council of minister's"
continued NJ. Pereveizeff. "All, includ-
ing the socialist ministers. agree that
the government must not tolerate dec
larat tions of independence by separate
districts. In this we are absolutely sup
ported by the Petrograd council of dep
uties, proof to this effect being shown
today, when two deputies have gone to
the fortress with the aim of bringing
the rebels to reason.
Not to Employ Harsh Measures.
"Kronstadt exaggerates it's strength
We have here sufficient troops and
ships to coerce the rebels. We could
also easily blockade the island and
starve it out. but l and my colleagues
are agreed that such measures are not
desirable We are convinced that the
universal reprobation of Russia will,
without harsher measures, bring ex-
tremists to reason.
I'VE do not take this revolt too seri-
ousy Formerly. when we had trouble
in Kronstadt, we temporiZed and COM
promised because We feared the result
of stern measures If the Germans at
tackled Lately we have taken meas
ures which make a German attack abb
soiutely impossible. Therefore, no
harm can come to Russia from any,
thing kronstadt can do. You may be
assured that Kronstadt's boasted indie
perdence is doomed to speedy end
Railroad Mission to Have Free Hand
The American railroad commission
which has arrived at Vladivostock. "a IN
render an enormous service to Russia
in the opinion of N. V. Nekrasoff, the
! minister of communications. expressed
in an interview with the Associated
Press. He was particularly con-
vinced of this. he said, as he was leay-
ing it an absolutely free hand to decide
what the Russian railways need
The commission will be furnished
with interpreters and other assista nts
by the foreign office, which NJ. Nekra-
soft says is taking great interest in
the Americah body's work.
"In pursuance of our policy in leav-
ing the commission a free hand" con-
Iinued Nekrasoff, I'VE have no detailed
program for 1t. The committee will
spend some days at Vladivostok in or
der to arrange for the construction of
a workshop for putting together Amerf-
can locomotives, which heretofore have
been assembled only at Harbin. On
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