Evening star., 1917-11-25
Peace and Land Division
Issues That No Party
Can Escape in Russia
CableKram to The Sunday Star and
New York World. Copyright. 1917.
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New York World. Copyright. 1917.
BY ARNO DOsCH-FLEUROT.
PETROGRAD, November 20 delay
ed).-The appointment Of Ensign Kry-
lenko as commander-in -chief of the
armies to take Gen. Dokhonine's place
was done to insure a leader Of the
army who would carry out the orders
of the military revolutionary commit
tee Krylenko formerly was q member
of the fret machine gun regiment. He
took n prominent part in the revolu-
ton of July and was thrown into prison
by the Kerensky government There Is
great interest here in the probable el-
feet of the offer of armistice on the
German commanders. Dokhonine was
a known quantity to them; FROM tne
ence who puts forward the formal de-
mand for peace.
Picked for Negotiations.
Krylenko is not expected to take ac-
tive technical command OF the army
His function will be to negotiate a
three-month armistice. and II Is signin-
cant in this connection that socialists
now gathering at Moghilow. where the
army headquarters Is located. though
planning opposition to the government
movement, are compelled by state ana
public opinion to adopt as their motto.
peace and Land for the People"
Peace and a partition Of land among
the people" now are fundamentals that
no political party can escape. Any ef-
fort, either within or without Russia
that disregards these Issues and aims
to push Russia further Into the war is
certain to end dtsastrously.
New Army May Take Field.
If, ho~<-ssr. tho soldiers at the front.
having made every enort 70 create
revolution. In order to bring about q
peace with Germany. meet with failure
due to the refusal of tho central powers
to agree. a new volunteer RUSSIAN
army imbued with a new republican
spirit. will take the field in the spring
This must be kept in mind through
all changes now in progress. The att.
, tude of the soldiers at the front. OF
those most tired or the war. 10 evI
that arrived at Smolny recently. They
said they represented tens of thousands
of soldiers who would leave the nring
line Immediately and go to their homes
il peace was not concluded Trotzky
said to them:
Told to Stay at Front.
you want peace. We are doing
everything possible to get 1t. You want
land It is yours now by decree. but
Won cannot cultivate it in the winter,
AVID n Won leave your positions now the
government will come and take the
land from you. so that you will not
have 1t at all.
, You want clothing and food, If you
stay where you are the machinery of
distribution will furnish you. If you
leave the front and go to your homes.
il win mean chaos. Whole cities will
starve.
Go back to the front. Tell your COM
And the delegation, convinced of the
truth of Trotzky's argument. went
hack to their posts, bearing the mes
SAGE to the army that it must hold the
| lines for the present In order to get
the neace and the land it wishes.
Strikes But Partially Broken.
| An order declaring that all employees
/ of ministries who strike against the
government will be outlawed has only
, partially broken the striking.
| Transportation Is being maintained
to a certain extent. The amount of
| food that has arrived In Petrograd dur
ing the past few days has steadily in
Hut the situation is serious and
new difficulty has been encountered In
the reluctance OF cities further south
/ to permit food trains to pass through
! ! grad Soldiers also are diverting the
| food intended for the city to their own
Gen. Kaledines. head Of the cossacks,
has failed in, his attempt to cut of the
coal supply. This 10 now helping the
new government in tho present crisis
by ea1lng up bit the extremely tick