The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-11
New Brand of Independence to
Fore in Russia.
Provisional President of Dis
trict Arrested by Rebels.
COALITION PROVES UNPOPULAR
Socialist Factions "Invited In"
Refuse to Accept.
Now Planning World Peace
Conference of Socialists.

Petrograd May 1.-THE Schlissel-
berg munitions district revolted to-
day Workmen and citizens of the
district announced their intention of
organization of a separate republic.
Representative of the workmen's and
soldiers committee left here at once
to dissuade the revolters from their
announced purposes.
The provisional president of the
munitions district was arrested by the
rebels.
Just how serious the revolt is was
Eot made clear in dispatches received
here. Apparently, however, there was
no violence.
Another instance of friction between
the duma provisional government on
Russias plans for the future was evil
dent today when it was announced
the executive council of workmen and
soldiers are planning a worlds in
ternational." The project embraces
a meeting of all varieties of Social
lists in some neutral nation to discuss
world problems.
Another World Conference.
Those behind the plan insisted the
conference was not identified in the
slightest degree with the June meet
ing of Socialists at Stockholm.
This Stockholm conference is being
regarded more and more here as Ger
many's most carefully plotted move
for a separate peace with Russia. The
extreme wing of the Socialist party in
Russia is fatty on record against the
meeting and its members are endeav-
oring every way to spread among the
people and among fellow Socialists
here their conviction that the confer
e-nce is German inspired, German aid
ed and will probably be German con-
trolled
Socialists Sidcstcp Responsibility.
Petrograd. via London, May IL
The government. in making the sug-
gestion of a coalition ministry ap-
pears to have put the issue squarely
UP to the Socialists. The move seem =
ingly is an effort to remedy the
anomalous situation in which the
country finds itself thru having
nominal government with the power
lodged elsewhere.
Yesterdays call upon the Socialists
was to shift some of the responsibility
for government upon the elements
which would WELD the power and
which would assume the right to di-
rect, criticise and thwart the acts of
the ministry.
The suggestion that representatives
of the SOCla llStS take ndnQ III Ill
recting the difficult affairs of the ma
ton met with a fiat refusal on the
part of the Moscow council of dep
uties and the "Bolshi Vike." mean
ing the extreme letters" in Petro-
grad. The proposal elected only
slight support in the Petrograd coun-
Gil of deputies. Among the latter out
of six prominent leaders interviewed,
orly two, Stankevitch and kameneff,
favored a coalition cabinet.
Plead With New Rebels.
Twelve members of the workmen's
and soldiers committee were named to
plead with the revolving forces for res
toration of order.
In addition, Tscheidse. leader of the
Social Democrats in Russia, personally
hurried over to the munitions district
to aid.
The Schlisselberg is a district of
Petrograd lying down the river a short
distance 1t corresponds in a measure
to the industrial section of New York s
east side.