The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-05

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Il the Petrosrad garrison. II was the
old trick Of the old autocrstic regime
Y automatically resorted to under the
spell OF centuries of tradition. But in
free Russia II works no longer. on
came the troops. two thousand or
more. galloping cossacks in the fore
y The sword and the bayonet. the tools
: Of the czsr were Gated upon to scat
ter the bowling throns. But the
& soldiers saw at glance what their
brethren in plain clothes were up TO.
4 There was no ruthless charging into
the crowds. no miniature civil war
Instead the troops, quickly falling in
with the chorus of the "Marseillaise'
snihngly rubbed elbows with the
demonstrators borrowed some OF the
banners and swung them high over
their heads Some soldiers had
grievance of their own. They prompt
" flxed up new banners writing on
them Down with GutchkofY." Clutch
kofy is the war minister.
AT this moment the balcony door
was swung open. Out stepped Mi',u-
koff. Pale hut uncAnnily calm he put
one hand upon the halustrade and
with the other waved to the crowd TO
be silent A hurricane of boots and
3eers greeted him Up went some two
thousand rifles 20 the cries Down
with Miliukcf one % the banner
carriers was lifted upon the. shoulders
of fellow, demonstrators ana held his
banner directly IN front Of the min
listers face
Fears Only For Russia.
MfliukofY smiled family The ihroug
paused for a second to hear what he
would have to say;
When ] see your banners reading
Down With Mihukoff he began
calmly, Il fear rot for myself, hut
for Russia
Again there were boots and cat
calls. but they were less stormy
Let him have his say cried one IN
the crowd And Miliuk0n proceeded.
Il fear for the outside worlds in
terpretation of your demonstration.
The provisional government cannot
strike the name Of Russia from the
list Of allied nations The provisional
government viii never consent so
separate peace We look TO Won to-
trust US and give as your support
BY this time the mob had become
quiet. interested The soldiers had
lowered their rifles. half ashamed.
The man nearest the balcony had
Jumped from his comrades shoulder
ard hid hts As4+ft4t-r-f atrfatcd cheers
went mp, Gradually they grew 10 an
ovation. MIllukof resumed his speech.
With fiery eIoauenee he described the
Governmen as a sailing vessel de-
penden, upon the favorable winds. and
the wind. he said. was the trust and
the confidence Of the people
Mob Is Converted
When he had ended the throRg was
Overwhelmingly in favor of letting
him live.
Long live Miliukor," came the
cries from hundreds who had been
convinced that they we're wrong and
he was right As he pleaded with
them 10 e. home and believe in the
government, the crowd swiftly dis
persed. only some radical stragglers
remaining
Thus ended the first faafe-,tr Of the
counter revolution. 1t strengthened
rather than weakened the govern
ment
Meanwhile the executive commit
tee of the soldiers and workmen' S
delegates continued their sessions and
no agreement has yet been reached.
Besides peace. one of their chief de-
mands lis TO have fun control of the
Petroerad telegraph agency. the Off
cial bureau for dissemination OF news
to the outside world They charge
that the provisional government was
AT the time this dispatch is filed the
committee is still wrangling over the
motives of the foreign minister in
sending out his loyalty pledge to the
entente.
Note severely Criticised.
The Navajo Zhizn, the organ OF the
Social Democrats. and other extreme
left newspapers severely criticise For
eign Secretary Miiiukoff's note to the
allies, asserting Russias determine
ton 10 vigorously push the war
against Germany.
The evening newspa pers declare
that the government ia united in it's
responsibility for the note to the al
lies promising energetic cooperation
in the war against Germany They
say that the government is supported
hy the. executive committee Of the
duma
Russian Communication.
The note. which is dated MAY ! and
signed by Foreign Secretary MiHuko off,
instructs The various diplomatic rep
resentatiVes to the allied countries to
transmit the following communca =
tion,
The provisional government Of
Russia published or April 80 a mani
feato 10 Russian citizens wherein it
explained The Views OF the government
of Russia regards i he al, feet to
= ttt- a ttS ftftf It's tfiF WAT ne minister
of foreign affairs nstructS me to COM
municate to you the contents Of the
document referred to and TO add the
following considerations:
''our enemies have striven lately
to SOW disnora among our allies by
propa eating absurd reports regarding
the alleged intention of Russia 10 con-
. clude separate peace with the cen
trail powers Tho tex OF the docu-
ment annexed will form the best refu-
taiion OF such intentions. The gem
eral principles therein enumerated by
the provisional government are In Gu
tire agreement with the ideas which
have been expr eseed repeatedly up to
quite recently by eminent statesmen
of the allied countries.
Russia Can Now speak
''These principles were expressed
iucidiy also in the words Of the presi-
dent OF our ally. The great overseas
republic The Russian government
under the old regime certainly was
not prepared to appreciate and share
these ideas as to the liherating char
aeter of the Har. the esta hlish IA e,lt
Of stable basis for pacific co-opera-
ton of nations. the freedom OF op-