New-York tribune., 1917-07-23
,.ogs Resignation Caused
by Demand for a
Republic
Eekrasosof to
Act for Kerensky
exclamation Denounces
Discussion When Front
Is Broken

,...ograd. July 22.-Apparently the
..s.g.t party is in full control of the
S.,ized Provisional Government.
-. r..ignation of Prince Lvoff was
"a a practical ultimatum from the
.T,ts on the issue of redistribu-
- ~ land, and their power is now
x.;sntly established TO permit Pre-
=, Kerensky TO leave the capital for
., front. A declaration that Russia is
..,pblic seems to be imminent,
a..sb there is still Cabinet division
:, this point
An authorized statement announces
"a. partial solution of the ministe-
:, crisis was reached at a council
IA this morning. n. V. Nekrasosof
=, been appointed minister without
.,,.fOlio. to act as Premier during Ke-
.,,,tv's absence, and the other Cabinet
.s,nres stand as previously announced.
Tbs Socialist demands, which precip-
.,.s5 the crisis. were the immediate
....lsmation Of a republic, the aboli-
-, NJ all class distinctions, badges
,,I medals; the promulgation of four
,,d bills, the fundamental reorganiza-
to- of the whole economic and finan-
81 system, firm measures against
.,g,ter revolution and the dismissal of
n unfsithful generals.
Opinion Divided on Proclamation
To.dsy's official statement, after ex-
,sining Lvoff's retirement as the re-
,,lt Of an irreconcilable difference with
a. Socialist ministers, especially the
Minister Of Agriculture, on the agra
rss policy, declares further:
4, was established that the diver
,,,,e Of opinion as to the advisability
4 issuing a proclamation declaring
svs.ia a republic arose principally
ron the fact that certain members of
,.s Cabinet believed it necessary to
,.bhsh Immediately an edict proclaim
~ a republic. while the declaration
,ez being drawn up on the subjec
,-y represents a preliminary measure
n:h a view to the promulgation by
he Constituent Assembly of an act es-
asHshing a republic, and in no way in
!n,gss on the prerogatives of that as
s-bly.
All the remaining ministers are
,rssd on this subject, and also on the
r,yportuneness of the present difficult
u;zsnt, when our front is broken, for
ni,g questions such as whether the
n.a and the Council of State should
V neutrality-suspicious. which are un-
i-rant from the viewpoint of the
r7rment's activity"
Eanwhile the government has issued
Iitrring proclamation to the people,
xrting out the seriousness Of the sit
lron, both military and political;
zing for the full strength of the ma
=, 10 be put forth against the foreign
x, as well as all anarchists and coun-
n revolutionists, and outlining impor-
at reforms throughout the country.
Governments Proclamation
The Provisional Governments proc
i-s.ion reads:
Citizens: The fateful hour has
rrsek. The German Emperor's armies
ave broken the front Of the national
Evolutionary army. This terrible
Fsrstion has been facilitated by the
rlninal levity and blind fanaticism Of
nns and the treachery Of others. At
as fsteful moment when, taking ad-
l,tage Of the general confusion, the
tatsn forces Of counter revolution can
alss their heads, the remodelled Pro-
rNonsl Government clearly realizes its
''ayy responsibilities. 1t possesses,
,'Ssyer, full and firm confidence in
es strength OF the great Russian peo-
is, and in the rapid recuperation of
as life polite, now that the contagion,
'iies has shaken the national organ