Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-17
Two Demonstrations Against
Government Finally QueIIed
and Order Restored.
THREE MEN IN CABINET
HAND IN RESERVATIONS
Sharp Disagreement Arises Over
Questions Involving Ukraine.
Premier Lvof Seeks to
End Trouble.
By the Associated Press.

End Trouble.
By the Associated Press.
PETROGRAD, July 16 (Monday).-
Two demonstrations against the govern
ment resulted in the firing Of shots in
the Nevsky Prospekt at midnight, as a
result Of which number Of persons
were killed or wounded.
The firing apparently was the result
of stray shots which brought on panic,
in which the demonstrators turned rifles
and machine guns on each other. Quiet
was restored after few minutes.
The demonstrations were organized by
the Bolsheviki, the majority faction of
the socialdemocratic party.
Three in Cabinet Resign.
Three members Of tho cabinet have
resigned and a special session Of the
council Of ministers has been convoked
in an effort to avert q crisis. Their
names arc: A. I. Shingaron. minister
of finance; Prof. Manuiloff. minister Of
cduCaI10n, ana Prince ShakOVSky, nedQ
of the department of public aid.
The designations of these cadet min
isters followed a sharp disagreement
over questions involving the Ukraine.
m extensive region in Russia enbrac-
ing part Of the territories Of the old
kingdom Of Poland. -
Premier Lvoff has requested the min
'aters to meet at his private residence,
when the cause Of the dispute will be
considered 1t 10 known he will at
n W
their designations. The split in the
ministry occurred last night at a min
ssterial conference called to consider
:, report submitted by NJ. Tereschtenko
Tsereteili. minister Of posts and tele-
:raphA as q result Of their negotia-
'ions concerning the Ukrainans. After
ne report was read tho cadet minis
sorm Of > declaration drawn up by
greed to shs - - Re yhsss a nsnisters nms
Without the authorization Of the gov
,rnment took 1t on themselves to COM
i..it the government to a definite pol
~ regarding the Ukraine.
Attitude Of Cadets.
Tereschtenko and Tseretelli. the
cadets maintained. simply had been
chosen delegates to find a possible
basis Of An agreement in the Ukraine,
hut had not been given the power Of
making q declaration in the name Of
the government. The ministers de-
clared that upon receipt Of frag-
mentary information from the ENJOYS
Of the ministry. N. N. Tereschtenko
the latter at the beginning of the
Ukraine conference at kiey that they
must return to Petrograd to confirm
the temporary government, SO that a
decision might be taken after mature
deliberations by all the members of
the ministry.
In addition to this cause of COM
plant, the cadet ministers criticised
the text of the Ukraine declaration,
first. because 1t abolishes all power
Of the temporary government in the
Ukraine: second. because 1t did not
specify Of what territories the Ukraine
consists. or mako clear how 1t shall
be governed
Would Delay Publication.
The opposition members Of the cabi-
net assert that only the executive body
has q right to determine the future
form Of the government of the Ukraine.
whereas. according to the declaration
of N. Tersschtenke and N. Tseretelli.
the Ukrainians appear to be proceeding
informally to draw up their own gov
and further minor faults found by the
cadets, they propose the postponement
of the publication Of the Ukraine dec
laration until after further conference.
stating, moreover. that in any case 1t
would be impossible to publish the full
text Of the declaration. since the aues-
tion of the Ukraine could only be defin-
and that it was Impossible for the gov,
ernment to make final declaration on
the subject.
The cadet ministers. however. en-
phatically insisted that their adverse
position in regard to the declaration
was not to be taken as an objection to
the principle of autonomy for the
Ukraine. wherewith their party is in
full sympathy. Their protest, they re-
peated. was against the methods
whereby this declaration was drawn uu
by two members of the government
acting without authority from the
council of ministers and against the
wording. which was ambiguous and
misleading.
MN. Tereschtenko and Tseretelli on ths
other. other hand natly insisted upon the i'm.
mediate publication Of the declaration
adding that the form might be altered h
the sense were kept intact When ti1t
vote was taken the two Lvoffs in the cabi
net and the socialists declared them
selves IN favor Of the declaration as al
ready drawn without correction or altera.
tion. Resisnations followed
Mn Prokopovitch and Sharnousk,
have been appointed ministers Of com
merce and education. respectively.
Commission to Be Named.
After taking cognizance of the view,
of n Tereschtenko and NJ Tsereteu
and of a communication from War Min
lister kerensky on the subject tbe ~.
visional government decided TODAY -,
the creation Of an executive body to NJ,
into execution measures dealing with n.
administration Of Ukraine A' o''
The provisional government wi,
adopt sympathetic attitude in reearl
to the elaboration of necessary re- :
ures. as well as bill dealing with tn,
solution of the agrarian question.
In order to maintain the comba t,v.
unity of the army the government vii
not countenance measures which mt9h
fnjure the military organisation an,
command. although it does not obfec
to the creation of army units composet
exclusively of Ukrainians, subject ~
the approval Of the war ministry.
stepanoH Reported Out.
LONDON. July IA Reuter- dis
patch from Petrograd says NJ StepanofY