Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-19
Russia to Insist
Allies ReUise Ends


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group Of soldiers and workmen's dele
gates present, he admonlshed
II call on you to make a last heroic et-
fort to help me show the world that the
Russian army has not demolished the tenn
pie. The restoration OF discipline Is essen
tail propose to make II like iron. am
sure we will succeed"
Issuance Of a powerful appeal to the
army and navy TO stand firm against the
enemy was the first official act of the new
Minister OF War and Marine. He said;
The country is endangered Each must
help avert that danger. The Minister or
War and Marine will refuse any request to
resign based on desire to escape respoh-
sbllity at such grave time Deset'erb
are enjoined to return TO the army ana the
fleet by May 2s, after which date infrac-
tlons will be severely punished" As II TO
give weight 20 the order, all generals ana
troCp comma nders who have been In PetrO-
grad returned 10 their forces today
Kerensky also announced he would
shortly go to the front 20 address the sol
diers and spur them to renewed activity
On Kerensky's shoulders will fall not
only the supertask Of revving Russia's
army Of rehtting Il In mind, soul and body,
but Of organizing adequate transport serV-
ice throughout the new nation lie Is Dy
far the most popular member OF the Minis
try---and tho most youthful moreover, ne
Is Radical Socialist.
a meeting OF Duma members yesterday
adopted resolutions warning the new GOV
ernment It was essential there should be
absolute mistaken loyalty to our AllleS
for interests vital 90 the honor OF the cOun-
try are vitality bound up with this loyalty
The revision Of peace terms spe'iied
above probably means the new Russian
Government desires the Allies 20 express
adherence to the war aim of mo torclnIe
annexations and no contributions Ihe
pharse has been distorted by German propa-
ganda and incorrect translation into no
annexations and no indemuiticg. such a
war aim exactly comedies with that OF Ger
many.
The correct translation and the real IN
tent Of the Russians, however. Is not IN
any way in accord with the German pan.
In the Russian plan Russia would be Jusu-
fed in demanding a revocation Of the an
nexatlon by Germany Of Alsace and Lor-
raine unless the people Of those provinces
themselves voted for such annexation ana
Of registering disapproval Of the lcNying
of purely punitive indemntics
Among the French Socialists now present
in Petrograd is Albert Thomas. Minister of
Munitions, who is characterized as the
Lloyd George of France. The agreement OF
tho French and British Socialists TO press
upon their governments New Russta's con-
ception Of peace terms, therefore, consti-
tutes a most important step forward in the
direction Of peace zone Of the chief aims
Of the Council Of Workmen's and Soldiers
Deputies from the very beginning was TO
get the Socialists of the other beligerent
countries to induce their respective govern
ments to proclaim publicly the policy Of
mo anncxatons and no contributions" thus
creating a common basis of negotiation for
the conclusion OF the war.
The fact that Minister Thomas is in
PetrOgrad comforting with the Council Of
workmen's and Soldiers Deputies may he
interpreted that the French Government Is
sympathetic to the Russian Cabinets plans
for a general peace, Recent dispatches in
dicated such sympathy