The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-28
VICTORY SURE,
SAYS KERENSKY
Convinced Moscow Troops Will
Crush Any Revolution.
CONFERENCE IN SESSION
MaximaIists to Withdraw From Coun-
con Unless Assembly Hands over
All Power to Delegates.

Moscow. Aug. 2S-Premier ke~en-
! Sky, who came to Moscow to attend
! The national conference which is now
Deln& held ior consideration of the
military and political problems which
CONFRONT the country, reviewed troops
DIT tie Hlppodrome and in addressing
tnem said he was convinced bv the
Falor they Were showing that they
would be able TO drive back the enemy
al the front and crush any attempt at
a counter revolution.
General korniion. the commander-in.
chlef, arrived from Petrograd and was
greeted by great crowds. In an ad-
dress he said it was a source of salts
1actlon to he able to tell the army
mat MOSCOW was the watchword for
the welfare of the country and war
to a victorious end,
Inc day was devoted to conferences
or the different groups of d~leqates.
Inc discussions dealt principally with
the governments statements the renIv
| 10 De made and the attitude to be
taken at the coming general meeting
The MaXimalists reached the conc1u.
sion that the conference does NOT rem.
resent the VIII Of the nation and is of
an antl-revolutionary character. They
decided to demand from the assembly
dictatorship of the proIetariat nv
the handing over of all power to the
council of wOrhmen's and soldiers
delegates and voted to leave the hall
If the majority should be unwilling
to share their viewpoint.
The internationalists insisted on
abolition of the death penalty and re.
nunciation by the government of its
purpose to put down by force the sep
aratists movements in Finland and
Ukraine. The popular Socialists urg
ed maintenance of the death penalty
At the meeting of constitutional demo.
Gratis. Prof. Paul Miliukoff said no So
luton could be reached except in line
with the national program. and that if
Premier kerensky did not put into
execution the measures foreshadowed
the ruin of the country would be in
evitable.
Vice Premier Nekrasoff told the con.
ference how expenses had increased
during the war He said that in 1914
about 219.000 900 rubIes of paper cur.
rency had been put in circulation. 233,-
000.On0 in 1915. and 100000, 900 in 1916:
that in the first two months of 1917
there had been issued S46,000,000. and
from March onward the issue averag
al 900
The budget. said NJ. Nekrasoff, was
in a profound abnormal condition, be.
cause it had placed on one side the
cost of the war. and thus, in effect,
there were two budgets, one giving
false impression of prosperity and the
other concealing the germs of financial
catastrophe.
The premier admitted that the new
regime was costing the country much
more than the old and that the new
administrative bodies were absorbing
enormous sums the food committee.
for instance He said the financial diff.
ficulties were due largely TO the eX
traordinary increase in the pay of the
workers and instanced the Putilof
factory, the workers of which alone
had been paid this year 90,000,000 I'll
bles. Another source of difficulty was
the small amount of revenue from
taxation, excise chorges and Other
sources. Direct taxation. the vice pre-
mier added. could not keep pace with
the states expenses and indirect tax
alton was becoming a necessity.