Arizona republican., 1917-08-27
NEW STATE COUNCIL HEARS PREMIER KERENSKY TELL OF
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 MOSCOW, Aug. 26-The state coun- cil, which promises important results in the national life of Russia, opened at o'clock this afternoon in the grand opera house with the old Solemnity and Russian pomp especially characteristic of Moscow. The theater was crowded with sightsee1s and interspersed among the members of the council were to be seen characteristically Russian types, including Tartars in peaked caps, white-robed Mullahs from the Volga, Georgians robed in cloth of gold Cos sacks and dignitaries of the Greek orthodox church who have arrived for the ecumenical church congress which begins Tuesday. Notwithstanding the one day strike proclaimed by the Bol shevikian as a protest against the council as a counter revolutionary eX- pression the city is quiet. A few in cipient attempts by the Bolshevik street corner orators to organize dem onstrations were summarily suppressed by the crowds and no serious incident occurred
 Precautions were taken against dis orders of all descriptions and the coun- cil threatens to show d rigor in this respect unknown even in anti-revo- lutionary days.
 The building in which the council is meeting is surrounded by a close chain of soldiers, with officers every few yards, the soldiers being picked men from regiments of the signal corps or cadets training for officers The cham bers under the buildings are occupied by soldiers with fixed bayonets.
 Members and invited guests before being admitted have their tickets ex- amined by nine different military opsts Premier Kerensky and the other min- isters of the provisional government occupied the stage and were faced by Generals AleXieff and BrusSiloff, for mer commanders in- chief of the Rus sian armies and other high military officers in the former emperor's box There was much comment because of the absence of General Korniloff, the present commander-in- chief but it is expected that Ee will attend the council tomorrow.
 The proceedings began with speech by Premier kerensky, lasting an hour and a half, pronounced in a nervous, impressive voice, which aroused tre- mendous applause, mainly from that part of the tneater occupied by the democratic organizations and members of the cabinet The duma members and the Moscow industrial deputies also at times participated. M Kerens- ky spoke resOlutely, emphasizing the role he had played in recent events and his determination to guide events in the future
 The premier was greeted with wild applause when, early in his speech, speaking of the dangers from the ex- treme left, he declared:
 All attempts with armed force
 
 crushed with blood and iron
 Still more applause greeted him when limiting at a counter revolution ary military conspiracy he exclaimed Let them be warned who think the time has come when. relying on the bayonet, they can overthrow our revo- lution.' The audience arose anC cheered this expression for five min utes.
 Premier Kerensky rebuked the Fin flanders and other seeding nationali. ties, his words evoking enthusiasm and there was a menacing note in hi. voice when he declared that their pre- tensions threatened the success of tht revolution.
 The premier's speech indicated tha the government expects further at tacks tomorrow by the military dums and the Moscow deputies which he de nounced in advance
 Russia is passing through a periot Of mortal danger" Premier Kerensk! told the national conference He de clared that any attempt to take ad vantage of the conference for an at tack on the national power. as em bodied in the provisional government would be repressed pitilessly by bloo' and iron.
 The conference was opened at o'clock with the premier speech. Rep resentatives of important political. eco homie, commercial and scientific or ganizations and persons prominent il public life are in attendance. 'Thos who think the moment has come t overthrow the revolutionary pOwe with Dayonets are making a mistake, said NJ. Kerensky Let them take car for authority is supported by tn boundless confidence of the people an by millions of soldiers who are defend ing us against the German invasion.
 "The provisional government convinced that all of you that hay
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