New Britain herald., 1917-05-05
lVOFf MINISTRY
 DETERMINED NOT
 ID REIRACT NOTE
1Yiu Resign Rather Than Repudi-
 ate Message of Support Sent to Allies
GREAT DEMONSTRATION
 FOR FRENCH CABINET

VII AA1AsO44 VAAOAAvAA s 1etter Glass of Pesrograd Residents Parade to Rebuke Disturbers Who
 Dcsnanded Resignation of Foreign Minister llflukoa -Rress Not in Accord Concerning Internal Trou-
 blcs Ant Majority is Optimistic. Petrograd, via London, May 6.-- ! Premier Lvoff, has declined to modi- 5 fy the note sent to the Allies. The government declares that the minis tere are prepared to resign their posts ie Necessary. Premier Lvon said:.
 ''It is impossible to send another note. The temporary government will comply with its duty and leave it's post rather than take such g step. which would menace the country with very serious conseQtences. The gov- ernment understands fully the respon- sibility it has assumed in behalf of the country and in view of that responst- bility Is ready to resign if 1t becomes necessary"
 "A step F0rward", NiluhoiI.
 Foreign Secretary Milukon. con- nrming the stand taken by Premier Lwoff. said:
 .arhe note expresses tho view Of the. temporary sovernmelat. It has no other aim. The recent note repeats and develops the idea expressed in the nrst note, which was worked out in ccntunction with the coupctl of depu- ties. If we compare the notes 1t is. clear that the information they con- tain constitutes . step forward The eyeuti of yesterday will make the AL lies very sad while spleaainS our enc smies.' 2sgs4s '
 In kresarde to the sussestion of ! . new no4e. ho saad that such . step wis quite impoaaal5la. s93raA Aucf. | he continued, s-eowazd . forsisn gev@ e Y scn@net 1,e psrznlt 41 VI M shouid a&tea6pt to follow | < rouees 2 V V3tich iK my conviction Is impract- sasu9o swe would only be repulsed.
 ecuaxa1o Peace Everlasting Blot.
 rho minister made an allusion to ia secret telegram which has been re- c4tved from the Allies.
 E ..RespActing our military needs ana means of continuing the war we are dehendent to . great extent on the Allies especially on America It would h m everlasting blot on our hstory F there should be 2 possibility of con- cl,idinR 6 separate peace. But the council itseM has declared against separate peace.
 M. Tcheidse, president of the coun- ell. repeated :. previous declarations thst the inperiaIist attitude of the r6xerntnent w4s unacceptable. He aaff4: A
 .sNeither the soldiers nor the work mon arc for war If the government does not mean to hide our wafchWord of peace without contributions It VIII have to make itself clear"
 M. Tcheidse called attention to the fact that there was no interior dis cord. and that the trouble was in re- spect to Russia's foreign policy. : Demonstration for Government. z Petrograd, May |. via London. May k.-Fraends of the government out demonstrated the demonstrators here this evening. As though with one ac- cord the people, stirred into q seem tnx realization of the threat overshad- owing the country, through the men, acc to their government, turned out, man. woman and child, in support of tiio temporary authorities. From end . 4o end. the Nevsky Morskaya waA packed with marching crowds of all grades of society. We'll groomed and 1ray.headsd men and women. expen- siyely clad students by thousands, sol diers, business men and children seemingly e quarter of the population of the city, cheered and shouted fo1 the government.
 So completely overshadowed and outnumbered were the earlier mani. festants who demanded the downfall of the authorities that they appeared utterly insignificant. The crowt poured into the square in front o l. the Marinsky palace, the scene of las nights meeting of the ministers ant deputies, and packed the immens area
 Russia's enemies could find ittl
 comfort in the scene Banners in Z scribed "In Support of the Temporar Government" !" Away With Anarchy.
 ss.No Separate Peace" and simila
 phrases gave the parade an appear
 ance of a gala procession, in strikin contrast to the anti-government mo which was composed of the shabbtef
 aSd most disreputable element of tn . population. A series of clashes oc
 curred between the rival columns bu
 these were without much result. Tn
 newspaper editorials this afternOo
 dealt with the situation in the graves
 words The Edentstvo. reflecting tn
 view of the working classes, said:
 Must Avoid Civil War.
 "We must find a way out in order avoid civil war. The council mus <.sa e
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