The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-07-24
'OBEY KERENSKY
OR PERISH, NEW
EDTCT TO RUSSIA.
Executive Committee Makes
Premier Dictator to
Save Nation.
APPEAL TO SOLDIERS
MaXimalist Leaders, Ac-
cused as German Agents,
Under Arrest.
PETR0GRAD QUIET AGAIN
Commander of Baltic Fleet q
PrisOner-Mutiny Still
Threatens Nation.
APPEAL TO SOLDIERS
PETROGRAD QUIET AGAIN

PETRoGRAD, via London, July "a
Seeking to avoid the loss of land and
freedom" the executive committee OF all
of the organizations of the Council Of
Workmen and Soldiers as well as the
peasants, has issued a stirring procla-
nation to the army at the front and the
citizens at home calling upon them to
support the provisional Government, now
centred in the person OF Prime Minister
Kerensky.
Its commands must be law" says the
| committee in calling for aid for the
Government. you will lose both your
land and your freedom it adds after
stating facts which, it is averred, spell
ruin II they are not corrected.
Kerensky, in the meantime, is already
beginning to exercise his newly acquired
powers with firmness and despatch. Both
at the front and in the chief Russian
cities he is making the agltators feel his
heavy hand. The proclamation that
calls the whole nation to his aid follows:
Fellow soldiers, one of our armies
has wavered. its regiments have fed be-
fore the enemy. Part of our front has
been broken. Emperor Williams hordes
which have moved forward. are bringing
with them death and destruction.
Seek TO Fix Responsibility.
who is responsible for this humilia-
tion? The responsibility rests with those
who have spread discord in the army
and shaken its discipline. with those who
at time of danger disobeyed the mill
tary commands and wasted time in fruit
less discussions and disputes.
MANY of those who left the line and
| sought safety in running away paid with
THAR NNAa for ha wing disnhaVed nrdRrs
The enemy's fire moved them down. II
this costly lesson has taught you nothing
then there will be no salvation for
Russia.
Enough OF words. The time has
come to act without hesitation. We have
acknowledged the provisional Govern
ment With the Government lies the
salvation of the revolution. We have
acknowledged its unlimited authority
and its unlimited power. Its command
must be law. All those who disobey the
commands OF the provisional Govern
ment in battle will be regarded as trail
tors. Toward traitors and towards no
mercy will be shown.
Fellow soldiers, you want a dura-
Bile peace. You want your land. your
freedom. Then you must know that
only by a stubborn struggle will you
win peace for Russia and all nations.
| Yielding before the troops of tho Ger
man Empire you lose both your land
and your freedom. The Conquering i'm
perialistic Germans will force you again
and again to fight for your interests.
Let There he No Traitors.
Fellow soldiers at the front. let
there be no traitors or towards among
you. Let not one OF you retreat a
single step before the foe. only one way
is open to you-the way forward.
Fellow soldiers in the rear, be ready
TO advance TO the front for the support
OF your brothers. abandoned and be-
.rayed fleeing from their positions in
the regiments. Gather all your strength
Tor the struggle for "A durable peace.
for your land and your freedom With
out waverng. without fear, without dis
astrous discussions, carry out all mill
tary commands. At the time OF battle
disobedience and wavering are worse
than treachery. Your ruin lies in them,
the ruin OF Russia.
Fellow soldiers, you are being
watched by those who work for Russia
and by the whole world. The ruin OF
the Russian revolution spells ruin for
all. Summon up all your manhood,
your perseverance and sense of dis
ciplIne and save the fatherland"
Desperate Need shown.
Only a realization OF the desperate
character OF the Russian conditions
called forth the proclamation. Reports
from all parts OF the country that was
an empire told OF the urgent necessity
| for action.
Kerensky clothed with absolute power
by the Council of Workmens and SOL
| ders Delegates and charged with the
| restoration of order, both at home and
at the front, has proceeded to disarm
| rebellious regiments, 10 arrest Vloleut
| agltators and TO give the uprising
against authority the first real taste d:
! the iron hand. In the opening chapter
1t Is stated that Nikolai Lenine and his
partner Trotsky, recognized as the Lead
ers Of the Maximalists and charged with
being in the service OF Germany. have
been officially ordered into arrest. after
| they had notified the Government OF
their willingness to place themselves az
Its disposal.
Kerensky's Power Increased.
| Kerensky came into his new powers as
| the result OF a resolution passed by a
combined sitting OF the delegates from
| the workmen and soldiers and those rep
resenting the peasants. The resolution
was passed by vote or 252 to 81, and
| II made these declarations
"Recognizing that the country Is mem
aced by a military debacle on the front
and by anarchy at home, II is resolved
That the country and the revolution
| are endanSered.
That the provisional Government u
proclaimed the Government OF national
safety.
That unlimited powers are accorded
tho Government for reestablishing the
organization and discipline OF the army
for fght TO the finish against tho en-
cmies OF public order an:: Tor the rcaiiza-
ton OF the whole programme embodied
In the governmental programme just an
nounCcd"
! SupplCmcntiug tho wording OF this
/ resolution and showing the dire situa.