Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-22 | Page 1 | Russian Premier Appeals to Army

Kll PREMIER . APPEALSJO ARMY Defense Against Enemy Means Reorganization of Life at Home. LONDON, March 31, 6:35 a. m An appeal to' the Russian army has been issued is-sued by the provisional government, according ac-cording to a Petrograd dispatch to Renter's. Ren-ter's. The proclamation, which is signed by Premier Lvoff and Minister of War Gnchkoff, says: "The people will be able to carry through successfully the reorganization of life at home, provided they are well defended against the enemy outside. The government is certain that the army, mindful of this fact, will maintain main-tain its power, solidarity, discipline intact in-tact and will do its utmost to bring the war to a victorious end." LOTfOON. March 22. 1 a. m. Prince Lvoff. the new Russian premier, receiving the newspaper men at Petrograd. outlined the progress in t lie creation of now Russia, Rus-sia, says a Renter dispatch from that capital. The southwestern and westorn fronts, said the premier, were entirely on the side of the people. There had been some excesses on the northern front, but the commissioners sent thither had found or: their arrival that order and discipline had been restored. The whole Baltic fleet was with the government, gov-ernment, continued Prince l.voff, and all disturhances had ceai-ed. Finlan-1 was also unanimously on the side of the government. gov-ernment. Nowhere was there reason for anxiety. The government was In constant contact with the workmen's delegates and did not expect serious dissensions. The work of renovating was immense; nevertheless, never-theless, the convocation of the constituent constitu-ent assembly was only a question of months.