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Show IKpRENSKY T t , ! j stfhPmwR '' Hi j'!' miM f n. il t, ... rr I Petrograd, July 23. The counf ells of soldiers and workmen's delegates dele-gates and peasants of all Russia voted today after an all-night session to grant the government of Premier Korensky "unlimited powers" under I tho title 'governments of natlonul I safety" for tho re-establishment of j '.public order, both at tho front and at j Ihome. ' i i ' WJi - , ' Tho sweeping' new pdwers' 'were granted to the provision goverk- miuent in a resolution, ''adopted, byji .-combined sitting) of the executives committees of the council land workj- men's and soldiers' delegates nnd the " "-council of pcasants' delegates. 'i "'wt' Unlimited Power Conferred. ' Tho resolution which was passed -y-262 to 57 read: T i "Recognlflng that) the country its menaced by a military debacle on too front' estabjlshod by an anarchy x home, It Is resolved: j. lHp(yat That'ltho country and J the reiolutton are endangorea. - "Second That-T tho .provisional government Is proclaimed the gov- jpffrimoht"of ''national safety:"' "Thlrd-r-Thjaticunllmlted powers aro accorded the' government' for re- '"e'itabllshlnE'tho organization and dls- r cIpllnoof "tho-armyv-for-a-lf Igbti to tho finish ngnlnst the enemies of public pub-lic order and for the realization of-the of-the whole program embodied In li6' government program just in-nounced." in-nounced." r Fear 'Counterrevolution. . There are Indications that he workmen's and soldiers' I coun :11, after the events 'of tho Jppt wi ok and all circumstances connec ed therewith, aro apprehensive of a' couuterrevblutioni -Th?central c( m- tlultiee' has lsaued'aouanlfeBto call ng Joaal organjizatlgnir.'totho-rcoiuti n ?ary 'democracy' an'd'arBy wine Je: ,dy abyjttomeattb ifcHyjundtl eir pSnf4yfiai comtorn ufttniT tttrcoun 'lis "Tho" neparJ-nBnlsVriMiP.tna U'fteVr'MdmtraV.Verden-attlJ-rcelmMandt ''Hpc-V AtfiIltle'MeJ Mis'lUeenbttP- .& mwwsmk mwmufai HPtfioTO inlttecs. (pljleutenatit-Dashkevich.andianQther. i -, . executive committeeman of the worn men's and soldiers' council havo been arrested. Lieutenant Dashkevlch li charged will limiting the Peterhof troops ib remove the provisional gor-ernmerit. gor-ernmerit. Maximalists Trotxky and Lelrio have Informed the government commission com-mission of Iriqulr that' they aro ready rea-dy to plrico themselves at tne 'commission's 'com-mission's disposal. M. Perevetzoff, who resigned recently re-cently as minister of Justice) has sent to' tho press1 a letter regarding his resignation'. ' He said all his activity activi-ty against lawbreakers was paralyzed' by the general lino of conduct of thb coalition government. ' Troops Fired Upon. ' , ghting, which lasted some twenty twen-ty minutes, occurred early today when troops were fired on whllo marching to their quarters along tho palace quay on the rive Nova. Tho shots came from aaross tho Neva In the vicinity of tho Dourse. Tho troops returrfed tho fire. later machine guns were hurried to-the-scene-and poured aoBtroam.of lead acros9 .the, fiver, silencing jho attackers: I lSevora. cadets who wer-j aidlngtho government - forces r and! firing from tho Winter Pqlaco are reported re-ported to ihavo been woundqd durjngl the firing. l '" Threonoccuptlrit3 of tho motor car dressed' as sallbrs' ahd' 'spldlerrf shot at a group (of, officers 'and soldiers on the .steps of the, Peplo's patacoi TwosoldUr3 woro),WounJclh 0& ho-flfs't'shotB'from ho-flfs't'shotB'from the-revolvers of, tho-a'ssalant's: tho-a'ssalant's: 'The 'gifard 'of IBOjsoU dlerr3 'rushed-,' from 'fh'o' .building n'd d.tQ,eacape.but,Tq, wero ly.nchdd. by. tho crovd. (Flfteqn civilians, wpia woiSndFaMn'tho firing riomo lerloui-'J lerloui-'J U 'lilt 't imo't ) Til f ,i c-m I rtM't oif nl Oiioiiin nniiij't hi ( d ricWe'rte'rit tW'lW rthot.-JT..'.:. al.MU. .. T1cArV'cori,dltl5SstitrVttllltig(qn!r q)0peA,Pj ,H!,wft,ttiftnhi?1,?)r1?r11 n -TCerensky,-) tha .proyjglqnagoyrh-i 4nnt''ttnu5lhb',cdartolllo.(workiu8n's laialiHlIeVs',) ttoleiUleAl b'yi tho' exdcuj' iA t'e'q nH'thU'doftihUBUftilr, of tho WMSl1 3rHiB4ffl!"wiit the second arnjy,.on.,tuovflQuth.'TC?tern J hi i i j wi vimiii Jjiku HiimJ iuu'UV T. "j Etwrtyxwww ?' st-' i " rir'Ti riiffViiipfl '! pig"doi'h'i,"'iUp 'largest 'living r'hlrotamBal wlthTthe Mageabeck-Wallace r,f'- n;il ' 'Circus", togtin Thursday, August a. - ..tin; nin v I ! .-)), ,-ii,, - , citf" i nr ; 1 11 . -. i . ,- ,ni ; i ' ' . '. ' , i front. Tho telegram announced tho Inauguration of stern measures to combat disaffection. "Wo unanimously recognize that the situation! dbmdnlfcxTr$ih6Tnfua$I Ufenfnd'eTrartsrforGVorythlng-rnuBt bVrWoTrttoav'e' ttibrov8lMon WM cjitastroiin?.'!1, io hfoBsigo IjHddrfJ ThYcotninajuyrnln; chief $n thf wostern front and the commander of tho second army today havo glveu orders (to f Ird on deserters and run always.' ' r ' - J ''Lqt'tho couptry knW((hb truth". Dot, jt act without mer?y. tet ltj' fln'd enough courage to strike ,thoso ,'bo by itiielr' cowardice aro. destroying ftussia nnd tho revolution:!"'. n 2 4rmy aPUiKaulsq . , , , . lleferrlng to .tho threatened dls iiaTAHieaiektaniHaygnooj z "Most military units aro In a Btato 3rxcoitfplb'f'o""dl9or-grtnlzatlnV"hlV splrWrVr1 lHoeVreVo "utterly disappeared. TOey no longer listen tatordorflnof "their leadern,,and, oy ncgloctiall oxhbrtatlons of Comrades, !A-dn Veplylngby threatst and (shod, omo (Jlelnents 'voluntarily evacurffb positions' without qVjen'aitlngfoV the approach ot, tho, enemy, y , ., ' jt I "Cases are on recordi In which ,an ordbr'glvcn 'to 'proceed with all liaito to such and such 'a spot to asslrft comrades In 'distfess hits been'tdy-cussod been'tdy-cussod for several hours ,at .njeotlngs and retnforcoments consequent' have bceA delayed several houw. "These troops''abandon their positions posi-tions at the first shots of tne' 6tt-omy, 6tt-omy, o a distance) olj sovoral hundred hun-dred versta long llos, lot, degercfi armed and unarmed, men In; good health nnd robust, who' havo ilosti all Bhanio and feel they can act altogether altogeth-er 'with 'liupuAlty'vanKproccod'ingl'fo the rear. Frequently entire units do-Bcrln do-Bcrln tthls mannV.V ,r"' ' ' " ' ' Workmen Dlsnnned., The disarming of workmen, Including Includ-ing so-called red guards, is proceeding proceed-ing systematically in the Vasslly Island and VIbory quarters. More than 1200 rifles and 'revolvers and some machine guns havq been, recovered. recov-ered. Tho majority of revolvers wore obtalnfed nt the fortress of SS. Peter and Paul, where cases Just arrived from America havo been broken open. According to tho Russgta Volia. about a third ot tho arms stolenince the outbreak havo been accounted for. Several carts with shells worn stopped' on 'tho hanks ot the Neva. The military authorities knew no(h-Ing no(h-Ing about thorn. The drivers were arrested and the carta taken to the arsenate ' i ' A dispatch from tho Dourso Oa-zetto Oa-zetto Jrom Nljnl Novgorod relator that July 17 a regiment of troops 'ordered 'or-dered disbanded for insubordination, mutinied, took possession of tho town and wero still in control July 20 Cadets "sent from Moscow to subdue them battled with revolvers, rdUlfng)lh) casualties qh both side? and tho-surrendttr-of-the-mutlneera, who at Jaqt Recounts were lipid prisoner, pris-oner, A parfey with thq commander command-er ot the Moscow garrison. In an agreement to surrender control. lrlM)ners TerrorUod., Ministers In.Qffice before tho revolution rev-olution ho aro now Imprisoned, in tl,e fortress at St, Peter and St. Paul, had a trying experience last wcok af the time of, thp ocpupatlon,of tho .fortreiB by tho.radlpal Jojsheyklnd ,Kronstadt sailors, an lemonL of whom InsJ'Ued onim,nedlap removal ot the .prisoners to, Krqntadt. Vhqn t,ho fortress, was. qurrqnd-,rod, qurrqnd-,rod, former Prpjijlor turmer ha'i uccnlb9d tq,th? strain tvj jjas iln-.coiuclous, iln-.coiuclous, ,tbp lourspMIaMettp r-, ports, MuiCt oukhomlltrnft. vltti oil thq foriuoriinluRtcr qt, war, Is said to I have pleaded with i$r, giard,s Ip furnish furn-ish her Bomo lnoansof BommUtlnfe snlcldo, foarn she, jvqu)d bo lynched., Kfforts to remove t'o prisoners to Kronstadtf Yer resisted by tho guards. Xhe early surrender ot no fortroiw doubtless prevented fulflll-j meat ot thq design. , Thq former Imperial family also' was greatly , alarmed. Assurances were giyon Nicholas however, tiit he would bo, protected by tho garrl- 8on- J . i .' . , Washington, July 23. -Tho doubfq crisis In Russia., which has caused military disaster oiij ( the Qalaclan front anil pofitlcal upheaval in retro-gradt retro-gradt nvlro'stld at th Jtijsalan embassy em-bassy today to bo duo In each case to tho agitation of tho Bolshevik! party, headod by . 'Nlokolal Lenlne, who was given free passage acroB Germany Into Russia. Tho party is said to stand for immediate peace on all fronts, but not ns yet for a separate sep-arate peaco for Russia alone. Tho Bolshevlkls are said to be small In number, and In Borne cases to bo aided by Gorman agents. Their activities among the troops on tho Galaclan front Was sufficient, It was stated, to detach several regiments In Important strategic positions, whlcl caused tho immediate falling back of tho whole lino to prevent envelopment. envelop-ment. Tho Germans had evidently prepared pre-pared for Just such a step, for they had made a heavy concentration of guns at Kalusz, brought over ,from tho French front tho Twentieth, Thirtieth and Sixty-eighth regiments, and from Vllna several Prussian "guard Teglments and five of the best Austrian cavalry divisions. |