KORNILOFF'S REFORMS.

Bruce Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 67, 27 August 1917, Page 4

KORNILOFF'S REFORMS.

CONTROL OF THE RAILWAYS. Mr Wilton, the Times correspondent, reviewing the Russian situation, says: The sobering influence of the rebellion and the military catastrophe has already dissipated political parties shouting their rival programme. The prospects of agreement at the Moscow Conference are not bright. General Korniloff has demanded full military control of the railways. Kor« nil off's" confidential report states that he will be able to rally his fleeing armies by prompt and titers measures, but the drafts'arriving from* the rear to fill the heavy losses, caused by desertion are Utterly unfitted, owing to •the complete absence of 'discipline and training.. The railways also are in a disorganised state. These defects are fraught with imminent peril,' in ■ face of the great enemy forces. No fewer than 150 Jews have been promoted to be lieutenants in the army.