KORNILOFF AND CHIEF LIEUTENANTS ARRESTED

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3192, 17 September 1917, Page 5

KORNILOFF AND CHIEF LIEUTENANTS ARRESTED

METEORIC CAREERS OF MINISTERS AND GENERALS CONTINUE JUDGE LYNCH AT VIBORG By Megraph-Press Association- Copyright (Kec. September 16, 5.5 p.m.) ■■■•.- Petrograd, September 15. General Korniloff and his principal lieutenants have been arrested. Ministers and generals are rising and falling with kaleidoscopic effect. The latest appointments are of General Tepioveht to be Commandant at Petrograd, and of General PoUsohiiiekjr Governor-General of Petrograd, to supersede M. SavinkbfE as Minister of "War.—Reuter. ; SEVEN MINISTERIAL DESIGNATIONS. (Rec. September IG, 5.5 p.m.) \ Petrograd, September 15. Seven. Ministers; including M. Terestehenko and M. Tchernoff, have resigned. The Cabinet changes are showing a .great improvement in. the progress of events, particularly in regard to,the resignation of M. Tchernoff,'whose agrarian proposals made a Coalition Government impossible. M. Avhsentiff, President of the Peasants' Council,'will succeed M. Tchernoff.—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn. KORNILOFF'S APPEAL TO HIS COUNTRYMEN "AWAKE, MEN OF RUSSIA, FROM YOUR FOLLY AND INFATUATION!" (Rec. September IG, 5.5 p.m.) Petrograd, September 15. General Korniloff's proclamation to the Russian people, after the Provisional Government had demanded his resignation, says: "A soldier's duty, a citizen's sacrifice of liberty, and a devoted love for my country at this menacing moment of our national existence has led'me to disobey the Provisional Government's order to resign my command. I am supported in this decision by the commanders on all the fronts. I would rather die than be removed from the Command-in-Chief when the approaches to both capitals are almost open to the enemy's victorious advance.. The Provisional Government.is provoking a counter-revolution by its incapacity to govern, its unreadiness for decisive action, and its feebleness in exerting its authority. The enemy, by means of bribery and treachery, is acting in onr country as though at home. Awake, men of Russia, from yonr folly and infatuation! In my desire to prevent' the shedding of Russian blood in civil warfare, and forgetting allhurts and insults, I appeal to the Provisional Government to come to my headquarters and draw up with me a Government of National Defence which' will guarantee our victory."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MOB VIOLENCE' AT. VIBORG SEVEN HIGH PRO-KORNILOFF • OFFICERS LYNCHED. /• (Eec. September 16, 5.5 p.m.) Copenhagen, September 15. Generals Crawoyski, .Sievanoff, and five high officers were arrested at Viborg for joining Korniloff's movement, and taken to the Town Hall to receive sentence at the hands of the Workmen's and Soldiers' Council. A "mob"brthousands of soldiers 6tormed'the Town Hall and lynched all seven.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PRO-KORNILOFF TROOPS REACH THE DON DISTRICT (Eec. September 16, 5.5 p.m.) Petrograd, September 11 .General Kaledin (a supporter of Korniloff), in command of three cavalry divisions and one of infantry, has reached the Don district.—"The Times." FIFTY THOUSAND ARMED MI LITIA ORGANISED. ' (Rec. September 16, 5.5.p.m.) Petrograd, September 15. The authorities have organised a militia of fifty thousand workmen, who have been well armed and placed at the disposal of the Soviet.—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ! REBEL GENERAL ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. Petrograd, September 11 General Grimoff, commander of Korniloff's rebellious troops, altempted to commit suiicide following on a conference with M. Kerensky. The general shot himself, but the wound was not fatal.—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn. NEW HIGH COMMANDS ANNOUNCED. Petrograd, September 11 General Ruseky has been appointed .to command Hie northern front and General Dragomiroff tho south-western front.—Renter. THE REVOLT IS OVER (Rec. September IG, 11.55 p.m.) London, September 16. The "Daily News" correspondent at Potrograd says that Korniloff's revolt is over. Throughout Wednesday fraternising went on between the troops that had been 6ent against Petrograd and these that had been sent to meet them. General Kaledin, the Cossack General, is the only other recalcitrant. He has threatened to Tais6 the Don country, and cut the Moscow-Petrograd railway. An important factor during the revolt was the attitude of the Cadet Party. The Constitutional Democrats opposed Keronslcy and the democratic organisations. They offered to mediate between Kerensky and Korniloff, whicli woiildhave led to a Woody struggle, both in the Army and country. This'would certainly havo been to the political advantage of the Cadets.—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PURGING THE ARMY OF'POLITICS (Rec. September 16, 11.5 p.m.) Petrograd, September As tho result of all-night deliberations regarding the. formation of tho new Cabinet a favourable solution has been Tcached, und the political situation, which' was most critical, haa appreciably improved. The Soldiers' and Work- ,

men's Council has resolved, declaring that secret treaties are void, demanding an immediate proposal of peace to all belligerents, tho cessation of repressive 'measures, ro-establishmont of democratic military organisations, and tho immediate convocation of a Constituent Assembly. v M. Kercnsky, in a manifesto to tho Army, orders the cessation of political disputes, tho resumption of the transport of troops accordiug to orders of tho General Staff, and tho cessation of arrests and dismissals of commanders by troops.—Router. SITUATION ON THE BATTLE FRONT ATTACKING AND ADVANCING IN THE NORTH. (Rec. September 10, 5.5 p.m.) London, September 15. . A Russian official report states: "Wo twico attacked southward of Pauske, but were repulsed. The enemy in tho region of Medug village is strongly fortifying himself. Wo attacked in the region of the Pskoff road and occupied Kronberg. Further southward we advanced eight hundred yards and occupied Peine, Kestzen, and Sisseral. Wc are advancing towards Lemberg (not the Galician lembcrg). v "Wo havo Tepuked the enemy westward of Ocna (Rumanian front). "Our torpedoboats bombarded tho naval batteries on the Courland coast. Fires were observed."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Rcutcr. (Roc. September 10, 11.5 p.m.) London, September 15. A Russian official roport states: "We havo cantured an important position in tho rogion of Pskoff high road, near Kronberg Farm, but wero repulsed. Wo captured a wood near Baerzisk, north-east of Husiatyn. The enemy has withdrawn to a height on tho Mychkovtze-Vasilkovtzo line. Our pilots dropped bombs, causing a conflagration at Horosemkov, between Husiatyn and Trcm-bbvk."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. JAPAN LENDS EIGHT MILLION STERLING. (Eec. September 10, 5.5 p.m.) London, Soptember 15. Japan has handed Russia a loan of 105 million roubles (roughly M 000,000, taking tho nominal value of tho rouble as 13 to pound sterling).-United Service. NAVAL ACTIVITY IN THE BALTIC (Rec. September IG, 11.5 p.m.) Stockholm, September la. The German Floet now commands the Gulf of Riga. Tho enemy destroyed tho protecting minefields. The Russian Fleet retired. Many German submarines have appeared in Finnish waters, and a naval attack is expected. Tho Russian Fleet is guarding tho entrance to tho Gulf of Finland, and ?nwenelds are protecting all tho gulfs and harbours.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RUSSIANS FORCED BACK IN THE CAUCASUS '(Eec. September 16, 11.5 p.m.) London, Soptember 15. A Russian official report states: "Tho Turks in the Caucasus have forced us back beyond the lino of the Shiva, Richtu, and Doubaresh Mountains, fifty versta (over 40" miles) eastward of Revanduza.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter.