FLIGHT OF KERENSKY

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 40, 10 November 1917, Page 7

FLIGHT OF KERENSKY

EXTREMISTS SEIZE THE REINS OF GOVERNMENT , ITALIAN CRISIS REPORTED COMMENCEMENT OF DECISIVE BATTLE Russia, ill the throes of her reincarnation, has for tha moment dramatically diverted public attention from, the military tragedy in the Italian theatre. Iferensky hus been deposed, his Government ousted, and the extremist element, the Bolshevik-Maximalist section, has seized the reins of power, and published a manifesto declaring for peace. As ' the new authority at Petrograd is in possession of the telegraphs, news from the capital, we are told, must be read witli reserve. The situation %is obscure. Iferensky has fled—where, nobody knows for certain. Some say to Moscow, where, it is said, ho will endeavour to rally the moderate Cossacks to his banner. There has been no bloodshed so far, but fhe general situation is in the air for ths time being. On the Italian front, matters still keep their deep gravity of complexion. A brief message from Washington states that there are indications that the decisive battle has begun, but there i s nothing in the official dispatches to sustain the assertion, which originated from Home. In tho meantime, the Germans lay claim to a further largo capture of prisoners—l7,ooo— bringing their estimated total up to 25Qj000 men and over 2000 guns.