RUSSIA'S THROES.

Evening Star, Issue 16529, 14 September 1917, Page 3

RUSSIA'S THROES.

KERENSKY COMMANDS ARMY. KORNILOFF HANGS FIRE. RUMORS OF A FIGHT. 'The Times.' PETROGRAD, September 12. There are persistent' rumors at Petrograd that a battle was fought at Luga on September 11 (Tuesday). [Luga is on the Petrograd-Riga Railway, about midway between the capital and Pskov, and 85 miles S.S.W. of Petrograd.] Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter. Admiralty per Wireless Press. LONDON, September 12. A statement has been issued by the Provisional Military Committee, announcing that a workmen's militia has been organised at Petrograd. Numerous further arrests have been made in Petrograd. The statement adds that the state of mind of General Komiloff's soldiers, near Luga, is -unsettled, but the majority of the troops at the front support the Government. The Military Committee have created new departments for the following purposes : Supplying the needs of the armv, creating a bond between regimental district committees and the Defence Department at Petrograd, and also a strategical department. RIVAL PROCLAMATIONS. Admiralty per Wireless Press. LONDON, September 12. A Petrograd message states that M. Kerensky, as Prime Minister and Com-mander-in-Chief, has issued the following message to Russia's armed forces : "In accordance with the Provisional tl ernmenfc ' s decision » I have been charged with theoffice of chief command of the army The senseless- attompt at mutinv by a late Commander-in-Chief and a small group of generals has ended in complete lailure, and the mutineers will be delivered to the military revolutionary tribunal, this bloodless liquidation of the mutinv shows the wisdom of the people and the army and fleet, who are loval to the Fatherland and the legal Government. I declare my complete faith in all ranks of the army and fleet. Everyone, whether general or soldier, will be "punished for the slightest disobedience. It is time to cease playing with the countrv's tate. • 'The Times.' PETROGRAD, September 12. General Komiloff has issued a proclamation stating that his one desire is to brine the country out of an impasse and lead it along the road to fortune. He swears that he will hold power only till a Constituent Assembly has been elected. CAPITAL AV/AITS EVENTS.

Outer's Telegrams.

LONDON, September 12. News from Russia continues to come exclusively from Provisional Government sources. SI. Nekrasoff, Vice-president of the Council of Ministers, informed Pre=s representatives that tho political situation \ s r . perfectly favorable, adding that the Ministers had resumed their posts, with the exception of two. He also stated that Government troops occupy Pskov. If the latter statement is accurate, the troops must have come from the Riga front. There is no further news of General Korniloff's cavalry, which was reported to be marching on Petrograd. '-ru PEraOGBAD, September 13. lhe Nevslvy Prospect was thronged all night. The crowds, including constantlyincreasing numbers of soldiers, were harangued by professional agitators. The ' Daily Mail's' Petrograd correspondent states that the usual revolutionarv talk is no longer received with tho same applause, and many of the better-class people openly declare -that they would welcome Korniloff's entry into Petrograd as ending the disastrous national excitement and chaos.

lhe Provisional Government's preparations indicate that thev fear Korniloffs advance more than they care to admit. Communiques reveal that, besides destroying railways, parties are feverishly tearing up and barricading roads leading' to the capital, and making other warlike preparations. _ The spread of strikes is al=o intensilying the general uneasiness. Nevertheless, apart from perpetual talk, Petrograd, inured to excitement, remains fairly calm though everywhere there is a tense air of expectancy of big events. GENERALS DENOUNCED. MARTIAL LAW IN MOSCOW. PETROGRAD, September 12. lhe Incisional Government have decried as rebels Generals Korniloff, DenMine, Lukhomsky, Markoff. and KisliaReuter's Telegrams. PETROGRAD, September 13. General Eleinbovsky, who was recently appointed to the chief command, lias beer, dismissed. He is succeeded by General B-outch Bouyeevitch, ex-Chief of Staff to M. KcTensky. The .Soldiers and Workmen's Council is liberating the Maximalists who were arrested at the outbreak on July 16 , r T v e t tl *'i ll , T , of - AL Sukhomlmoff, exMimster of War, -has been postponed until tne situation is calmor. Moscow* 1 kW haS b ° en P rockmied at Tho Cadet paTty have agreed to participate in the reconstituted Cabinet if that will avert civil war. Fixed prices for cereals have been toni'ort o "''" 8 thS increas « l «»t of 'The Times. 1 rru , September 12. ° f has n ° w 2s r i3 h d e i nominal VdUe ° f the rouble is THE ARGENTINE. BUENOS AYRES, September 12. .Several anti-German and anti-Swedish demonstrations were suppressed The Go yernment have received complete advices from their Minister in Sweden. Reuter's Telegrams. BUENOS AYRES, September 13 Anti-German riots, as the result of the Luxburg affair, are in full swing. Despite a charge by mounted police the German Legation building and newspaper office were stoned* [The cable news in this issue accredited to ' The Times ' has appeared in that journal, but only where expressly stated is such news the editorial opinion of ' The Times.'] -

AMERICAN MEASURES. WASHINGTON, September 12. ' The Senate passed a Bill providing for tlio. conscription of aliens with the exception of those exempted by treaty. It provides foT the conscription of Germans, Austrians, Bulgarians, and Turk's for nonfighting services. September 13. J The Senate passed an. Act prohibiting I trading with, the enemy and providing that foreign language newspapers must print an English translation in parallel column. THE POPE'S NOTE. ■FARCICAL HUN STIPULATIONS. 1 AMSTERDAM, September 13. The ' Hamburger Fremdenblatt' states that the Belgian question occupies an important place in Germany's reply to the Papal Note. Before Germany explains her intention regarding Belgium the Entonto must agree to the following basic peace conditions :—Abandonment of intention of crushing Germany; no reparation ; abandonment of France's claim to Alsace-Lorraine; no dismemberment of Germany's allies; recognition that Germany did not cause the war. RETURNED PRISONERS. TALES OF HORROR. LONDON, September 13. Repatriated. Australian prisoners tell many stories of brutal cruelty and. some of cold-blooded murders by the German guards. A petty officer belonging to the Navy was kicked to death in the hospital after being wounded in battle: There were 12 British soldiers in. a hospital, sick and wounded, and they told the authorities they were unable to work. A Ger-. man non-commissioned officer thereupon ordered men to beat the British wounded with rifles. Petty officers attempted to strike the non-commissioned officer, but were murdered for the effort. The authorities held an inquiry, but smoothed the incident over. FRENCH CRISIS. PAINLEVE FORMS CABINET. SOCIALISTS STAND ALOOF. Reuter's Telegrams. PARIS, September 13. A meeting of Socialists decided not to permit any Socialist to join the Cabinet, though the Socialists are ready to support a Government entrusted with the safety of the country. Subsequently the list of the new Ministry was published, including M. Painleve as Premier and Minister of War, M. Ribot as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and M. Loueher Minister of Munitions. No Socialist Ministers are included. The Socialists' objection to M. Ribot arises from their demand that the Allies should publish all treaties, end secret displomacy. and announce conditions for a lasting peace free of all annexations. The Socialists also demanded that civil delegates be sent to the various armies to represent the Government. Other Socialist demands include State exploitation of national resources, and that the Government should bo endowed with extensive powers for the acquisition of articles required for war. The unreasonable nature of many of the Socialist demands hns aroused in political circles. It is pointed out that the French Socialists are copying the methods of the Russian soviet, whose interference with the army produced disaster.

KILLED IN ACTION. LONDON. September 12. Lieutenant Lord Basil Blackwood, brother and heir of the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava. has been killed in action. ST. PATRICKS RED CROSS AND PATRIOTIC GUILD. Tho sewing room at St. Patrick's presented a busy scene on Wednesday afternoon, when the members were busily engaged in completing a parcel of garments for the Red Cross Society. The parcel for last month was made up of 36 pillow cases 12 sets o£ pyjamas, 6 dav flannels, 8 day shirts, 33 pairs of socks", and 30 handkerchiefs. SECOND DIVISION LEAGUE. At a public meeting held at Omakau, Central Otago, it was unanimously decided to form a branch of the Second Division League, to be known as the Manuerekia branch. The following wore elected officebearers:—Chairman, Mr John M'Donald; lion, secretary, Mr John Wilson ; committee—Messrs R. Brown, J. M'Knight, D Williams. M. Bradley, J. Keats. G. Harvey, J. Truesdale. J. Shep]iard, S. Leask, E. Clouston, J. Anderscui.-uiul H. Drake! It was resolved to write to the provincial secretary in Dunedin instructing him to appoint a proxy to represent the branch on tho Provincial Executive. The secretary was instructed to forward the following letter to .Mr P v . Scott, M.P.:—" I am instructed by the Manuerikia branch of the Second Division League to protest strongly at the inactivity of the Governmental! dealing with matters represented by dalegates at recent conferences; and, fuither. that the proposal to call on the Second Division before passing legislation making adequate provision for soldiers' dependents is a distinct breach of faith. We trust you will use your best endeavors to see representations of the league are civen effect to." The Committee of the Wellington War Relief Association have passed a resolution strongly endorsing r,he recommendation of _ the Advisory Board, and urginothe Minister to reconsder, without unneces 3 - eary delay, the question of putting the men who have their familise in New Zealand and who are employed in the New Zealand Naval Forces and the Motor Patrol Forces on the same footing as Expeditionary Force men.