SECOND EDITION THE RUSSIAN TANGLE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1019, 12 November 1917, Page 5

SECOND EDITION THE RUSSIAN TANGLE.

LENIN AS PRIME MINISTER WITH A • MAXIMALIST CABINET. HOW KERENSKY ESCAPED. COSSACKS FIGHTING LENINITES. Received November 12. 1.10 p.m. CHRISTIANIA, Nov. 11. The Tidende’s Petrograd correspondent states that Lenin becomes Premier and Trotzky Minister of Foreign Affairs. Tho rest of the Cabinet will be composed of Maximalists. The latter are reported to have gained tho upper hand at Moscow. M. Kerensky, with Generals Alexieff and KornilofF, are staying at the military headquarters. . STOCKHOLM, Nov. 11. Reports from Haparanda state that M. Kerensky has over 200,000 troops devoted to his cause. It wdl probably be unnecessary to march to Petrograd, the latest news indicating a veritable battle in tho streets there between the Cossacks and Maximalist troops, which has placed tho Leninists in a difficult position. Details of M. Kerensky’s flight show that ho learned that General Verkovsky had been conferring with Lenin and Trotzky and that a Bolshevik coup d ctat was contemplated, aiming at creating Verkhovsky "■oneralissimo and dictator. M. Kerensky ordered Verkhovsky to leave Petrograd, but Verkhovsky secretly returned on tho sixth and completed the anti-Kerensky plot. Kerensky discovered that secret meetings were being held in the barracks also the defection of tho gunners at the St. 1 etcr and St. Paul fortress, and the crew ot the cruiser Aurora. Seeing that reslst * ance was impossible owing to the fewness of the loyal troops, Kerensky fled on tho night of tho sixth, hidden m a motor ambulance. , , , ~ 1 . It is understood that M Kerensky was accompanied by M. Terestehonko (Master of Foreign Affairs) and General Alexieff. Maximalist patrols three times stopped tho vehicle without discovering Kerensky. moderates waver. R AILW AY MEN I) ESER-T TIIB LENINTES. Received November 12, 1.10 p.m. PETROGRAD, Nov. 11. The moderates are now wavering. Thev shrink from fighting their brethren. The armoured car detachment decided not to change llnr support. Tho raihvavmen have abandoned the Lenin ites and will onlv obey in future tho orders of the Committee of Safety. Tim civil service strike has extended, throughout the employees of sixteen ministries. ARE THE GERMANS THERE? Received November 12. 1.10 p.mCOPENHAGEN, Nov. 11. The Swedish newspapers deny that the Germans have landed in Finland. NO DUTCH BUTTER. EXPORT CEASES OVER PRICE FIXED. Received November 12. 11.So a.m. AMSTERDAM. Nov. 11. The export of butter to England has erased on the ground that Lord Rhondda’s maximum prices arc below' the cost of production.