Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-29
National Conference Tumul- tuously Applauds Speech
 By Gen. Korniloff.
CONDITIONS BAD
 ON BATTLE FRONT
Commander of Fighting Forces De. clares Morale of Army Is Shattered, Due To Politics. While Supply of
 Guns and Ammunition Is Small,

Moscow, Aug. 2S.-The second gen eral sitting of the national confer
 ence was held Monday. General KOrniloff, the commender in chief, en- tered the hall in company with Pre- mier Kerensky. His appearance was the signal for a prolonged ovation. All the delegates cheered for Rus sia, the revolutionary government and the army.
 Vladimir Naboukoff, a prominent Social-Democrat, speaking in the name of the first duma, declared that the country aimed at the establishment of a strong and independent power. power which, based on democratic principles, would establish obedience to the law, civil liberty and personal Security. The speaker emphasized the absolute necessity of the independ- ence of the high command of the army from every private influence.
 M. Naboukoff said the members of the first duma repudiated with in dignation all thoughts of separate peace, and that if they were to have peace, they did not desire it to be the result of a German victory but the consequence of the triumph of Russia and her allies.
 General KOrniloff's Talk.
 General Korniloff said the death penalty, restoration of which he had asked. together with other measures, constitutes only small part of what was necessary in an army stricken with the terrible evils of disorganiza- tion and insubordination.
 In the present month, General Korniloff said, soldiers had killed four regimental commanders and other officers and ceased these outrages only when they were threatened with being shct Quite recently, one of the regiments of Siberian rifles, which had fought so splendidly at the beginning of the revolution, abandon ed it's positions on the Riga front. Nothing except an order to extermi- nate the entire regiment availed to cause it to return to it's position.
 Thus we are implacably fighting anarchy in the army" the commander continued. Undoubtedly it will fin ally be repressed, but the danger of fresh debacles is weighing constantly On the country.
 Conditions Are Bad.
 "The situation on the front is bad. l We have lost the whole of Galicia, the i whole of Bukowina and all the fruits of our recent victories. At several points the enemy has crossed our frontier and is threatening our fertile | southern provinces. He is endeavor- ing to destroy the Russian army and is knocking at the gates of Riga. If | our army does not hold the shore of 1 Gulf of Riga the road to Petrograd | will be opened wide.
 "The old regime bequeathed to Rus sia an army which, despite all the de- fects in it's organization, nevertheless | was animated by a fighting spirit and l was ready for sacrifices. The whole | series of measures taken by those who | are completely foreign to the spirit l and needs of the army has transform | cd it into a collection of individual ] groups which have lost all sense of | duty and only tremble for their own | personal safety.
 "If Russia wishes to be saved the l army must be regenerated at any cost. ] We must immediately take measures 1 such as I have referred to which have | been approved in their entirety by the 1 acting minister of war" :, Outlines Necessary Measures. /, General Korniloff then outlined the l most important of these measures, in t addition to restoration of the deathI penalty. which are: First, restoratiopj of discipline in the army by the' strengthening of the authority of off cers and on-commissioned officers; second, improvement of the financial position of officers who have been in a very difficult position in the recent military operations; third, restriction of the functions of regimental com- ,nittees which, although managing economic affairs of the regiments, must not be permitted to have anyi part in decisions regarding military operations or the appointment of lead- CTS
 The commander added that accord { ing to his information tho condition