Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-29
DEATHPENALTY NECESSARY IN
 RUSSIAN ARMY
General Kornilof Tells Ma tional Conference in Mos cow That Regeneration of Army Is Necessary to Save Russia
(By Review Leased Wire.)

MOSCOW, Monday, Aug. 27-The second general sitting of the national conference was held this afternoon. General Korniloff, tIe commander-ih chief, entered the hall in company with Premier Kerensky. His appearance was the signal for prolonged cheers.
 Korniloff AppIauded.
 Premirr Kernsky then introduced General Korniloff, saying the govern ment had thought it necessary to in- vite the commander-in-chief to lay be- fore the conference the situation at the front and in the army. General Korniloff said the death penalty, re- storation of which he had asked, to- gether with other measures, consti- tutes only a small part of what was necessary in an army stricken with the terrible evils of Reorganization and .insubordination.
 Soldiers Kill Commanders. In the presnt month, General Korn- iloff said, soldiers had killed four reg imental commanders and other off cers and ceased their outrages only when they were beaten back by shots.
 Anarchy in Army. Thus we are implacably fighting anarchy in the army" eht commander continued, undoubtedly it will finally be repressed, but the danger of fresh debacles is weighing constantly on the country.
 Situation Bad. "The situation on the front is bad. | We have lost the whole of Galacia, t.ie whole of Bukowina and all the fruits of our recent victories. At several points the enemy has crossed our front and is threatening our fertile | southern provinces. He is endeavor> ing to destroy the Rumanian army and ] is knocking at the gates of Riga. If our army does not hold the shore of the gurlf of Riga, the road to Petro- grad will be opened wide.
 Must Save Russia. If Russia wishes to be saved the i army must be regenerated at any cost. l
  such as I have referred to, to be ap- proved in their entirety by the acting minister of war;
 Urges Keep.
 H. c. Tcheidse, president of the | council of workmen's and soldiers del l egates was received with frenZied ap- plause by the left and with cries of long live the leader of the Russian revolution" read statement pointing but that only tn eactive support of the revolutionary democracy would make the present regeneration of the army and country and the salvation of Rus sia.
 Condones Failure.
 Michael " Rodzianko, president of the duma, declared that Russia's mis- fortune was that the revolutionary power created by the duma in concert with council of workmen's and sol diers' deputies, did not march side by side with the national representation but avoided it and did not desire col laboration; also that the power cam. immediately under the influence of social organizations and the ministers themselves frequently in consequence had to make national interests sub ject to class interests. Professor Paul Milukoff, leader of the constitutional democrats, said that unhappily the two months administration by the coali- tion government was marked only by two very grave capitulations in the face of political exigencies-to the working class and to the claims of the extreme nationalists.
 Not Discouraged.
 General Korniioff is in nowise dis couraged by his reception at the Mos COW conference, judging by an inter- view granted by him before his de- parture for the front. He declared his confidence that the government i'm mediately after the conference would sanction the measures advocated by him, both at the front and in the rear
 Commanders in Sympathy.
 He said also that a majority of the army regimental commanders had as- sumed a sympathetic attitude toward the needed reforms and that some of these commanders had even taken the initiative by making representations in this direction to the war department.