The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-14
news FROM RUSSIA.
MEMBERS OF KERENSKY carr
NET UNDER ARREST.
Captors Declare That DcIOscd Rms.
sian Statesmen are Being Given
Courteous Consideration.

the former ministers of the pro. I
visional government who were ar y
rested by the military revolutionary ,
committee have been incarcerated in
the fortress of st. Peter and st.
Paul.
The confirmation was given by the
commissioner in command of the
fortress, who received the Associated /
Press correspondent and personally
explained to him the details regard
ing the confinement Of the ministers !
The cabinet members, he said, were
all arrested at the Winer Palace af-
ter it's surrender early this morning |
They were taken to the fortress.
where they were placed in solitary
confinement but were courteously
treated. He gave the list of those
taken into custody as follows: NJ
Maslov, minister of agriculture; NJ. I
ITerestchenko, minister of foreign af-
NJ. Liveresky, minister Of ways and
communication; NJ. BernatsHy, min
lister of finance; NJ. Smirnoff, state
controller; NJ. MalyantOvitch, min
lister of Justice; NJ. Gvozdeff, minis
ter of labor; A. I. Konovaloff, minister
Of trade and industries; Admiral Yer
= dervski, minister Of marine; NJ. Kish-
kin, minister Of public welfare; NJ.
Nankovsky, who succeeded General
Verkhovski, as minister of war; NJ.
Kartasheff, minister of religion, and
Nj. Tretyakoff. president of the ecum-
enical council.
In addition Chief Of Staff Bagra-
tuni and many of his subordinates
were arrested.
; The commissioner said he did not
, know the whereabouts of Premier
L Kerensky who had run away"
: 1t is impossible at this hour to as
certain what the casualties were in
the Winter Palace battle, although
they are reported not to have been
1hC H6HtlilS pIOCctueu Will
: the rival forces alternately in pos
session Of the huge piles Of wood
stored in the plaza, part of the
city's winter fuel supply.
The glare of an arc light illum-
: mated the positions of the forces in
the plaza while the rest Of the city
was in almost total darkness, this con-
ditiOn increasing the visibility of the
flashes from the guns of the cruisers
on the horizon which gave warnine
of the speedy bursting of shells. TIL,
palace, which already had been
stripped Of most of it's historic art OBJ
jects, was completely denuded this af
ternoon of its tapestries and paint
ngs. This was while the provisional
government was still in control of the
. palace The art treasures were taken
to places of it's selection.
The correspondent, who was with
party of reserve soldiers and work
men forces a short distance from the |
: great archway leading into the plaza |
: did not see any of the shells take eff
effect upon the palace. In it, as also |
in the admiralty and foreign office |
buildings on the other side of the
square, lights were still shining from
the windows at midnight. Occasion
al crashes as if of falling walls in
dicated that perhaps other structures
had been hit.
The pOpulace for the most part re-
manned indoors. a few of the curious
pcered around the corners, while
thousands of the MaXimalist troops
and sailors from Kronstadt gathered
around the fuel piles at advantageous
spots awaiting their turn in the bat
| tie.
The fortress of ST. Peter and ST.
| Paul did not take aggressive steps
against the provisional government
until fire was opened on the fortress
from the Winter Palace" said a lieu
tenant ut the fortress.
This was about o'clock in the
evening.
mo harm was done us but 2 bull (
lets whiZZed past the outer works OF
the fortress. Il
1--WE gave one short volley from n
machine gun in the direction of the ,
palace. AS the firing continued, sail
ors from The cruisers placed guns on
the shore and fired three rounds of
shrapnel into the air above the palace. ,
After the shooting from the palace
stopped the commander of the Dreo-