The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-11

correspondent, az petrosrad. tells Of the
kerniioft rvvclt Editer.
BN WILLIAM q. SHEPHERD
| UHifcd Frrss Correspondent
STOCKHOLM. Nov. Idly
Mail.l-hcrcnshy whipped the
Boisheviki In the July uprising.
but, instead Of Furnishing Lenine
and rrostl,y. he permitted them
their liberty. lie later released
every Bolshcvii,i prisoner.
This gave the soldiers at the front
great courage TO oppose the war
There are some terrible secrets yet
10 be told Of how the Russian sol.
diers killed their officers after then
saw that kerensky had not dared 10
punish the Rolsheviki Every Rus.
sian soldier who does not want 10
fight Is a nolshevlki. not Tor reasons
of socialism. but because the noishe,
Wiki openly say they want the war 10
end.
Knew Army Needed II
The only way 60 save these off.
GERS was 20 restore capital punish.
ment. kcrensky could not bring
himself 90 agree to capital punish.
mcnt, True enough. al one time. he
promised not 10 oppose capital pun.
ishnent In the front lines. but he
never declared himself In favor Of u
korniloff know. az a soldier. that a
soldier In warfare must have sure
death and disgrace hehind him n he
retreats, and only possible death and
honor before him II no advances No
fighting army can exist withou,
capital punishment At the Moscow
conference Korniloff said that cap.
ital punishment must 30 restored
turnout the Russian army. both at
the front and at tho rear
Within a few days after making
this declaration. Korniioff was nd
vanc.ng on PetroErad. seeking the die.
tatorship OF Russia Capital punish.
uscnt--that was Kornilofrs war cry.
OF course. the soldiers OF Russia. al
most TO a man. were against kornli.
off. To them he meant the end ~
the soldiers self government. he
meant the end Of their trench meet
ings and spccchlfying.
Bravery and Indication
Kercnsky met the kcrniloff sltua
ton with his same bravery back
OF decision When korniioff sent
his demand that k~rensky turn over
tho government 60 him. Kerwnaky'a
friends fell away frcsn him as n he
were tho plague. Tn. Winter palace
rooms In which he had hts headquar.
tiers were deserted. Even tho clerks
did not come TO their work. The
Winter palace was like place DOOM
ed 10 obstruction. Only Botehkor.
ava tho white haired old grand
mother Of the revolution who had
moved into tho Winter palace. TO b.
near Kerensky with her advice and
her motheriug. stood by him.
In those days IL was feared that
the palace might b. bombed at any
quarters a fire broke out that. for a
Tina. threatened TO destroy the left
wing OF tho palace But stf1 kcrcn-
sky. who had every reason to fear
for his life. To fear being murdered
In hts rooms. stood pat and refused
TO surrender To kornitofr
kcrenShy Had Won
Each day. an the kornilotf TROOPS
came nearer To Prtroxrad. Ker-nrsy
grew ooldcr and holder He scnt out
defles By wireless: he issued state
mcns 20 tho press. no ordered Kor-
niiofrs arrest IL. sent out troops in
whom he could have had little conf
dence to meet the korniioff forces.
and he sent out three miles OF freight
cars and locomotives 20 block tho
railway near TEzarsky Selo. lie
closed down the biggest newspapers
tn Russia
When tho troops Of the K~rcnsky
end Korniloff parties met. they fra.
e~rnfz~d: Korniloff had lost and Ker.
ens<y had won Russia chcered for
him. as 4, cheers for every victor In
civil war. Tho Krou~tadt sailors.
who had caused the bloody massacre
in July. and who had guarded Ker-
ensky and the Winter palace during
RornIloffs advance seemed 20 wor
ship him
KorniIoff Arrested
Ksrensky had KornIioff arrested
And yet. tho he had been willing TO
risk his own life In the venture. he
decliued to take tho life OF korniloff.
Today Il n clear that twice he
made this mistake OF refusing 10
punish traitors. He had permitted
the blood-shsddlng radicals. Lcninc
and Trotsky. TO 90 free. And now ne
permitted the would.bc biood-letting
Korniloff 20 escape punishment
In PStrorrad. the Lenine-. whom
he had not punished. and the aristo-
cratic officers Of the korniloff re
Kine. whom ne also Ind not punish
ed. Joined hands and forced Keren
sky to his downfall.