The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-14
Another Internal Storm Wealth
cred by Kerensky.
Four Members, Protesting
Death Penalty, Resign.
ALSO QUELL COSSACK REVOLT
Kerensky Said to Demand Ex-
treme Penalty for Traitors.
KOrnilOff and LukomSky Ready
To Be Tried for Treason.
BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD.


Petrograd, Sept. 14.-what punish
ment shall be meted out to General
Korniloff split the Russian cabinet to-
day. Four ministers have left the
cabinet.
Personal surrender of the revolt
ing army chief is imminent. His
troops have melted away to a mere
handful Government troops which
three days ago captured his headquar-
ters to the rear-at Pskoff-press
upon him from that direction and in
front is the stone wall defense of
provisional troops from Petrograd.
There is widespread public demand
that those responsible for the counter
revolution be severely dealth with.
Oppose Kerensky.
It was this question apparently
which led to retirement from the cabi-
net of Vice Premier Nekrasoff, Min
lister of Foreign Affairs Tereschenko,
lister of Agriculture Tchernoff and
Minister of Ways and Communications
Gourepieff. The latter explained the
Withdrawals because the ministers
felt it was impossible to carry out
Kerensky's orders to take certain
measures against Korniloff.''
Later Tereschenko withdrew his
| resignation and it was announced to-
day he had been named vice premier.
That the certain measures pro-
posed by Kerensky were for severest
| punishment of the rebel leaders was
! confidently asserted in certain circles
preme army command when Korni-
| nation in the announcement. that M
| Kischkin, a Cadet leader, had accept
| ed the post Of minister of the interior
| in the reorganiZed cabinet. The Cadet
| party, thru Prof. Paul Miliukoff per-
ment of all those aligned against the
provisional government, for the death
penalty for treason, and for severely
repressive measures against in
triguers- Kischkin, it was stated, had
accepted his office Internationally.
Willing to Stand Trial
The newspaper Isvestia, organ OF
clared today that Korniloff and Gan.
eral Lukomsky had both intilnatet
/ their readiness to appear before 4 rev.
olutionary tribunal on the charge oi
| orga nization of an anti-governmen
revolt Lumosky was offered tie su.
preme army command when Korni
lofts revolt became known, but re
fused it, joining forces with his for
! mer chief.
One other minor revolt-that lee
| by Gen. Kaledin Hetman of the Dor
Cossocks-was quelled by arrest O
into custody by the local council o
workmen's and soldiers party. For
| NAL announcement was made her,
that Kaledin's following was small.
Failed to Escape.
Kaledin was apparently seeking al
escape from the government forces
General Verkhovsky, commandant O
the Moscow district, had wired hin
Thursday:
The Cossacks on the left front ar
proceeding toward the Don, while tn
enemy menaces Petrograd. If thi
means the Cossacks are declaring wa
on Russia, 1 shall consider their ap
pearance in my district as a revolt
and will order their immediate de
Struction
You know possess sufficien
forces to accomplish this. 1 am look
ing for your reply to dissipate m
doubts"
AS far back as Tuesday afternoon
became known here today, advanc
forces of Korniloffs revolving troop
and patrols of the government regi
: ments fraternized out of PetrograC
| This was the beginning of the com
; plete disintegration of the rebel force.
Alexicff on the Job.
General Alexieff. new commander
in-chief, was at main Russian arm
headquarters today. A special govern
ment commission was with him, ir
vestigating all of Korniloff's activitie
, prior to his revolt.
General RuZsky was named com
mander on the north front, succeedin
{ General Klembovsky and Geners
| Gomiaoff succeeded Denikine on tn
southwestern front
l Denikene has been arrested an
will be held to answer a treaso
charge.
klembosky must explain several {
his actions during the short lived re
: bellion- The government has alread
demanded of him why he permitte
korniloff's rebel detachments to pa.
: toward Petrograd. To this he renlie
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