New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-11
IKornilof's Iron
Will Makes New
Revolt Dangerous
Indomitable General Has
Strong Hold on the
Army
By Isaac Don Levine

By Isaac Don Levine
Russia's second counter revolution Is
on. The FIRST counter revolutionary at
tempt was made by the radicals. The
present is a movement of the conserva-
tiyes, The first was headed by the In
tcrnationalist, Nikolai Leninc, and
aimed nj the establishment Of die
tatorship Of the proletariat, The pres
ent is a nationalist effort, and has FOR
its goal a military dictatorship.
The Leninite rebellion was civil IN
its origin and military in its continue
ton. Il began in Petrograd, where 1t
was quickly suppressed By the Prov
sional Government, and spread to the
armies at the front. There IL has con-
,Ynued and is still continuing in the
form Of wholesale desertlors and vol
untary retirements by bodies Of SOL
diers. The Korniloff movement has its
origin in the army. It's potentialities
and possibilities are therefore Of much
greater moment than the Maximalist
rising.
The Kitchener of Russia"
Korniloff is not Lenine. Kornilof is
a man of iron, with a dispassionate
mind. clear vision and will as hard
as rock. His patriotism cannot be ques-
toned. His courage is indomitao!e'
His hold upon his soldiers is complete
Those who met him and saw him in &C
ton believe that General Kornilof IS
absolutely unequalled to-day in the
world ss personality. lie IS the
Kitchener Of Russia.
Kornilor does not act on the spur Of
the moment. Korni!of makes sure OF
his ground, lays his plans carefully,
prepares his equipment, before under
taking anything important Some weeks
ago the Cossacks pledged their un-
qualified support to General horniloh,
and there are many millions OF them
The Cossacks are excellent fighters and
are better organized than any other
Russian soldiers. They said Of hor-
nIloff that he was the only general
able TO restore order and lead the coun-
try out of critical situation"
hornilolT Has the Big Guns
Another important branch Of the
army that has steadily remained loyal
70 military discipline is the artillery.
While the infantry was in revolt, the
artillery obeyed orders. IL was even
reported that Under the orders OF Gen
eral Korniloff last July q whole diyis-
ion OF mutinous troops was shot %
pieces by its own artillery detachment.
The artillerymen had every reason 20
DO hostile TO the infantry, as when the
latter would retreat the foot soldiers
would almost invariably desert its
guns and their crews.
II General Kornilof has stated TO
kerensHy, as reported, that he would
form a new government at his own dis
cretion, then it can mean only one
thing. that Kcrnilotf has the Cossacks
and the artillery back Of him. With
these weapons in his hand, ne can force
Kerensky and the Council of Soldiers
and Workmen TO officially negotiate
wiki him as representative OF sec
ton Of national opinion.
Has Big Following
The sections Of the nation of which
kornilof is the champion are the middle
and upper classes and large part OF
the peasantry. The latter may not be
articulate at the present moment. but
it's sentiments are undoubtedly those
Of Korniloff. The bewildered Russian
mujik has been observing the ka-
lcidoscopic changes in his country's
political and social life with ever
growing skepticism. His primitive
patriotism has been awakened By the
debace at the front. There is no
calculating his action under the lead
ership Of a devout patriot.
The business interests of the ma
tion are lined up behind Korniloff. At
the time of the recent Moscow con-
ference they openly threatened TO set
him up as dictator. They are mostly
identified with the Constitutional Dem
ocratic party. The Duma is their
forum and their symbol. Paul Miliu-
koff and Michael Rodzianko are their
leaders. They are for the fullest pros
ecution of the war. and are Russis's
foremost economic, political and mill
tary leaders.
An Old Quarrel
The situation now confronting the
new Russia is not new. Ii has been
there all the time. II is the old an
tagonism between the Duma and the
Council, the bourgeoisie and the pro-
letariat. Each distrusts the other
Each firmly believes the other danger
Gus. The former is conservative, the
latter is radical. The first is national,
the second sOcialiatic.
Socialism is bankrupt in Russia to-
day; it is leading the country TO ruin,
says the elements rallying around the
Duma. Business is dishonest and reac-
tionary; it is trying to saddle Russia
with commercial imperialism, cry the
internationalists of the Council OF
Workmen. For months these two oppos-
ing currents were growing wider and
wider apart.
To create O union between the two was
the superhuman task Of Kerensky. He
combined nationalism with socialism.
To bridge the gulf between the hostile
forces he appealed TO the proletariat on
the strength of his socialism, and to
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