The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-15
Premier Insists on nBlood and
lronH Policy. Though Con-
troversy Is Bitter
ONE REBEL LEADER
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Alexief Goes to Insurgents
Headquartersfor Conference
in Effort to Bring About
Psaceable Settlement

Petroxraa. Sept. Al. 6. Korni-
1off, generalissimo for a month and
rebel commander for two days, Is
still dickering with death. His army
Of Caucasian tribesnren has for the
greater part ldishanded; most of its
officers are ~under arrest His COM
mander in the field. General krynor.
tried today TO kill himself as an al
tentative for being shot as traitor
He had pleaded with kerensky the
premier, unmoved. announced that the
DAYS OF bluff and bargain are over
Blood and iron will henceforth be
more than threat.
Deserted by liis army facing the
death penalty which he himself waa
the first to. advocate at the Moscow
conference. korniloT is trying 20 treat
for pardon. He refuses to surrender
upcondit!onally which, kerensky has
announced. he must.
on the way to chief headquarters
20 persuade the rebel general To sur
render is General Alexieff. former
and present chief Of staff,
Upon the outcome Of the cehter
eure between these two men hinges
ranre than tho tate of korn3loV. Alex
l4fY the rebel chiefs supporter In thu
IfHt 'fFEHSt ava tlstf tt5httf-''t y '#h-f s.
Keregesg1y's military right hand Eui
ha is also ore Of the main pillars %
4At moderate" movement % the con
stHutIaual democrats
All constitutional democrats but
c7p have resigned from the cabinet
tn brink about a. satisfaction
J. NrInH about satisfactory reorganit
ton sf tho governrtent Eepresen
i, +fon. NJ }orh the constitutional deu1o-
= .Ata a+3vf 4f,ss syw-sntists Is regarded -
recesary.
4 hitter controversy reNnlVes arcbpq
the punishnl.ut that Is - he meteo
ont 70 KorniloT kereVsky insists or
ennth f$ut II Eernfioa is shot a NE"
- ayra may rise. for many 9s'''NN nv"
patriot who turned rebel onlS as "
=, l. st xesort TO, save has country ne
! t,YerSkS regime finds itself ~ fna1
orniioT h. wrong tie government
ao consistent. mast execute him. u
r lS allowed to Eve. blood ana IRON
4eaEn proved 70 he a bluff, II he
is exiled his adherents, II IL reared
r{ay make new trouble.
changes in the cabinet are SO RAPID
cha, no tentative state Of the new
n,fristrv can he foreseen. For the
r,o,,,ent the ewes nf All Russians brF
fxad upon chief headquarters in the
sela. sonnew here behind the south
" asteru front korniloff. rebel or con
vert dead or alive. holds the k@N ''
~ way ant Of the chaos
The once SO powerful alliance .
chr three XXX erenskN. horns'
,off kaled!ne--is hopelegsfy shot to
nteess General Kaledine, chief com
wander of the Cossacks. has been ar
rested it was reported tonight
true. this new action spells new dan
gers for the Cossacks iaohze him WIN
. fervor different from that whiof
wade the savage division follow
KoTnII0ff These sor1T-WFfd trf'7csrTrr11
q developed today, marched on retro
Grad chiefly for two reasons. flrs'
thew thought they were TO hght the
Germans; second, they had beer
rron,ised that after capturing th'
Genital they would he allowed 10 wor
.bin Allah in the mosque begun years
aro In Petrograd
law and order again prevail mere
The atmosphere In the whole Is ont
~ confidence. hut there IL an under
current of anxiety.