New Britain herald., 1917-12-10
Statements Issued Say Enemies of the Pep pie Are Trying to De- stroy Government.
THE FLAG OF REVOLT
 HAS BEEN RAISED

Decree Is Issued Promising Most { Severe Punishment to Those Civ
 ing Aid to Revolt. and Outlawing
 onspiratnrs-IngIand and France
 Dtny They Arc Willing to Discuss
 Pcacc
 London, Dec. 10.-The counter rev- olution in southeastern Russia under the leadership of Generals Kalendines, Dutoff and Korniloff, apparently is aimed at seizing the authority in that region and in cutting off food sup- plies from Siberia. According to the proclamation of the Bolsheviki gov. eriment Gen. Kalendines' forces are menacingl Ekaterionoslav Khakovs and Moscow. In the province of Oren- burg the Bolsheviki have been Over-I thrown by Gen. Dutoff.
 Tcheliabinsk, an important railway center in northeastern Orenburg, 1al besieged by Gen. Dutoffs troops. II1l the Caucasus Gen. KadakalOff is ats] tacking Tchechenrev and Ingusher.
 The proclamation salys the 'en-. , emies of the people, have undertaken { a lasting attempt to destroy the caussI of peace, and says the constitutional democratic power is providing the, means for the revolt. The proclamas tion reads
 i While representatives of the con- gress of workmens' and soldiers dele gates and the congress of peasant deputies were negotiating to secure an honorable peace for the exhausteL country, the enemies of the people the Imperialists. the land owners, the ~. bankers and their allies, the Cossacl
 generals have undertaken final at tempt to destroy the cause of peuco
 wrest the power from the hands O
 the soldiers and workmen and tn
 land from the peasants and to com
 pel soldiers, sailors and Cossaclls te
 @hcd their blood for the benefit 0
 the Russian and Allied impcrialists.
 "Generals Kaledines on, the Don and
 hutolf in tho Cral provinces hav( raised the flag Of revolt. The con ::titutional democratic party is pro Niding the necessary means to enablt them to carry on the fight against tf1e ! people. The Rodzankos, the Milu ko1fs, the Gutchkoffs. and the Knoval offa seek to regain power, and witt the aid of the kalednes, the KorniI l offs and the Dutoffs are endeavorin) to turn the Cossack laborers into ai instrument for achieving their crinl inal aims. ; General Kaledines has declared state Of war in the Don region anj Tis hindering the supply of bread t
 the front and collecting his force | thus menacing Ekaterinoslav, Kliar
 md ~ ; who fled from prison, has arrived a 1 his side. r,-
 Tn Oren burg Gen. Dutoff has ar 1 rested the executive and the milftar | revolutionary committee has disarmo | the soldiers and is endeavoring capture Tchceia bnsk in order , cut off the supply of bread from .Si 1 beria. to the front and the towns i Gen. karauloT is atta cking TchecheN , rev and 1ngusher in the Caucasus. '"The constitutional democrats an the political leaders of this rising an the bourgeoise is supplying scores millions to the counter revofutional generals. The bourgeoise centF
 committee of the Ukranian republ
 which is waging a struggle again. ! the Ukranian Workmen's and soldier councils, is assisting Gen. KRlediDl in drawing troops to the Don regl
 and is hindering the workmen's al soldiers councils from distributing th necessary military forces througlOu the Ukraine for the suppression of th Kaledines rebellion.
 'The constitutional democrats, tn worst enemies of the people, who, to gether with the capitalists of a countries prepared the present worl war, are hoping that as members the constituent assembly they may able to come to the assistance of the generals, the Kalednes, the Kornilof1 and the DutOffs, in order to Strangl the people with heir aid."
 The proclamation then makes appeal to the people to sweep ava these enemies of their cause an announces the necessary military dis positions have been made to suppres the uprising. It concludes with iii following decree:
 Declaring a state of siege in the regions of the Ural and Don prov inceS and wherever counter revolt tionary detachments are discovered
 Orders to local revolutionary gar1 sons to act With all firmness againe the enemies of the people withol waiting for orders from supreme a thorities.
 Forbidding negotiations with or d tcmpts at mediation with the leadel of the revolt.
 Threatening the most severe mi