The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-12

control OF the provisional govern
msnt. There f. every probability
that the expected battle between Re
rensky's loyal troops and the lfot
eky-I.enino factions r. now ia prog
Fess.
n Not since Sunday forenoon have
apy/detalied dispatches been receiF
"a here from Russia. And none since
then have come direct from Petr0
grad. This silence, as London inter.
preted IL today, betOkened "A battle
The last word received from Pe'ro'
grad direct told of the near ap'
nroach OF Kerensky and his loyal
government troops. IL also declared
that even IN the city itself elements
were banding together 20 Dust ING
Trotsky.Lenine lineup OF power.
London does not expect the bolsh'
evlki 70 put up much ola hght They
are cOnstiiutionally not nghiin6
men They could not stomach e
conte9t where the forces arrayed
against them were nearly their equal
Ia number.
Despite the Kaleidoscope changes
and uncertainty Of information from
various Russian sources, The Lon
dou press reflected q more cheerful
attitude today The conviction was
expressed everywhere that htrtu-
sky had once again drawn sueus'A
from initial defeat
German agents, with which me
army is known % be plenufuiIy
snrinklad. are probably doing their
utmost 10 prevent the lining up oi
Kerenskys forces against the reYo-
Iutionists. One dispatch received
from Moscow. told Of certain troops
ordered 20 entrain for service
against the Bolsheviki who muiinied
ard attempted 70 halt passage on
speclal trains bearing their soldiers
toward Petrograd
Most encouraging OF the late news
was word from Petrograd that me
railway post and telegraph employees
all government servants-~haG
switched their allegiance FROM the
polsheviki back 20 the provisional
government and refused 20 obey
nolsheylki csnsors. This opened
the first channel or news from kef-
ensky's side as 20 conditions IN me
capital. Special correspondents TOT
London newspapers in Petrograo
sent dispatches agreeing that sup
mort OF the pscihsts was dissolving
According 20 these dispatches
there has already been some nsnl-
ing on the streets OF PetroErad. A
great deal has been due 20 laTiess
elements taking ADVANTAGE OF the
DISCRIMINATION in the capital 10 loot
and rob.
Numerous government buildings.
including the government palace,
have been stripped by soldiers Of
decorations and ysluables the pro
cess going on openly. Many OF these
soldiers. loaded with their booty
have encountered provisional gov
eminent troops closing IN on the
city and have been shot.
Wireless dispatches from Moscow
declared that the counter-revolt
against the Rolshevih was in pro
gress in Petrograd, and that over
throw OF the pacinsts was only
matter Of hours. The same source
asserted that the village OF Tsarkoe
Solo, about II miles from Petrograd, |
had been taken by Kerensky troops |
Formation OF an all-Russian organ
isation TO rescue the nation was
also reported. Kerensky., with Gen. |
Alexieff. chief of stan Of the army |
was reported to have escaped the
Bolsheviki, by lying concealed IN
the bottom OF an ambulance.
One dispatch from Petrograd de-
cfared that the Russian feet which
appeared az Petrograd IN time 70
over-awe the provisional govern
ment's defenders and make the Boil
sheviki coup certain, came from
Helsingfors on forged instructions.
The fact that a German feet At
tackled Helsingfors last Friday or
Saturday is TOO closely related 70
the removal OF Russian naval forces
from that station not 20 suggest
direct coordination 81 German &C
tivity, In the opinion OF observers
here.