Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-12-11
cIVIL WAR BREAKS OUT.

CIVIL WAR BREAKS OUT.
Civil war has broken out in Russia
and the Bolsheviki regime apparently
will be put to the test. The Petro-
grad government has issued a proc
lamation announcing that Generals
Kaledines, Korniloff and Dutoff have
begun a revolt in southeastern Euro
pean Russia. >
The Bolsheviki announcement de-
clares that the constitutional demo-
Gratis are assisting the hetman Of the
Don Cossacks and his fellow military
leaders, who are said to aim at cut
ting off food supplies and in seixing
power from the Black Sea to the Ural
mountains, as well as in the Cauca-
sus. Bolsheviki troops have been Or
dered to take the field against the
counter rcvolutionists. H..
COLLECTING FORCES.
General Kaledine. is said to be
collecting his forces and it is inferred
that their detectives include Moscow.
General Dutoff is leading the revolt
in the province of Orenburg and is
endeayoring to cut the ans-Siberiai,
railway at Tcheliabinsk. Two towns
in the Caucasus are. besieged by forces
under General Karauloff.
In Orenburg the Bolsheviki leaders
have been arrested and the soldiers
under them disarined. In the new
Ukranian republic the middle class is
reported TO be assisting General Kali
edines IN opposition to the 'yorkmens
and soldiers councils. The ,proclaina-
tion of the bolsheviki denounces the
constitutional democratic party and
its leaders, including Michael Rod
zianko, the iormer president of the
Dulna, and Paul N. Milukoff, the
former foreign minister, =
Arrest Election Committee.
The central election committee of
the constituent assembly, which in
cludes minimaiists and constitutional
democrats, have been arrested by the
Bolsheviki red guard and the members
taken to the Smolny institute. the
headquarters Of the Bolsheviki, where
they protested against their arrest.
Returns from the elections in Mos
COW show that five Bolshevik, four
constitutional democrats and one so
cial revolutionist were elected to the
constituent assembly. Scattering re-
turns from the provinces indicate that
the Bolsheviki will have the largest
vote OF any single faction, probably
equaling that of all the others COM
bined. The garrisons were largely for
the Bolsheviki; thei social revolution
lists carried the villages and the con-
stitutional democrats the town. @
The Sentrai duma committee,
though it has been dispersed, issued a
statement that it is still continuing-its
work.
The workmen have taken over the
control of factories in the Petrograd
district under decree issued by the
Bolsheviki. The Petrograd banks
have decided to issue notes aggregat-
ing 100,000,000 rubles to relieve the
financial situation. s.. .l
Former Premier Kerensky, in a
communication addressed to the pro-
visional government, announces that
although he has resigned. as premier,
he still considers himself member
of the cabinet. t.
Nullify Bolsheviki Decree.
The decree of the Bolsheviki gov
|ernment, dissolving the Petrograd mu-
nnicipal council has aroused strong
opposition on part Nof social reyolu-
tionary members of the central execu-
five committee of the soldiers and
workmen's delegates, who at tonights
session characterized the act as unau-
thorized and illegal. A resolution de-
claring the decree void was carried by
bare majority. @" d.:.2s
The Bolsheviki rallied their sup
porters, demanded a roll cali, and de-
feated the resolution by a small ma
jority AS a concession to the dis
fCoDtinf,ad nm paUe Txro ralt,y,,, .ftue