The sun., 1917-11-19
NEW ARMY SAID
TO BE NEARING
RUSS CAPITAL
Kerensky May Be at Head
of Force and Skirmishes
Are Reported.
FOREIGNERS UNFRAMED
Bolsheviki in Split Though
Working for Restoration
Of Normal Life.
FOREIGNERS UNHARMED

OF Normal Life.
LONDON, Nov. ls.--A despatch from
Petrosrad. dated at $3.50 p. NJ. to-day.
says reports Of q new army composed
Of various elements from the front, the
vanguard of which is said to be close to
Gatchina, have sent new thrill through
the city.
II the reports are true. the new force.
the aim of which 10 to release the city
ffpm the control Of the Bolsheviki, which
Is commanded by Stan Capt. PavlofI Of
the Social Democratic Workmsn's party
already has had brushes with the de-
Tending outposts Of the Bolshevik army.
According to some versions. NJ. Ks.
rensky 10 returning with the army. stu
other reports tell Of an armored train
approaching from the direction Of Mos
COW pulling up the rails as 1t proceeds
None Of the reports can be confirmed.
split Among Maxinalists.
Reuters Petrosrad correspondent. tel
egraphing to-day. says there has been
Ministers OF the Interior. Agriculture and
Supplies have resigned. holding that for
nation of q coalition socialist govern
mont Is essential. Several other COM
missioners. says the correspondent, sup
port their views.
1t 10 added by the correspondent that
NJ. Zinovieff. associate Of Nikolai Lenine.
and N. KamensR, vice-president OF the
Workmen's and Soldiers Delegates and
NJ - q Inn q
central committee of the Petrograd
Workmen's and Soldiers Delegates also
have resigned for the same reason.
The Berlin TaOebl0tt declares that
Premier Kerensky and Nikolal Lenine.
leader Of the Bolshevik. revolution. have
effected . compromise essentially favor
able to Lenine. CopsAhasen reports.
Dana and Csnnittee DiRer.
Tho committee for the salvation Of
tho revolution has protested against tho
order OF arrest Of Premier Kerensky and
for the taking int custody Of ether
memssfs Of the provisionat 6ovsrnusat
on the ground that tAey are answerable
only 70 the Censtitusnt Assembly, The
Petrosrad Duna 10 At losgeriieAds with
the revolutionary committee over the at
tempts o. the latter to take over the
management Of the telephones.
The Bolshevik leaders are endeavor-
Ing 70 effect the resumption of opera
tions by the various branches OF the
Government. most OF which have been
disorganised by strikes and the refuSal.
Of employees to work under the Bolshe'
vik commissaries. a,
The newspapers which were sup
pressed in the early days Of the up
rising In some instances have been given
permission to renew publication. al
though the status OF the bourgeois press
still Is indefinite.
Cannot Supply Armies.
A report OF the intertrontal congress
for the supply Of the armies was pub
lished in Petrograd to-day. II declared
the inability Of tho congress further to
carry onst the burden laid upon II by the
general army committee and that there
fore, unless the present situation was
quickly clarified. It would give up the
task and not be responsible for conse-
Quences.
The Maximallsts commissioners have
closed the Russo Swedish frontier at
Tornea. according to the Petrograd cor
respondent Of Reuters. who adds that
no one is allowed to pass without special
authorization from the military revolu-
tionary committee. Continuing. the de-
spatch says:
''Hostilities have ceased in Moscow.
Terms we're signed whereby the so-called
White Guard surrenders it's arms and
the committee on public safety dissolves
"The Maximal!sts' conditions to con-
senting to composite Socialist govern
ment include control OF the troops in the
Petrograd and Moscow districts and the
systematic armlns Of workmen through
out Russia.
"C3en. verkhovski, Minister Of War In
the Kerensky government. declines to
Join Cabinet in which the Maximalists
are represented. NJ. NeratoH. former
Minister Of Foreign Affairs. 10 in con-
cealment after arranging for the secur-
ity OF copies Of treaties with Russia's
allies The Maximalists have ordered
his arrest and the recovery Of the docu-
ments.
Loyal Army Corps on Way.
"It Is reported that troops amounting
to an army corps under orders of the
army committees have reached LuRa en-
route to Petrograd to end civil war and
the dictatorship OF the Maximalists.
The Ukraine Assembly has declared
the independence Of Ukraine.
ut Ia stated that the Cossacks SUD.
only 200."
The Bolsheviki stiIl were In complets
control Of Petrograd when a correspon-
dent Of the Associated Press left the city
Thursday morning on the last train pro-
ceeding to Tornea. At that time Petro-
grad was completely isolated from the
rest Of Russia by = railway and teIe-
graph strike. called as q protest against
the Bolshevik government the employees
refusing to work until Lenine and
Trotsky. were eliminated and some
peacefuv arrangement reached.
Up to Thursday morning no definite
success had met the efforts Of tho COM
mittee for the salvation OF the revolution
to bring about the organization of an
all Socialist Cabinet, In which neither
Kerensky nor Lenine would be included.
NJ. Tchernoff, the Socialist ex- Minister
of Agriculture. was mentioned as the
probable Premier Of this Cabinet.
CempavativeIy Little Violence.
Though there have been many rumors
Of Bolshevik outrages and cruelty the
truth appears to be that there has been
no marked violence except against the
military cadets. . score at least OF whom
were killed after their surrender. There
had been no hghting In Petrograd since
Sunday.
Reports from Kiev and other large
cities indicate that . new organised ~
Cs~ttwssd on sseesd Psss
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