The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-14
RECENT BATTLE
is NOW HERALDED
AS A DEFEAT FOR
THE BOLSHEVIKI
Out of Three Accounts,
Two Claim Victory for
Kerensky Forces
IN POSSESSION OF
TELEGRAPH LINES
Cossacks Are Reported to
Have Destroyed the
Red Guard
MOSCOW NOW THE
HEADQUARTERS
General Kaledines, Cossack
Leader, is Dictator of
Southern Russia
MOSCOW NOW THE
HEADQUARTERS
CBy Associated Prsss.)

| London, Nov. I4.-Premier Ker-
ensky Is now in Petrograd and has
taken virtually the entire city, the
announcement Of the Finnish Tele-
gram bureau says.
The Finnish Telegram bureau says
the whole Of Russia except a small
part of Petrograd is now in the
hands OF the provisional government.
Stockholm. Nov. I4.-Premier Ker-
ensky has entered Petrograd, ac-
eording to a dispatch received from
correspondent of the Swedish
News agency at Haparanda on the
Russian border. The majority or
Maximallst troops have Joined the
premier.
London. Nov. I4.-AccordlnR to
these adviceE, which were received
fT a eablegTam filed at Stockholm
at O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
Premier Kerensky defeated the Boil
sheviki at Tsarskoe- -Selo. The Cos
sacks are reported to have destroy
ed the Red Guard. The telegraph
lines are now in NJ. Kerenskys
hands. the telegram bureau reports.
For the last three days reports
have been coming in from Scandin-
avian sources Of the defeat OF the
tradicted by wireless dispatches from
PetrogTad. This is the third time that
an account has been received OF a
battle at Tsarkoe- -Selo, a Kerensky
victory having been reported twice
and BOlsheviki success on one oc-
casion.
London, Nov. 1.-THE arrival Of
Premier Kerensky in Petrograd, ac-
companied by troops, Is reported by
the Russian legation at Stockholm,
according TO an Exchange telegraph
dispatch from Copenhagen. M.
Kerensky Is said TO have defeated
the Bolsheviki.
Travellers arriving from PetrogFad,
the Finnish Telegram bureau reports,
say that when they left the capitol
there was fighting in the streets be-
tween the Bolsheviki and the pop
ulace. The Petrograd garrison was
reported to be deserting the Bolshe-
wiki and the allied embassies were
said TO have got into touch with
Premier KerenBky. The people OF
Petrograd, the travellers said, were
tearing down the Bolsheviki procia-
nations and hooting their leaders on
the streets.
London, Nov. 1l.-The Finnish
Telegram bureau says Moscow is the
headquarters OF the provisional gov.
ernment and that Premier Kerensly
has issued orders from MOSCOW
which have appeared in the Pefro-
grad papers.
The anti Bolshevild papers AZ
Petrograd. as well as the Helsingfors
newspapers, have headlines ANNOUNCE
ing that the Bolsheviki movement Il
nearing its downfall.
General Kaledines. the Cossack
leader, is said To be dictator OF
southern Russia The orders OF the
provisional government are signed
by M. Kerensky, General Kaledines
and General Korniloff.
The Finnish Telegram bureaus
advices so closely parallel the dis
patches received on Sunday and
Monday asserting that Premier Ker-
ensly had overthrown the Bolshe-
Wiki as r. suggest that there may Be-
q delayed version Of the same re-
ports, which We're contradictsd by
the announcement received yesterday
from Petrograd that the KerenBkv
forces had been defeated In a battle
near Tsarko -Selo. The Stockholm
dispatches, however. are independent
OF these.
London, Nov. IA Russian wire-
less says no officiai report from army
Headquarters has been issued today.
No Peace Offer Vet.
Amsterdam, Nov. 14.--Austrian
print a statement from
the official news agency pointing out
that neither Vienna nor Berlin has
received an actual peace or armistice
proposal from the Russian govern
ment and as long as the new rulers
Of Russia do not submit proposals
the central powers dare 10 nothing
In the matter, according to 4 dis
patch from Vienna. Should the Bfaxi-
malists retain the upper hand in
Russia and come forward with
peace offer the Austro- Tunnarian
government would. the statement
says, Immediately establish accord
with IFS allies and FIX q common nk-
tituds.