The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-13

Petrograd,. Sept. 13-Nunerous deI- egations from Gen. Korniloff's army are arriving at the staff office of the Petrograd military district in a peniI tent mood, the Associated Press has been informed by Premier KerAnskgts secretary, declaring j. that they had been deceived as to the aims Of Gen. Korniloff's rebellion.
 Gen. Paronsky, second in command to Gen. Pavinkof, commander of the -Petrograd district, declares the revolt may now be regarded as an irretriev- able failure, and the question of Gen. Korniloff's surrender a matter of sec ondary importance.
 Premier Kerensky's appointment as commander in chief of all the armies
 has been confirmed ofIicially by tho cabinet Gen. A1exieff has been con- f1rmed as his chief of staff. Vice Premier Nekresoff announces that Gen. A1exieff has sent telegram to Gen. Korniloff demanding his innne-
 diate surrender.
 A division of Gen. Korniloff's s forces composed of Moslem troops has reached Tsarskoe Selo, I miles south of Petrograd. Kugusheff, a loyal Mo- hammedan officer; was sent to treat. with them and they agreed to aban- don resistance to the Provisional gov-
 ernment on condition that they be
 sent home to the Caucasus. where they must not be employed against the Turks, their co-religionists. Premier Kerensky agreed to the proposal.
 According to official statements the so-called Savage division, com
 posed of Georgiansl and Caucasians, is <f f,an orr i,.cf-
 Petrograd which remains solid for Gen. Korniloff. That body is now at 1 Tsarskoe Selo. Up to yesterday after | noon it was feared that force would have to be applied to it, but it now seems that the situation has cleared. l It appears to be undoubted that the | savage division,' though devoted to Gen. Korniloff, had no idea of their destination or his aim. 1 The division consists of eight reg5-
 ments of fierce Caucasus cavalry, re- cruited almost exclusively from the tribes Ingushes, Kaba Bints and Os- senians and contains also a few Tar
 tars. Almost all are Mohemmedans
 and among them, are many princes. Some are wholly uneducated. Their
 commander is Gen. Bagration. l The submission of the savage di-
 vision was brought about through the devotion of a group of their co-relig ionists to the government. The tribes
 men do not Russian, suspect and
 dread Christians, and when approach
 ed by the governments Russian ennis
 saries refused to listen to them and 4 threatened them with arrest.
 | IA Mohammedan Tartar artillery of
 fcer, Gen. Kugusheff, with other Mos l lem officers who are devoted to the government, yesterday went on.sa mis- sion to them and were well received. They have returned and are now at Ithe Petrograd staff office. There the | Associated Press interviewed General liKug'usheff, a little, swarthy, pictur- esque Asiatic, whose head was ban daged over a; wound and who wors an lordinary Russian uniform. The gen.
 era1 said:
 l .eThe Caucasians declared they ab- tsolutely refused to surrender and come to Petrograd for fear the bplshevaki 1 would massacre them, but they were
 willing to abandon resistance on con- ldition that they be sent. home to the Caucasus front. where, however, they
 must not be empoyed against their CO.,
 religionists, the Turks.
 1 After prolonged negotiations we
 agreed to recommend this solution to
 Premier Kerensky, and we returned to Petrograd. The premier has now
 promised us that the savage division will not be punished and will be sent home to the Caucasus, there to re- plenish it's ranks, and will be absolved
 from service against the Turks.
 regard their submission as assured.'' | sss