Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-03
COSSACKS AS NEW
MENACE TO RUSSIA
Stripped of Ancient Privileges,
May Make Trouble for
the Government.
GEN. K0RNIL0FF TO STAY

By the Assocjated Press.
LONDON, September 3-The Petro-
grad correspondent Of the Times pre-
| diets trouble in consequence of the
! treatment of the Cossacks by the pro-
visional government and cites the
statement that the rights and priv
ileges of the Don Cossacks. consecrated
by many centuries. have been cancel
led. their peculiar elective offices abol-
| ished and government commissaries
substituted. Under this order Gen.
Kalebin. the Cossack commander. be-
comes a simple soldier. and after the
Moscow conference. at which the anti
Cossack campaign began openly. a per-
sonal alteration occurred between
The Kalebin. Terek and Orneburg
Cossacks have not yet been affected by
the new order, but, according to the
correspondent, the blow that strikes
one Cossack host must be felt by all
the twelve armies adhering to the Cos
sack league. and it is to be expected
that they will not tamely submit.
Not to Displace >Korniloff.
PETROGRAD. September SIN an
official statement made to the news
papers. Vice Premier Nekrason denies
all reports that there was in contem-
plation movement to supersede Gen.
Kornilof, commander-in-chief Of the
Russian army. On the contrary, the
vice premier declares. the provisional
government is in complete accord with
Gen. Korniloff,- some of whose stipu-
lations already have beeen carried into
effect. while others are under consider
attion.
The government, adds the statement,
has complete confidence in Gen. Korni-
0f fv-
trigues and maintains complete politi-
cal neutrality
Boris Savinkofr. the acting minister
OF war, will shortly confer with Gen.
commander-in-chief regards as i'm
peratiye to prevent further disaster.
Monarchistic Plot Unearthed..
The attorney of the high court of
MOSCOW has unearthed a counter revo-
lutionary monarchistic conspiracy the
design OF which. according to a report
presented to the cabinet. was to accom-
plish a coup d'etat by arresting the
pro isional government. Many arrests
have been made of officers and civilians
in Moscow and the provinces. and some
arrested persons the authorities for the
present refuse to divulge.
1t appears that the headquarters of
the conspirators was the villa district
Ouesi0C III 1ctTOSTdu. premier heren-
sky is personally conducting a pre-
liminary inquiry.
The Birzheviya declares that the
authorities first received news of the
conspiracy from the council of depu-
ties. A conference Of representatives
of the army committees at Moscow has
passed a resolution demanding the
merciless suppression of the counter
revolutionary movement.
Strongly Against Death Penalty.
1t was with only four voices in dis
sent. one of which was that of NJ.
Tseretelli. former minister of posts and
telegraphs. that the Petrograd council
OF workmen's and soldiers deputies
adopted its resolution protesting
against the death penalty e.. the front
or in the rear Of the lines. The reso-
luton was proposed by the social rev.
olutionists. who declared that the pen
atty of death was condemned by social
lists everywhere, and even by most
democrats, its opponents holding that
it tends to corrupt the population. es-
pecially those individuals in it who are
directly or indirectly concerned with
inflicting the penalty. Its imposition
the sponsors of the resolution held
would in reality be a means Of fright
ening the soldiers in order to make
them the slaves of the commanding
officers.
The reorganization of the army. 4,
was argued by the opponents of the
death penalty, cannot be effected by its
imposition, but only by making the sol.
diers understand that they are not re.
quired to fight for the preservation OF
imDerialiStic interests