The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-15
MaximaIists Assert Complete
Collapse of Revolt.
KaIedines a Prisoner, KOrnilOfi
Defeated and Wounded.
OCCUPY 3 IMPORTANT CITIES
DutOff Only One of COssack
Triumvirate Still Fighting.
COssacks' Version of Recent
Battles Not Yet Available.

Petrograd, Dec. 1.-THE cities or
Rostov, Nakhitchevan and Tagan-
roy in the Don Cossack territories, are
in the hands of the Bolsheviki troops,
accordingto a report issued by the Of
fetal news bureau. General kale-
dimes. leader of the Don Cossacks, the
announcement adds, has been arrest
ed by Generals Kaldin and Bototsky
and heir s-affs. who have invited the
mayor of Rostov to go to Novo Tcher-
kask, the Cossack capital. to discuss
the suspension of military operations.
(By the Associated Press.) =
Partial. if not complete, collapse of
the counter revolution in Russia is in
dicated in an announcement from the
Petrograd official news agency, which
says the Bolsheviki have captured
three important cities in the Don Cos
sack territory and that General Kale-
Dimes leader of the Don Cossacks, has
been arrested, apparently by his own
generals.
With General Korniloff reported de-
feated and wounded near Bielgorod
and General Kaledines under arrest,
the only one left of the counter reVo-
lutionary triumvirate of military lead
ers is General Dutoff. hetman of the
Ural Cossacks, who has been operat-
ing in the province of Orenburg. The
latest report on the situation there is
that there mas De6n little military ac-
tivity, while Bolsheviki agents were
attempting to undermine the morale
of Dutoff troops.
General Kaledines' fall probably
Followed the capture of Rostov, Max
hitchevan and Taganrog bv the Dol
shevik. There had been heavy fight
ing in and around Rostov since last
sunday and previous reports had been
that General Kaledines was winning.
Nakhitchevan is across the Don river
from Rostov, while Taganrog is on
the gulf Of the same name ten miles
west of Rostov.
The announcement of the official
news bureau says that the captors of
General kaledines have invited the
mayor OF Rostov to go to Novotcher-
ulscuss the suspension of military
operations. The mayor of Rostov
probably is a member of the Rolshe-
WIKI agents of which organization were
reported several days ago as having
been sent into the ranks of Kaledines'
Cossacks to spread extremist propa-
ganda-
Hun Drive Not Yet Achieved.
The people of Germany are reported
10 be looking forward. to a supreme
Serman effort on the western front
put so far it has not developed. The
artillery activity has died down in in
tensity on most of the front
Yesterday the Germans gained SOC
yards of front line trenches in the re-
g1on Of Polderhoek chateau Else.
where the Germans were repulsed
British positions in the Arras-Cam-
brai sector are being bombarded heav-
lily, especially east of Bullecourt and
north Of the Scarpe river
Persistent efforts by the Austro-
Germans' to break thru the Italian de-
tense Immediately east of the Brenta
river continue but with little success
and heavy casualties. An attack
against the Col Beretta positions was
repulsed by the Italians. Hand tC
hand fighting developed in an Austro-
German attack at the head of the Cal.
cino valley. Italian soldiers anC
French and Italian cannon checked
the enemy during most of the day
and at nightfall the Italians gave VI
short section of ground at the head
of the velley.
Critical Stage of War.
The critical stage of the war hal
been reached, Premier Lloyd Georgt
says, as Germany is straining to STRIKE
b fore American help can make up fol
Russta's failure. Upon tonnage Amer
lea and Great Britain can construct il
the next year depends the destiny o
the world.
There is no prospect for world safe
ty, the British premier declared, in
league of peace as it would be a fare
without victory, toward which the al
lies are making progress. Peace pro
posals when the Prussian militar
spirit sis drunk with boastfulness
would be a betrayal of trust. Premie