The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-26


General Korniloff's drastic measures
to restore order in the eleventh army
one whole division thereof was blown
to pieces by their own artillery to
,avenge the insults which all loyal
troops and especially the artillery,
have silently endured for the last four
months from these traitorous rescals.
Appalling Blow.
can appalling blow" is the dcscrip-
tion of the Russian collapse given in
a dispatch from Petrograd to the
Post. Never in the war has Russia
put on field such an enormous army.
British and French guns and gunners,
flying machines, aviators and British
armored cars were added to the un-
precedented technical strength of the
Russians themselves to make this par
ticular front equal to anything.
The artillery was placed in natural,
prepared positions There were places
where artillery lay not 300 yards from
the enemy's trenches. Big guns were
we'll placed. Information regarding
the guns of the eleventh army almost
staggers belief. It appears that the
infantry shot down their own gunners
in order to get their horses, or shot
down the gun horses in revenge. as
they retreated, leaving practically all
the artillery Of the eleventh army in
the enemys hands.
Captured Equipment.
AS far as the artillery and technical
appliances of the seventh and eighth
armies are concerned, there>is also no
hope of their being saved. The Ger
mans already were a couple of days
across the best road, on the shortest
line of retreat The rate of the en-
emy's advance on the western wing
has accelerated and the gun positions
are being attacked on the line by the
Germans.
1t is becoming an exceedingly anx-
ious question whether the eighth
army will succeed in getting away at
all, but it is making the best haste
astward. .sr,
In an interview today, Premier Ker-
ensky said the fundamental problem
of the provisional government lay in
providing for the immediate safety of
the country and the revolution, what
ever the cost might be. The govern
ment was determined to make more
resolute stand against anything which
threatened the ruin of the state.
The premier stated that re-estab-
lishment Of the death penalty on the
front was necessary in view Of the
fact that the government was faced
with the alternative Of sacrificing the
army to a body Of traitors and cow
ards or having recourse to the only
possible means of inspiring terror.
In Complete Agreement.
The provisional government, in COM
plete agreement with the entire army,
took the burden of the heavy respon-
sibility, the premier explained, solely
in order to save the lives of the heroes
who were perishing in the execution
of their duty for the fate of their coun>
try and to remove the reproach threat
ening the good name of Russia.
Restore Death Penalty.
The commander in chief and the
commanders of the various armies at
the front, having insisted that restora-
ton of discipline in the army would
necessitate the infliction of the death
the government has agreed
to restore capital punishment. The in
quiry into the recent disorders here
is being continued under the super
vision of the public prosecutor. The
are taking measures to dis
cover and to bring to justice all or
ganizers of and participants in the
revolt
A telegram from Helsingford says
that the Russian warships Slava, Re-
pu blika and Petropaulosk, which were
involved in the recent disaffection of
men in the Baltic fleet, have been re-
called to favor in consequence of Pre-
nier Kerensky's order concerning the
of the central committee
If the Baltic fleet.
SITUATION SERIOUS.
Washington, D. c., July 26.-The