The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-11-09
RUSSIAN ENJOYS DECLARE NATION WILL YET BE SAt

OF certain members OF the Eerensky
Government was not nm act OF ven
reance or political repression. He
said all tho members OF the late Gov.
arnment would be tried for completely
In the Kornilor movement
The former Ministers OF the ProNi-
sionai Government have teen incar-
csrated In the St. Paul fortress,
The Commissioner In command OF
the fortress, who received tho hsso-
c,ated Press correspondent explained
the details regarding the imprisoh-
ment Of the Ministers.
The Cabinet Ministers, he said, were
an arrested At the Winter Palace AZ
ter its surrender They were taken TO
the fortress, where they wero placed
in solitary confinement hut were eour-
teously treated. lie gave the list OF
those taken into custody as follows
n. Maslov, Minister OF Agricultural
N. /. Terestchenko. Minister OF For-
eixn Affairs: NJ. Nikitin. Minister OF
the Interior: M. Liverevsky, Minister
ot Ways and Communications; N
Bernatsky, Minister Of Finance; NJ
Smirnoff. state Controller; NJ. NAL
yantovitch. Minister 81 Justice; NJ
avordeff, Minister OF Labor; A. l.
Konovaiofr, Minister OF Trade and
industries; Admiral verderyskl. Mn
lister OF Marine: NJ. Kishkln, Minister
OF Public Welfare: NJ. Nanikovsky'
who succeeded Gen. Verkhovski as
Minister OF War; NJ. Kartasheff. MIN
ister OF Religion. and NJ. TretySkon,
President OF the Ecumenical Council
In addition, CHIEF OF stan Bagra-
tuni and many OF hh subordinatss
were arrested.
Tho Commissioner said he did not
know the whereabouts Of Premier
Kerensky, who had run away"
FULL LIST or CASUALTIES Is
NOT YET KNOWN. . .
II Is impossible 20 ascertain what
the casualties wero in the Winter
Palace battle. althoush they are ro-
ported not TO have been many. Tho
lighting proceeded with the rival
force. alternately in possession OF the
huge piles OF wood stored In the
plaza. q part OF the city's winter fuel
supply.
The glare OF an arc light illumined
tho positions of tho forces In the
Plaza while the rest OF the city was
In almost total darkness, this CON-
dition increasing the visibility OF the
flashes from the guns of the cruisers
on the horizon. which gave warning
Of the speedy bursting Of shells.
The palace. which already had
been stripped OF most OF Its historic
art objects. has been completely de-
nudsd of Its tapestries and paintings.
This was while the Provisional Gov
eminent was still in control Of the
palace. The art treasures were taken
20 places of Its selection. ~.
The correspondent. who was with
a party OF reserve Soldiers and
workmen's forces a short distance
from the great archway leading into
the Plaza, did not see any OF the
shells take effect upon the palace,
Occasional crashes as ~ OF falling
walls indicated that perhaps other
structures had been hit.
poPULAcE KEEP INDOORS DUR
mo THE BATTLE.
The populace for the most par
remained indoors. A few OF the Gu
rious peerad around the corners
while thousands OF the Maximalis
troops and sailors from Kronstad
gathered around the fuel piles at nd
vantageous spots awaiting their turi
in the battle.
The Bolsheviki arrested at the tim
of the July uprising have been freed
The cossacks. on whom the Pro
visional Government relied. failed I
support IL. The reason In said I
have been that the Government coul
find no infantry to aid these cavalr
forces.
The Soldiers and workmen's Dole
gates obtained possession OF the telt
phone system by a ruse. A regimen
which the Government believed 10
loyal was sent to the Exchange TO n
lleve a disloyal regiment. Immed
ateiy the substitution was accom-
Dlished the supposedly loyal regimsr
nronounoad In favor ~ thA RolshAyik