Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-09-19
RUSS PREMIER TO
COMMAND ARMIES;
MARTIAL LAW ON.
Kerensky to Lead Troops
Against Korniloff.
REBEL FORCES ARE CUT OFF
Soldiers Loyal to Provisional Govern
men Seize Generals Base-Cos-
sacks Will Back kerensky-
Two Battles Fought
REBEL FORCES ARE CUT OFF

Petrograd, Sept. 13.-The provisional
government has proclaimed state OF
martial law exists throughout. Russia.
Premier Kerensky will assume the
position of commander in chief of the
Russian armies until the revQltof Cen
eral Korniloff and his supporters Is
crushed
Rival Armies Near Clash.
The provisional government declared
that a state of war exists in the town
and district of Moscow.
Tsarskoe Selo, where the cZar for
merly spent most of his time in his
summer palace, may be the scene of a
big battle between General KOrnilotf S
rebels and the provisional government
troops. Word received here said the
revolving forces were advancing rapid
ly from the city, and the clash was
momentarily expected there.
Rebels Cut Off.
Alexander Guchkoff, the Octoberist
leader and former minister of war
and navy, who after leaving Petrograd
last Saturday Joined the KorniloH
movement, has been arrested He is
now under guard at Pskoff.
Minister of Finance NekraSOff says
that the forces of General KornilOm in
the direction of Pakoff and at Ono,
which were marching on PetrOgrad,
had been outmaneuvered by the troops
20 +h CT pnf
and that their retreat had been cut
off.
Committee Backs kerensky.
The central committee Of the con-
stitutional Democratic party informed
Premier Kerensky that the party was
agreed to it's members joining recon-
stituted Russian cabinet in order to
avoid civil war.
Mai. Gen. Bonoh BruvOvitch has
been appointed commander in chief of
the Russian army in succession to Gen
eral KornilOff.
Members of the Kerensky. govern
ment say that while they are unable to
report the final overthrow of General
Korniloff they are optimistic concern
ing the general situation. Unconfirmed
reports say that a part of General
.Korniloff's army is surrendering to the
government.
korniIoff Turned Over as Traitor.
The provisional government issued a
decree handing over to the courts of
Justice as rebels General Korniloff, for
mer commander in chief of the Rus
sian armies; General Denikine, com
handing the armies on the southwest
ern front; General Lokomsky, chief of
the general staff; General Markoff,
chief of the headquarters staff on the
southwestern front, and M. Kis1akoff,
assistant to minister of roads and COM
municatiOns.
Korniioff's Base Seized.
Appearances indicate that the Ke-
rensky government has, to use the
American vernacular, got the rebel
general, Korniloff.
While his troops have been busily
investing the city, occupying Gatchlna
and Iona. only thirty miles away, 10y
al columns from the south have seized
his base, Pskoff, 1872 miles southwest
of the capital.
This. it is believed, not only puts
Korniloff in a bad fix, but bars the
way of the Germans advancing from
Riga to Petrograd.
With his base captured he will be
embarrassed.
Threats Falls Down.
Moreover, it looks as though Cen
eral Kaledines, ataman of the Cos
sacks. will not be able to make good
his threat of carrying his men over to
Korniloff and cutting the Moscow rail-
road. isolating Petrograd.
Indications are that the Don Cos
sacks, despite the fact that the Mos
COW national conference, which keren-
sky controlled, took away their special
privileges, thereby automatically re-
ducing Kaledines from general to a
private. elect to back up the provision
al government.
While reports are vague, they sug-
gest that two battles have been fought.
In one of these the Kornilof force
was victorious, beating the govern
mental troops at Luga, so miles from
Petrograd.