Evening star., 1917-11-09

pETROGRAD, November Sat
,oeettne of the congress of soldiers and
workmen's deputies last night mem
ber of the revolutionary military com
mittee said that on "Wednesday premier
Ke.ensky at Gatchina, thirty-nve Versts
f+wenty-three miles) from Petrograo'
addressed 5000 soldiers who were on
ths;r way from the front to Peero-
grad After a conference the soldiers
decided not to proceed for the time
to Petrograd.
THE military revolutionary commit
80 has decided to bring Gen. kornil-
leader of the recent revolt, and his
supporters to Petrograd ana inipi ieo'.
them in the fortress of st. Pe'er anu
& Paul. They will be brought 70 t.lai re
before a military re'olutioii"i'
bunal.
Not Act of Vengeance.
Leon Trotsky. president OF 'he &C., -,
tive committee of the Petrograo couiie'i
Of soldiers and workmen's delesates. ea-
ni.;ned that the arrest OF certain ineni
~ the Kerensky government was not
an act of vengeance or pohticai Iepres.
g. ue said all the members OF the iate
government would be tried 1or coihpneil'
in the korniloff movement.
Tba noIitical parties to which the So
oialist ministers belong have decioea 20
tmrn over all the ministers, soclalsls
as we'll as others, for trlai. IN .ie niciii 1ned
while they are beinS neio uiiueA
ai Sonfirmation was obtained last night
that the former ministers OF tne provl-
sional government ; who were arrsanu rnznmittes e
sne haaG incarcerated in the fortress of
ST Peter and St. Paul
The confirma ton was given by the COM
missioner in command OF tne loI.ress'
Who received the Associated Press CORE
snondent and personally explained to him
tbe details regarding the confinement OF
the ministers
vuou,n,s Battalion Surrenders.
Government forces holding the winter
.,,,.a were compelled to capitulate early
Yesterday morning. At o'clock IN the
morning the woman's battalion which had
been defending the winter palace sur
,f..- III. ,o,,-
ornment forces had been driven into the
winter palace the palace was neslesed ana
n lively fire of machine guns ana rines
,.oran The cruiset Aurora. which was
.,,anrad at the Nicolai bridge, moved up
,,,;tnin range, firing shrapnel. Meanwhile
W. 80 inns Of the ST. Peter and St Paul
fortress opened fire:
The paiace stood out under the glare
=, ne he spearchlights Of the cruiser and Of
earad a good target for the guns. Ihe
aafanders held out for four hours. reply
;,a as hest they could with machine guns
and rifles.
In Solitary Confinement.
Tho cabinet members. he said, were
-, .rrested at the Winter Palace after
-. .,,rrender early in the morning.
a.s IL; 1,,aYe taken to the fortress. where
lneS ave placed in solitary confine-
ne hut were courteously treated. He
nna the list of those taken into GUS
tody as follows:
AZ Maslov minister of agriculture;
~, Terestchenko, minister OF foreign
,ffairs: NJ Nikitin. minister OF the IN
tar;or. M. Liverevsky. minister OF ways
ead Communication; NJ. Barnatsky. min
;ster Of finance; NJ. Smirnoff. state con-
roller: NJ. Malyantovitch. minister OF
;nstica. NJ. GvoZdeg. minister of labor:
Konoyalog, minister of trade and
nanstries: Admiral Verdervski. minis
ter of marine; NJ. Kishkin. minister of
succeeded Gen. Verhovski as minister
of var: NJ Kar.ao;ic9- minister OF re-
teton. and NJ Tretyakoff president of
the ecumenica1 council
7, addition, Chief of STAFF Bagratuni
and many of his subordinates were ar
rested. "a,
know the whereabouts of Premier Ke-
rensky. who had run away.
Citizens Protected.
There was spasmodic firing in other |
,arts Of the city. but tho workmen's and ]
soldiers troops took every. means to pro.