New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-12-13

was defeated and wounded in a bats
tie between Bielgorood and Sunni, acs
cording to a Petrograd despatch u
the Daily Mail. His capture is exa
pected. It is probable, the despatch
adds, that the extremists will cAp3
ture Rostov- on -the-Don. All signs
it is said, are that the Cossack risin3
will fail and they will join the BolshAl
Wiki.
The despatch, which was filed -
Petrogfad on Tuesday, reports th.lI
Gen. Korniloff's forces, consisting d
six trainloads of troops, were at|
tackled by the Bolsheviki supportera
The generals capture was expected
shortly, as he was said to have beet
surrounded. '.,.
Gen. Kaledines, the Cossack chief
attempted to send troops to aid Gen
Korniloff but this project failed ol
account of the refusal Of the railwa1
employees to carry the reinforcs'
ments. Gen. Kaledines' original idei
Of cutting off supplies from MoscO
and Petrograd proved to be i'm possi
Bile of achievement and the attemE
of Cossacks to sever communication
with Siberia also failed.
Michael I. Terestchenko, foreik
minister in the Kerensky government
and the other ministers interned 1,
the fortress of ST. Peter ad st. Pad
have sent through the commardar
Of the fortress to the professor Of It'll
constituent assembly message trans
ferring their mandates to the aa
sembly, according to Reuter- al
spatch from Petrograd. In the me
sage they pointed out that they ~
fulfilled their duty to the end BY "A
clining to enter into any relation
with the usurpers who were bringin
the country to ruin.
The Bolsheviki intend to comp,
the constituent assembly to be auE
servient to them, says the Petrogrn
correspondent of the Times. III
quotes Pravda, the Bolsheviki orgaI
as saying:
The only constituent assembfj
which will be recognized by the wol
men, soldiers and peasants is one Civ
ing them bread, peace and land. Th
nation recognizes only one law-th
furtherance of it's interests. Thos
who refuse to obey that law will b
compelled to submit by force"
Reign of Terror in Petrograd.
In a long review OF the Russia
situation the Petrograd correspondent
of the Post says there is no prosped
Of a peaceful settlement and ths
henceforth force must decide righ
The secret of the success throuEhou
the country Of tho Bolshevik1,
writes is that they represent the tff
hand. What is behind them Is a. y
undiscovered, but among the inAu
tial members OF their organizations
men who were prominent in the
litical police of the empire which "a
ruled Russia. These men, are 1u4r,
ducing dissension right and left.
continues:
Although floods of indignation al
being poured out daily on the Bolshl
Wiki, it is believed that they an
gaining ground in Russia simply bt
cause they use a strong hand.
Their methods might horrify til
west, but would be understood pc
fectly east of the Suez.
For example ins. the last thr1
weeks there have been taken out
the rivers and canals of Petrogra
1000 naked corpses of persons who
deaths were not caused by drownin
The injuries which caused death te
their own story A suit of cloth,
in Russia is worth mo-
than handfuls Of paper money TIL
corpses of the women even had til
hair cut off, because it representa-
value''
Referring to Siberias declaratio
of independence, he says the Siberia
troops are being re-organized unds
Gen. Pleskoff, one Of their best know
officers. It is reported the Siberian
have declared in favor Of a monarch,
The correspondent asserts that q
though the stories Of activities
Cossacks in the southeast vary II
certain they are standing for law Al,
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