The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-12
KORN|L0FF MOVES
ON PETROCRAD
Hopes Of Checking Revolt With.
out b.0odshed Ends.
Big BATTLE is EXPECTED
Premier kerensky is Accused of Act
ing For the Germans-The Leaders
Join the Revolt.

Join the Revolt.
Petrograd, Sept. 12.-GeneGal kornD
offs army is marching on PetrogIad
IT, nam body Of his troops mas
been ordered to detrain at Ono. III
miles from the capital, as the govern
ment forces have torn up the railr iac
at Semvino. From Ono an advance
overland will be made.
A smaller force of Korniloff troop:
is reported 10 be only forty miles from
the capital and government troop:
have been sent out to meet them.
The government is taking vigorous
steps to maet the danger and convoca
ton OF the national assembly is pro
alton.
General Korniloff in second procla
nation to the people. accused the gov
eminent OF acting in the interest of the
German general staff. He declared
that he was the son Of simple cos
sack. that he could not tolerate Rus
sia's shame. preferring death.
All hopes of checking the revol
without serious blondShed vanished
when it became known that belateC
messages from the front of mos1
serious character had been received
by the provisional government.
The most important telegram was
from the supreme commissiary, Fill
penko. who declared categorically that
the higher command of the army haC
determined 10 seize all power and thai
a sanguinary conflict probably would
result
Another message came from the
chief of the general staff at the front
General Lokomsky. He Is the rea
brains and soul of the revolt. His
telegram declared that if the govern
ment refused to accede to General
Korniloff's demand the result would
be serious.
The cabinet then discussed measures
necessary for the security Of Petro
grad, deciding to declare martial law
and to appoint a new commander OF
the Petrograd military district in pie e
Of General Ea@ilknvskv.
Next. the C. bnet debated a series oil
measures necessary for the protection
Of the Petrogra1 government buildings
and the defense Of the city in case
General Korniloff sent against it part
Of his army.
Petrograd likewise is in danger ol
being cut off from Moscow by action
Of the Cossacks whose commander
threatens to cut the railway if the
government continues to hold out.
General Savonkoff, the new military
governor Of Petrograd. issued a proc
lamation urging the population tc re
main calm. He declared every person
caught acting against the revolution
ulenla-l4e--treated-a s-a-traitor.
Two prominent leaders have come
out for the revolt. General Denikine
commander of the Russian armies or
the southwestern front, has telegraph
ed to Premier Kerensky that he in
tends 10 support General Korniloff.
Alexander !. Guchkoff the October
ist leader. who formerly held the posi-
lions of president of the Duma. chiei
Of the munitions bureau, and minister
of war and navy ad intrim. has also
gone over to General korniloff.
On the other hand. Lieutenant Gen
era1 Dmitri st. Cherbatcheff, command
er of the Russian forces on the Ruma
MAN front. has ordered his armies and
also the Odessa military district tc
take no part in the conflict, at the
same time remaining true to the pro
visional government.
When Premier Kerensky received
the demand from General Lokomsky
that the provisional government should
accede to the demands of General kOr
niIoff he got in communication with
the Headquarters in the field speaking
with both Generals korniloff and 10
komsky and reiterating his demands
that Korniloff surrender his post as
commander-in-chief to General Klein
bovsky.
On General KorniIoff giving an eva
sive answer, Premier Kerensky cate
gorically ordered him to come to Pet
rograd. Tc this Korniloff gave an EN-
phatic refusal.
Premier kerensky then made to the
cabinet a prolonged report on the stu
alton. repeating his rrop sal to form
a directory composed of a small mum
be- Of persons. Here the premier me-
his first opposition from the constitu
tional democratic ministers, who de
clared they were unable TO accept the
dictatorship Of the directory and would
consent to remain in the cabinet onl!
if all the material concerning the re
volt and all the plans for the liquida
ton thereof were submitted to The
cabinet in full.
After a heated debate during which
Kerensky and the Socialist minister!
held to the concentration scheme, th'
constitutional democratic minister
WOULD rccioD