The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-11-15
RIOTS SPREAD OVER PETRooRAp
As kERENskY MARCHES ON
CAPITAL WITH ARMY.
WAR IN FINN CAPITAL
BERLIN ADMITS AUSTRIAN DE-
FEAT ON TRENTINo 'FRONT.'
CITY OF sELLUMo TAKEN.

revolution in Petrograd is reported 70
be approaching collapse. Regiments
loyal to Premier Kerensky are march
ing on the capital. and fighting Is un-
der way in the city, according to re-
ports from Petrograd.> An organixa-
ton which has adopted the name OF
All-Russian committee for saving the
country and the revolution announced
that the defeat of the Bolsheviki move
ment was a matter only of days or
hours. The town of Tsarskoe-Selo, fif-
teen miles south of Petrograd, where
former Emperor Nicholas lived much
of the time, is said to have been cap
tured by loyal forces. after which the
rebels retired to Petrograd in disor-
derly mobs. --.4 "a
Z The chief wireless station now Is
controlled by loyal troops. The Red
Guard has been defeated in Moscow.
Premier Kerensky is said to be ap-
preaching Petrograd.
Helsingfors, Finland, Nov. IA
state of war has been declared In Fin
land The provisional soldiers COM
mittee has appointed sailor named
Schiecks as commissary Of Finland in
place of Governor General Nekrasoff.
Prof. Won Wendt, a delegate OF the
diet, has telegraphed President Will
son that owing to the poor harvest the
country faces starvation unless food
can be obtained in the United States.
On the Italian front the Italian line
in the north has stiffened under the
reinforcements 1t has received from
the British and French. The German
official statement admits that east of
Asiago, where the Austro-Germans
made gains last week, the Italians in
strong force attacked the invaders and
recaptured lost positions.
The Germans Sunday made no at
tempts to recapture the ground taken
from them by the British Saturday in
the region of Passchendaele. where
where they advanced their line 800
yards along front of $500 yards and
captured several fortified towns. con-
tenting themselves merely with the
bombardment OF the newly-won line. A
heavy rainfall prevented the British
from extending their gain.
Italian Army Headquarters. Nov. 10.
The Italians continue their retreat
in accordance with the plan of the
general staff. Although the plain
over which they are fighting offers NO
natural defensss. with the exception
of the hills in the province of Tre-
viso. the Italians are opposing more
determined resistance to the enemy.
From the Treviso hills they are pour
ing down \ rain Of shells ON the Ger
mans and Austrians, making them pay
a heavy price for the ground they
gain. - f-'-
Petrograd.-Confirma was OBJ
tained that the former ministers of
the provisional government, who were
arres' by the military revolutionary
committee. have been incarcerated In
the fortress Of St. Peter and st. Paul.
London.-A dispatch to The Ex-
change Telegraph from Petrograd
says the members of the Petrograd
municipal council and the peasant
delegates to the Workmen's and Sol
diei.T Congress, together with the
Min,malists, have decided not to ac-
knowledge the authority Of the Boil
sheviki and will appeal to the nation
regarding the coup d'etat.
Petrograd, Nov. 10.-The General
Congress Of the Soldiers and Work
mems delegates. In its proclamation
announcing that 1t has taken over gov
ernmental authority. says:
I'VE appeal to the soldiers in the
trenches to be vigilant and firm. The
Congress- expects the revolutionary
army will protect the revolution
against all imperialist attempts until
the new government has obtained 4
democratic peace, which it will pro-
pose directly to all the peoples.
1.-The new government will take ade-
Quate measures to assure to the army
all necessaries. and by energetic requi-
sitions from the upper classes 1t will
also ameliorate the economic situation
of soldiers families"
The proclamation concludes by urg-
ing the soldiers to prevent any at
tempt by Kerensky or others to op-
pose the new government.
The aims and decisions of the MILL
tary revolutionary committee follow:
"The abolition Of capital punish
ment, the immediate release Of all sol
diers arrested by the Kerensky gov
ernment for political offenses, all
members of the Kerensky government
to be arrested and ali the revolution
ary committees to arrest Kerensky
himself and to punish those aiding
him to escape"
President Trotzky OF the Petrograd
Soviet stated that the new regime pro