Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-14
.bOLSHEvIkI
R0U TED BY
KORNI NIL0fF
Maximalists' Claims of Vic
tory in Battle Near Biel-
gorod Are Denied by Later
Report Of Their Enemy's
Coup.
ARREST OF KERENSKY
MINISTER'S ORDERED

London, Dec. 13.-Fierce hynt-
Ina was still in progress near
eielaorod on "Wednesday, Reu-
ter's Petroerad correspondent re-
ports in a dispatch filed that day.
Both sides were losing heavily, x
was said.
General Kaiedines Is besieged
at Rostov on the Don, according
TO wireless message sent from
the city by way Of sebastapoo',
according to the correspondent.
Fighting was in progress near
Nakhitchevan, in the vicinity OF
Rostov where a river transport
was firing on eossack cavalry ar
rivino from Novo Tcherkask.
The n~aximalists were also sup
ported by guns of attachments
from the Black Sea fleet.
Berlin, Dec. 10. - Negotiations
for an armistice to replace the ex-
listing truce on the Russian front
will begin today at the headquar-
ters Of Prince Leopold Of Bavaria,
she, German general staff an
noureed.
London, Dec. IA battle has oc.
cured near Bielgorod. in southern
Russia, between bolsheviki forces and
troops under General Korniloff, but
the outcome hes not been established
and sPetfosrad advices are conflicting.
The PetrOsrad..l correspondents 81 the
Daily Mail reports that Kornflofi
was defeated and wounded and that
his capture was to be expected. A
dispatch from the representative OF
the Post. however. denies the report
ed bolsheviki victory. saying General
Korniloff has routed his opponents
and soon will Join General Kaledines
at Nova Tcherkask.
koRNiLoFF WINS BY TRICK.
The Post correspondent, who re-
ceived his information from an I'm.
named source. sends detailed de
scription OF the battle He says Gen
eral KornilofY had about 5000 men
making up what is known as the wild
division OF cavaliers OF st. George,
"battalions of death" and some ar
tillery. When the bolsheviki troops
were encountered. General Kornilof{
divided his army and sent one part Of
1t forward by train. This was soon
followed up by the bolsheviki, who
promptly trumpeted great victory
In the meantime. however. General
KornilofY maneuvered his main force
near the bolsheviki and attacked with
artillery. Some OF his opponents fed
and others surrendered or joined the
red guard section OF the Korniloff ar
my. The remaining bolsheyiki were
surrounded and dealt with very dras,
tically.
CONTEMPT FOR RADICALS.
"No military force in Russia has
much sympathy for these mercena-
Hes the correspondent adds.
Hall dozen generals who escaped
with General Korniloff are said to
have reached their destination in the
Caucasus.
In long review OF the Russian sit
nation the Petrograd correspondent oi
the Post saws there Is no prospec,
of peaceful settlement and that
henceforth force must decide every
thing.
SIINIo VOoSG noIGSs
The secret OF the success OF the
bolsheviki throughout the country, he
writes, is that they represent The
iron hand What is behind them is as
yet undisclosed. but among Influential
members OF their organization are mef
who were prominent in the secret
political police OF the empire which
once ruled Russia. These men. ac
co-ding to the correspondent, are in
Producing dissension everywhere.
Referring to Siberia's declaration q
Independence the CORES pondent say;
the Siberian troops are being reorgan
ised under General Pleskoff, one O
the best known officers. II is report
ed that the Siberians have declared
in favor of a monarchy
pREcEDENTS ARE UPSET.
The correspondent asserts that al
though the stories Of the activities o
the cossacks In the southeast vary. i
Is certain they are standing for Law
and order. He predicts that eventual
r. the Russians will again present 1
front against the Germans. addin;
that nothing whatsoever within th'
range of human thought that happens
In Russia need occasion any surprise
ARREST FOR kERENskY AIDES.
Petrograd. Dec. 1.-THE bolshevik
government issued decree orderin;
the arrest and trial by revolutionar!
tribunals of the leaders OF the const
tutional democratic party assisting th'
counter revolution. The decree als'
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