Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-17
Army Fails Kerensky;
Reds in Full POUer

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to Petrograd under n white flag and appear
before the Revolutionary Committee. where
you will negotiate as head OF the Govern
ment'
"Kerensky agreed to this and he was
promised a guard He objected to n guard
of sailors on the ground that some enemies
were among them He wanted to walt
until night but finally agreed to make tho
trip by daylight went and called Colo
mel Kishkoff of the Tenth Don Cossacks,
and ordered him 20 appoint a guard of eight
men. A half hour later the Cossacks told
me that Kerensky could not be found
| raised the alarm thinking that he could
not have left Gatchina."
BESIEGED IN KREMLIN
The situation In Moscow Is still grave ac-
cOrding to latest reports from that CITY
Seven thousand military cadets and 5000
troops are hesegcd in the Kremlin at
Moscow by $4,000 Bolsheviki. They are
battering the ancient walls and buildings
with heavy artillery. according TO a we'll
authenticated report.
The loss Of life since tho beginning Of
the insurrection is estimated Mt from 1000
TO 5000.
General Kaledines upon whose help the
defenders of the Kremln are counting Is
reported to have cut the rlilway southwark
to prevent provisions arriving while no is
General Dukhonin is now In command OF
the Kerensky forces defeated at Tsarskoe-
selo.
COSSACKS OVERPOwERED
Petrograd and it's environs were general.
ly quiet today after sangunary fighting or
recent days The most desperate battles
were fought around Gatchna md TsarslIoe-
Selo. There Kerensky massed three Co.'S
sack regiments and n large force OF armored
I IL.
ernment troops fought with varying sue
cess against the Bolsheviki forces. Tsarskoe-
Seo changed hands three times The Cos.
| sacks. better disc plined and armed than
! the Bolshevilli. managed at first to over
| come the disadvantage of smaller numbers
| Their recklessy brave charges repeatedly
| recovered positions
| Finally. however, the Trotsky-L -Lenins
| Ministry massed an Overwhelmingly superior
number OF soldiers. and the Cossacks wer,
| broken up. They had to surrender.
| Thirty thousand Let's. who Joined the
| MaXimallsts, turned the tide. The Let's
are lndo.l;uropean people numbering NOR,
! than million. They are closely allied tc
| the Lithuanians, living in the Governments
| of Courland and Livonia.
The gravest menace to Petrograds fu
| ture is in the threatened strike of railwa,
employees Their truce ends Saturday.
Already torn by internal strife, a com
| plete tie-up of rail lines, making impossible
the dispatch of food to this city, woulC
probably cause acute distress. Alread,
| food prices are out Of reach OF ordinar,
| citizens.
| one report received today declared tha
| In fighting by which the Bolsheviki rec
guard captured Alexandrovka. Kerensky!
| forces lost 1900 men, all Cossacks, and tina
| the Maxmallsts' casualties numbered onl,
| 200,
The Trotsky -Len'ne Government has in
! stItuted the eight-hour day in all indus
tries and abolished all night work, eXcep
that OF national defense. A moratorium oI
house rent was announced as In effect to
| day, unless an agreement Is reached on th
| railway strike.