Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-12

PETROGRAD. September 11.-Kornfse
lon, dwarf On stature, giant In poEsf,
has followed up his threats with, sWffe.
staggering s.. acts 9 Before d Prem Ter
Kerensky and the provisional govern.
ment had recovered from the dspossd
gcneralissimo's defiance, the latter hid, i
sent three strong columns OF dSvotSd;y
veteran troops against the, capital. at
this moment they stand in sefiif.
circle south OF the capital at Dno. LuSs,
and on the Narva River. 100, seventy
Ave and eighty-one miles away respect
lively: Facing them, ready for battle.
stands an army loyal to Kerensky. con-
sisting largely of the Petrograd EaEli
rison. Only complete submission hS
kerensky Can avert civil carnage, with
the odds overwhelmingly with the rebel
commander.
Late this evening the rumor, "Keren-
sky is dead" made the rounds in this
turbulent, half-isolated capital. No one
could confirm il. No one the cores
pondent could reach had seen the Pr4-
mier since Saturday night No enc
was surprised. Somehow all had az
pected 1t to happen sooner or IateE
1t Is said the Premier was assassinatsdl
by a Bolshoviki. But 1t Is as yet & {
rumor. 49,
LAST OFFICIAL ORDER
TO TEAR UP RAILROADS.
Kerensky's last Official order befors
this ominous report set new pSate
awirl among the hungry. freezinai;
masses. was to tear up all rails betwssa
here and Luga, where Korniloff.s cfi3Af
column stands. Up to late this eyen-
ins no actual clash between the rebel
and government forces had been re-
ported. AS usual the Soldiers, ana
Workmens Council had taken hand
and injected it's compromise tactics
into the situation.
Stories reached I'etrograd to o.rtSht
of considerable dickering across tho no
mans land that still separated RUS
SLAMS who would shed Russian blood,
Korniloff makes proud OF being j
rebel. To rebel against the provisional
government. he declares. Is true pR.
triotism. He accuses 1t Of beir9
saturated with ser sility-direct and In
direct, to tho Kaiser's general stafr.
II am tho son Of a simple Cossack,s
is has war cry. I prefer death 10
Russia's shame. German hirelings In
the Kerensky ministry advocate RVS
sta's defeat. Down with these scoan-
drels. On to PetrJgrad."
10 prove tnat IL Is 1artheSt from his
own mind to play into the hands az
tho Germans, he launched, simultaues
ously with The dispatch OF troops
against the capital. s; violent offensive
against the Teuton lines southeas sc gat
the Bukowina. His Cossacks are still Y
attacking with indomitable tenacily.
Good headway Is reported. 4
FORCES OF KoRNILOFF ssS
PROTECTION FoR CAPITAL
Moreover. the forces he has sent
against Petroerad constitute, -bxssa
curious paradox, added protection for
the capital against the foreign fSa
For the Weden-Psk Off r-Petrograd raj.
way, which is thoir main line, of .ad-5
vance. is at the same time the only
rail along which the Teutons can pGsh
drive northward. Some 100 miles
separate Korniloff's rebel troops from
the Germans. Between them Is Kletris
bowsky's reorganized twelfth army, 9
defeated at Riga. s
To the people of Petrograd. KornI-
lof proclaims himself At once the only I.
savior from a weak and ".treacherofis
regime--an accusation not airned At
Kerensky. but at some of his rpip.si
ters-and from capture by the Oar.
mans. ;t-- Il, ), &, &, rs q go 80 ss ss
Technically, the Russian arrrtss ars
to-day without a, chiaf com,randar.
Kornilon is deposed; Loksnasky. 81 II
chief aid. has refused Kersnsky .s aHxyS
TO seeone xeners ltssirlo. and. tSstS& ls 3,
T. now tho hyatns et tie KesHs
fEs ~ s3s