The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-12
KORNILOFF SENDS TROOPS
AGAINST RUSSIAN CAPITAL:
TEUTONS ATTACK DUNKIRK
Deposed Generalissimo Fol-
lows Defiance with March
Toward Petrograd.
REBEL TROOPS MENACE
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT
Only Submission Of Dictator Can
Prevent Civil Csrnase.

NY the international News Scr,feen
Fetrograd, Sept 1L-K KorniIoff.
dwarf In stature, giant In power. has
'oiiowed Up his threats with swift.
STA sgcftng acts. Before Premier Ker-
ehsky ana the Provisional Govern
ineht had recovered from the deposed
generalissimo's defiance. the latter
had sent three columns ., de,-ot.5
veteran troops against the ea,itaI
At this moment they srsna 4,
semlcircle South OF the capitsl AZ
Dno. Luga. and on the Nsrys Ri,er
Nze' - and 81 miles away respectiveIy.
racing them, ready FOR battle. stand.
an army loyal 10 kerensky. consist
ing largely Of the Petrograd gar.
rison.
only compete submission by Ecr-
ensky can avert civil carnage. win
the odds Overwhelmingly with no
rebel commander.
Late this evening the rumor. "Eer-
ensky is dead" made the ro.5,d. In
this turbulent, half isolated rsn.fsI
No one could confirm il. No ON. ~.
correspondent could reach bs5 Sc,
the Premier since Saturday ni-bt N-o
one was surprised. Somehow an bs5
eN7ected IL to happen sooner or later
II Is said the Premier Was ssrsesf-
mated by a Bo.shoyiEi But IL Is a.
Yet a rUmor
herensky's last Official order he
loTe this ominous ye~Crt set nCvr manic
~ ~aNhlri among the hungry. freezing
masses. was 70 tear Up an rails ba-
sSeh mere and LuEa. where Korni-
ION chief column stands.
Up 10 late this eyeui1r "a ,,,.,.,
clash between the rebel ana Govern
ment forces had been renoric5 a,
usual. the soldiers and Wo-ln,ep's
council had taken a hand and iniert~d
us compromise tactics into the sit
uaton. Stories reached Petrogrsd to-
nlsht OF considerable dicBerirg across
no mans lana that still senarsfes
Russians who would shed Russian
blood.
horniloff makes proud Of being =
rebel. To rebel against the provisional
government. he declares. Is true ma
triotism. He accuses n Of being sat
urated with servility- direct and indi-
rect. % the KaiSer's general staff.
I am the son OF a simple Cossack."
Is his war cry. I prefer death 10
Russia's shame. German hirelings In
the kerensky ministry advocate Rus
sis's defeat Down with these scoun-
drels- on TO Pet~ograd.~
~ NlNNe lAAaN u Is INElneeT from
his own mind 10 play into the hands
Of the Germans. he launched. stimuli
tansously with the dispatch Of troops
against the capital. a violent often
sive against the Teuton lines south
east Of the Bukowina. His Cossacks
are still attacking with indomitable
tenacity. Good hesdwav is reported.
Army without Leader
Some 1n0 miles separate Kornilofs =
rebel troops from the Germans. Be
tween them is ElemboWsky's reorEsn-
lied Twelfth Army defeated At RiFs.
To the people Of PetrO-rad EorniloT
proclaims himself at once the only
savior from a weak and 'trescherous
reEime-an accusation not aimed at
Herensky, hut at some Of his min
istcrs-and from capture by the Ger
mans.
Technically, the Russian armies are
today without a chief commander.
Eornilon is depossd. Lokomsky. his
chief aid. has refused kerenslzy's Of
fer to become generalissimo. and. in
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