Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-09-12
MAY BATTLE NEAR DINO.


General Korniloff ordered his
troops to detrain at the railroad sta.
ton at Dno and to march on and be.
siege the city of .Petrograd. Gov.
ernment infantry still is moving out oi
the capital to oppose Korniloff's
forces.
General Denikine, commander OF
the Russian armies on the southwest
ern front, has telegraphed to Premier
Kerensky that he intends to support
General KorniloR. So ,as
Lieutenant General Dmitri Stcher.
batchef, commander of the Russian
forces on the Roumanian front, has
ordered his armies and also the Odes.
sa military district to take no part
in the conflict, at the same time, re-
naming true to the provisional gov
ernment.
Following the ultirnatum of Cen
eral Korniloff.l the entire Russian
cabinet resigned to give Premier Ke-
rensky full liberty Of action. All the
ministers for the time being will re-
main in their Offices.
General Korniloff, in addition to
refusing to abandon his command,
ordered the arrest of M. Philoninko,
tho government commissioners. The
provisional government, besides ar
resting Vladimir N. Lvoff, who
brought Korniloff's ultimathm to the
provisional government, took into
custody eighty other, persons.
TEAR UP RAILROAD
General Korniloff's "Sikaya" d.
vision, which was formerly stationed
at Pskoff and consists of Georgians
and other Caucasus tribcsmen, Is re-
ported to have occupied Writzs or
Little Vrayn, on the Petrograd-Ry-
binsky railway, ffty-four versts from
Petrograd.
No report has yet been received Of
a collision between government
troops and the forces of General Kor-
niloff, which are coming toward
Petrograd.
1t is officially stated that part Of
the rival forces met near Luga and
communicated with each other with.
out hostilities breaking out.
! One of General Korniloff's detach.
ments Is said to be advancing from
the Narvo. Both sides are still organ.
izing and appealing for support.
Government officials are tearing up
the railway track at Semrino, forty
versts from Petrograd, in order to
stay the approach of General Korni-
lofts troops. t1
A special train which left Petro-
grad during the night for Semrino
carried the chiefs Of the railway de-
partments, large staff Of wcrkmer
and representatives of the council Of
workmen's and soldiers delegates.
CAVALRY AT DINO.
Premier Kercnsky has sent instruc-
tons by wireless telegraphy to all
railroad organizations, requiring the
officials to refuse to obey any order
from General Korniloff. The pre-
mier has received telegram from
the commander of the Baltic feet
promising support.
1t is stated that General Kaledines
Ataman of the Cossaeks has tele-
graphed to Premier Kerensky threat.
ening that If he does not accede to
General Korniloff's demands the Cos.
sacks will cut the Moscow railway,
thus isolating Petrograd.
The Bourse Gazette says the cav.
airy which General Korniloff sent
against the capital reached Dno, 100
miles from Petrograd. The military
section of the council of soldiers and
workmen's delegates at Petrograd
had sent emissaries Nto explain the
character of the movement to the off.
GERS of the Korniloff cavalry.
The delegates delivered Premier
Kerensky's order of the day, and the
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