Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-15
CIVIL WAR IS
RUSSRESULT
OF PL0TTERS
Trotzsky Regime Controls
Rights of Ballot for
People.

Petrograd, Dec. flowing to
the boycotting of the municipal
elections by the other parties, the
Maximalists will be in undisputed
control of the administration of /
petrOgrad. /
The newspaper PraFda, organ OF
the B0lshevigi government, has
announced the arrest of the lead
ing members oil the council OF
union Cossack troops at Petr0-
grad at the instance of the Cos
sack committee affiliated with the
WOrkmen's and soldiers delegates.
The cities of R0stov, Nakhitchevan
and Taganrog, in the Don Cossack
territory, are in the hands of the
Bolsheviki troops, according to a re
port issued by the official news bu-
reau. General Kaledines, leader Of
/ the Don Cossacks. the announcement
adds, has been arrested by Generals
/ Kaledin and Bototsky and their stats,
who have invited the mayor of Rostov
/ to go to Noyo Tcherkask, the Cossack
capital. to discuss the suspension Of
military operations.
Situation is Confused.
London, Dec. 15.-Press dispatches
from Petrograd throw little light on
the military situation in southern Rus
STA. The official statements issued in
/ Petrograd are confusing and there are
various reports regarding General
Kaledines and General Kornilof,
whose present whereabouts and forS
tunes are not known definitely.
The fog of war has settled down
!. all over Russia says the Petrograd
correspondent of the Post, although
, very little actual warfare has deYel-
oped.'
The people of Petrograd are said
r to be more interested in the attitude
- of the BolsheYiki toward the constit-
p. uent assembly than in the Russo-Ger
p man negotiations or civil war in tht
e south. The BolsheyiM are still rep
S resented as being determined TO pre-
e vent the constituent assembly from
taking on any complexion except re
4 Election Of their own views, but Their
5 apparently is a sharp disagreement
5 among the leaders as TO the method
L and angry discussions are reported Il
have occurred.
Force Is Only Law.
All advices agree that force is tn
r only law in Russia today and tn
strongest force for the moment
: welded by the Bolsheyiki, who, unde
=, the guidance Of Lenine and Trotzkl
n are said to have established a despoti
Is regime against which many OF th
r Bolsheyiki are murmuring.
J. According TO the Posts correspond
a ent, virtually every newspaper i
# Russia has been suppressed exceI
in those favorable to or controlled
the BolsheViki The banks continu
"A. to be closed. The railway mems uniol
,s hitherto more or less neutral, is no
n being brought under Bolshevih il
e. fuence.
an "On the other hand signs Of Coo
discipline are not wanting" the di'
le patch to the Post continues. 80
Is diers returning by tens Of thousand
y from the war zones no longer retaI
their arms as they did with such di
astr0us results under the KeTensl
regime Even the Petrograd Carr
son has become amenable TO modera
v discipline. The strong hand is fe
everywhere and everywhere murmu
-. of indignation are heard at the ma
~ ner in which the strong hand is Ell
-, in he
go condition of public opinion under Il
N Romanoff regime
Restoration OF Gear.
The same correspondent points
supposed indications of the intenti
to restore the monarchy. Lenine,
says. is IAN invisible mystery, ina
- cessible and closely guarded havi
. given up making speeches and NJ
. stunning publicity. Trotzky, on
= other hand, speaks frequently and
oI very accessible.
IL It is noted that although the CT
III man and Austrian governments q
es nounced the resumption of armist
hat negotiations on Thursday and tn
I'M adjournment until Friday, the Russi
'iic commissaries issued no report regal
h ing these developments. notwithstai
VI ing their statements that they wol
take the world into their eonfdeI
lhi' as to the progress of the happeniI
is at Brest-LitoVsk.
~ Leaders in Disagreement.
ats. NJ. Lunacharski. commissioner
MES education in the Bolsheyiki cove
ment, according to a Petrograd {
zen patch to the Times, has resigned
of the result Of a disagreement "
the Lenine. Trotzky, Zinovieff and OF
. TO militant members OF the council
der peoples eommissaries. Lenine /;
his adherents declared themselves
he favor OF the withdrawal OF all
heir Bolshevibi members of the eonstitu
,xis. assembly so as to bring about the
Ter Of the assembly without formal
LOT dissolution