Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-06
RTlSSIANS STFFEN
lines FOR BATTLE
prenare to Fight Invaders
J Between Dniester and
Pruth, Says Berlin
rt1ITONS IN BESSARABlA

BERLIN, Aug. 6.
Il, ,,,ss,ans have prepared for battles
.,,o pniester and the Pruth Rivers"
,hs war Office stated today
VIZ ,,,oast of Czernowitz the enemy Is re.
Icing the statement declared.
,.,o Rumanian frontier, Radautz. on
soro.b was captured. Positions on
~. s,des Of the Madava River were
,,c,udlnr Bistritz and several heights
II ,ho east bank
'e GENEVA, Aug. G.
:. uas reported from Berlin today that
,--cerman forces have crossed the
,.,.n frontier into the Russian province
,.ssarabia. in the Raranczo- -Bojan Sec
rhe report is not officially confirmed
:, .,o foregoing report is true 1t means
,,o Teuton troops have entered
p,ssarabia province for the first time since
49,. ,var began although they have made
,hor of unsuccessful efforts to do So
o.-arczo and Bojan lie southeast OF
r-.rrovltz. the capital Of Bukowina. The
80 ,s four miles from the Bessarabian
80 and the latter is directly upon the
s~.,,,or The German War Office on Sun
a., announced the capture of Raranczo and
...,.d that the western part of BoJan had
been occupied
LONDON. Aug. 6.
Tho stiffening Of the morale of the Rus
i". .r,ries on the eastern front is being
sa today in the sturder resistance the
1ns.ans are putting up against the Ger
-. and Austro-Hungarans.
A,-sadv good results are being seen from
~ drastic policies adopted by Dictator
Ksrensky and his loyal generals.
The petrograd correspondent Of the Morn
ing Post cabies'
"General Korniloff's prompt severity has
.rad all that was worth saving in the
srroes at the front. The first corps to set
ths example and lead the general exodus
srom the fighting lines was the Corps d'Elite
40 Guards from Petrograd. Their COM
sander. General Maevsky, was among those
sho received Korniloff's order to fire upon
Seserters and failed to carry out the COM
~.nd Korniloff, in strict accordance with
N,stce sent Maevsky before a court-martial
ar disobedience of orders and he was
sentenced to be shot. Russian history thus
has new precedent, for never before has
,he commander of the guards corps under.
tells me that the Russian army will soor
be as good as ever under the same COM
manders"
PETROGRAD, Aug. 8.
democracy that has created within IT.
! self a rule of absolutism approved by thu
neonle was Russia's latest contribution tC
var governments today.
Having been given vote of confidence by
councils representative Of all Russians
Premier Kerensky is in position to proceed
with his work of regeneration with absolut,
powers,
The following Cabinet officers have beel
mmed by the Premier.
Premier, Minister of War and Marine
Alexander F. Kerensky.
Vice Premier and Minister Of Finance
NJ " Nekrasoff.
Minister Of Foreign SAffairs-M. I. Te
festchenko.
Minister Of the Interior-M Aksentiei
(SociaI Revolutionary, lately released fror
penitentiary). d.
Minister of Public Instructon--M. Olden
4 burg Constitutional Democrat and membe
Of the Academy of Sciences).
Minister of Labor-M. Skobeleff.
Minister of Trade and Industry-M
prokopovitch.
Minister of Social Tutelage--S' Astroi
Mayor of Moscow. Constitutions. Demo
cra)
Minister Of Supplies-M. Piescheho.
Minister of Justice-M. Yefremoff
Procurator of the Holy Synod-M Karta
shelf
Minister of Posts and Teegraphs-N
Nikitine (Social DEMOCRACY.
State Comptroller-F. A. Golovine (Col
etitutional Democrat
Minister of Agriailture-M. Tcherno
(6ocialist).
Assistant Minister Of Warm. Savinkof
M Tchernoff, who again becomes Ministe
q Agriculture has been fully rehabilitateC
MS accusers having withdrawn charges tina
pe had relations with Germany.
great Improvement in the morale o
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