The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-10
Kerensky Reported Moving
Toward Petrograd With
Army Of Faithful
Soldiers.
ALSO OTHER RUMoRs
Every Sort Of Conflicting News 10
Coming Out Of the Country
Where Revolt Is
Popular.

ECnfted Press Leased Wire Servfce.l
LONDON, Nov. 10.-The battle Dy
which Kerensky hopes to save Russia
from the Bolshevih may be mpend-
Ing GROUND Petrograd today, accord
ing to today's Interpretation here OF
Bolsheviki-censored dispatches from
the Russian capital.
The proclamation OF the Petrograd
soviet Of workmen and soldiers that
the Kerensky, Kaledine and korn-
iloff parties are moving troops to
Petrograd" gave the, basis for belief
in London that the provisional gov
eminent was about to act with al! its
strength to stamp out Lenine, Trotsky
and their mushroom government.
At the same time there was con-
siderable apprehension here over one
dispatch. passed by the Bo1sheviki
censor at Petrograd and declaring
that American Ambassador Francis
had received word that the revolu-
tton had spread to Moscow. This
message asserted the Bolshev1kt had
repeated their coup at Petrograd IN
Moscow, assuming control OF all gov
ernmental machinery.
1t had been expected here that
Moscow would rally to the sup
port of the provisional government.
The city has always heretofore been
strong supporter of Kerensky and
the provisional government. If 1t is
confirmed that the Bolshevik1 now
control it, the coup must have been
cleverly carried out. The last word
received regarding Premier Ker-
ensky was that he was enroute to
Moscow with the expectation of es-
tablishing the provisional govern
ment's capital there.
The suspicion that Germany's hand
was behind the whole Bolsheviki re-
volt was strengthened today with re-
ceipt of dispatches quoting Nicholai
Lenine's speech before the all-Rus.
sian council Of workmen and soldiers.
He proposed program which dove
tails exactly with the long continued
German peace propaganda. Lenine,
presumably spokesman for the new
powers installed at Petrograd, pro
posed q three months armistice of
all warning powers-which would
carry Germany through critical win
ter-if agreed to-and conference
of representatives of all nations to
discuss peace. That conference has
been repeatedly urged by the Ger
mans. The only difference was that
lSnlue duuSu G1lc D0lolCSAhl ~ LII
mings Of suggesting that the con-
ferees be elected" by the people
rather than chosen by the govern
ment.
The greatest hope held In England
is that Lenine and his lieutenants
will stick fast to their determination
to work for a general and not sep
afate peace. No single one of the
allies will even think now of joining
any Russian faction in a move for
general peace The Russian catas-
| trophe has rather steeled every in
dividual to greater realization OF the
task ahead Of them in bringing Ger.
many to terms. So long as Lenine
works for a general peace. he is
doomed to disappointment of any
hope for support in England, France,
| Italy or America.
/ Every sort of conflicting news from
| Russia filtered into London today.
Gernan-influenced messages told of
troops along the northern front join
ling the Maximalists and marching on
/ Petrograd; Swiss messages insisted
| word there indicated no spread Of the
revolt except in the cities where 1t
had originated.