The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-12
KERENSKY RAISES
A BIG ARMY
.Oy2Iist Forces Are Marching
on PotEOgTad,
FIGHTING IN THE CITY
rsarskoe- SeIo, Fifteen Miles Away
Captured by Kerensky Troops-Bol-
shevki Fleeing to the Cs~i!al.

London. Nov. 12.-The Ho'sheviki
revolution in Petrograd is reported to
ne approaching collapse.
Regiments loya! 10 Pvemie' Noren-
sky are marching on the capitol and
fighting in Under way in the ely, &C
cording to reports from Petrocr2d.
The town of Ts9rskoe-Selo, fifteen
miles south Of Petragrad, where for
mer Emperor Nicholas lived Touch OF
the time is said to have been Captur-
ed by loyal forces. after which the
rebels retired to Petrograd in disor-
derby mobs.
The red guard has been de e te in
Moscow. TIE collanse of the r0lshe-
Wiki movement is said to be Cn!y
matter of days or hours.
The following was received by wire
less from Ru~sia:
ITO all army organizations ard COM
missaries: TIE revolt against the Boil
sheviki is increasing in Petrograd.
Open attacks against them began and
fusillades are taking place in the
streets at some places. The telephone
is in the hands of the .Tun'-o The
Dowmin (?) was occupied by the gen
eral army committee, which has re-
moved the Bo'sheviki guards. In Mos
cow the red guard was defeated.
premier Kerensky will approach
Petrograd toward evening. Communi-
cation with him has been established.
delegation from the committee for
saving the country and the revolution
has been sent to NJ. Kerensky.
liquidation of the Bolsheviki ad
venture ia only a matter Of days or
hours For the more successful liqui-
1atiOn of this adventure it is neces-
sary that all democratic forces unite
around the All-Russian committee for
saving the country and the revolu-
ton"
Another Russian wireless despatch
says:
"A regiment faithful to the go y
ment and the revolution, in full a =
ment with the Cossacks, the soldiers
and workmen's delegates and all
democratic organizations, occupied
the town of TsarskOe-Selo and the
chief radio-teleGraphic station. The
rebels are retiring in disorderly mobs
on PetrOgrad.
Severe measures are being taken
against marauders and pillagers.
Those caught with stolen goods are
oeing shot Immediately. Those guilty
If rebellion are being handed over to
he military revolutionary court"
A proclamation has been issued "to
the soldiers of Petrograd" by NJ.
Ma1coski, who describes himself as a
member of the all-Russian committee
for saving the country and the revo-
luton. and as commissary of the Pet
rograd military district This prccla-
nation is given as follows in a wire
less message from PetrOgrad:
Gallant regiments from the front,
faithful 10 the revolution and the
country, have approached the capital.
In order that there be no shedding of
innocent blood, arrest imm diate,y all
those who are betraying and running
the country.
an order to indicate which regi-
ments are faithful send delegations to
the regiments moving from the
front"
An Exchange Telegraph despatch
from Petrograd dated Saturday says
the news that Premier Kerensky was
approaching the capital caused a great
sensation. Reports from Moscow to
Petrograd, this despatch says, state
that a majority of the soldiers and
workmen's delegates there voted to
support the Petrograd Bolsheviki, but
that the Cossacks declined to do so
and are working with other elements
in organizing opposition. The govern
ment institutions in Moscow, includ-
ing the arsenals, telegraph offices,
banks and railway stations, are said
to have Hassed iRto the hands of the
Bolshevikf.
Petroorad advices to the Weekly
Despatch say that troops loyal to the
provisional government are known to
be nea- Pe-rOgrad and a division Of
Cossacks is on the march from Fin
land This news was given out at the
S1polny Institute headquarters of the
workmen's and soldiers congress The
garrison at PetrCgrad, which two days
ago was solid for the Extremists, now
is said again to be wavering In its
allegiance.