Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-14
Desertions From His Ar.
mics Forecast His Sur
render; Kerensky As
sumes Command of Loyal
Government Forces.
CABINET MINISTER
CLAIMS VICTORY
ALL OVER. 10 cIAIM.


Petroorad, Sept. 13-M. skoIo-
beff, minister Of labor In the Ker-
ensky cabinet and member Of
the council Of workmen's and SOL
diers' delegates, announced
through the Russian official news
agency today that General kornL
lofts adventure had collapsed
and that the army at his head.
quarters has surrendered.
KoRNILoFF PROPOSES TERMS.
London, Sept. Ia General
korniIoff, former commander In
chief Of the Russian armies and
leader Of the rebellion against
the provisional government. has
expressed willingness to sur
render on certain terms, says
dispatch from Pefrosrad to the
Exchange Telegraph company.
The provisional government how.
ever, demands HE unconditional
surrender.
ALExlEFF SEES SURRENDER.
Petrosrad, s:25 p. m., Sept. 12.
MISUNDERSTANDING to m Of
ficial statement Just Issued Gen.
erai kornlloff's attempt seems to
have collapsed and there 10 NO
longer any reason to fear 4 col
lIsion between the two forces.
After General AIsxleff had been
In communication by telephone
with General korniloff the opinion
was expressed that the re~olu.
tIonary general later would aban.
don his enterprise.
Pet,ogr sys ssept. 1s.--:An outA1nA-cf
the conslItutsi.s and policy Of the. new
government and the future leadership
OF the army is announced by vice-Pre-
mier Nekras0ff.
General Russki, M. Nekrasoff stated.
will be named a. commander on the
northern front; General Dragomiroff
will command on the western front.
and General Diederichs will be quar-
termaster general. The policy which
General Korniloff demanded for army
control will not be pursued, according
to the vice-premier.
NO REFORM FOR ARMY.
The government, M. Nekrasoff de-
clared, will be conducted on the sams
social basis as formerly. The govern.
ment will not be a coalition one. he
added in as much as its existence will
not depend upon an interparty agree.
ment- He said NJ. Pieschehonoff, this
minister of food and supplies, will re-
sign, as also will M. Savinkoff, the az
sistant minister Of war. He indicated
q change in the ministry of foreign at.
fairs also was probable.
SAVAGE" DIVISION QUITS.
Petrograd. Sept. IA division Of
General Korniloff's forces, composed
of Moslem troops, has reached Tsar-
skoe-Selo. fifteen miles south of Petro.
grad. General Kugusheff, a loyal
Mohammendan officer, was sent to
treat with them and they agreed to
abandon resistance to the provisional
government on condition that they be
sent home to the Caucasus. where
they must not be employed against
the Turks, their co-religionists. Prem
Ter Kerensky agreed to the proposal
so-called Savage" division, composed
Of Georgians and Caucasians. is the
only unit Of troops sent against Petro-
grad which remains solid for General
Korniloff. That body is now at Tsar.
Skoe-Selo.
DID NOT KNOW AIMS.
It appears that the savage divf.
sion, though devoted to General Korni-
loft. had no idea Of their destination
or his aims. The division consists OF
eight regiments of fierce Caucasus
cavalry and contains few Tartars.
Almost all are Mohammedans and
among them are many princes. Their
Is General Bagration.
The submission of the Savage
division was brought about through
the devotion OF group of their CO.
to the government. The
tribesmen do not speak Russian.
suspect and dread Christians and
when approached by the governments
Russian emissaries refused to listen
to them and threatened them with
arrest
COMPROMISE Is ACCEPTED.
A Mohammedan Tartar artillery Of
ticer, General Kugusheff, with other
Moslem officers, who are devoted to
the government, went on mission
to them yesterday and were we'll re-
ceived. They have returned and are
now at the Petrograd staff offices.
There the Associated Press interview.
ed General Kugusheff, who wore an
ordinary Russian uniform. The gem
eral said:
"The Caucasians declared they ahso-
lutely refused to surrender and come
TO Petrograd for fear the bolsheviki
would massacre them. But they are
willing to abandon resistance on condi-
ton they were sent home to the