The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-07-27
KERENSkY UNABLE 80 HOLD
RUSSIAN ARMY: NAY TURN
TO GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS


Petrograd, July 23.-Russia today
stands upon the edge OF yaWnlnS
abyss, Kerensky, now dictator, has or
dered all deserters to be shot on the
spot. But from detailed official
telegram sent to the government from
its commissioner at the front, it seems
evident that at the presnt rate OF de-
sertions there will not be enough 10y
al troops left to form firing squads.
The utter disregard of authority IS
spreading fast among the navy. Ar
rests of high army and navy officers
are a matter of hurly news. Petro-
grad still is under martial law. A
Acounter revolution seems imminent,
no one knows who will lead
R and who will allow itself to be led
it.
B Is Helpless.
The council of workingmen's and
soldiers delegates, now allied with
the council of peasants OF all Russia,
still dominates the situation, but there
has been much disaffection among its
ranks. Scores of influential leaders
have aligned themselves with the Boil
shiyiki and Leninites.
Even a Kerensky appears at this
moment, helpless to restore any de-
gree of unity and aggressive spirit at
the front. The eyes of millions of SOL
diers and moujiks are turned to the
grim prison walls that harbor the on
/. outstanding military leader IN
Russia-Grand Duke Nicholas Mich
olaievitch, uncle of the deposed car.
He alone, with his iron energy and
with a brilliant military career be-
hind him, is looked upon by the bulk OF
Russian soldiers as the man capable
of resuscitating the offensive spirit.
Kerensky, with his inspiring patriot
ism. fearlessness and famboyant elo
quence, is worshipped by the masses,
but to the Muscovite armies, instilled
as they are by the traditional devotion
and blind obedience to leader whose
name is linked with victories, with &C
tual achievements in the field to
these armies the young civilian now
Hat the head of the state does not en-
dy war and victory.
Steal Arms.
until today did the full exten:
of the havoc wrought by the red
guards" in the last few days nina
ture revolts become known. Out OF
the arsenal in the fortress of st. Petes
and st. Paul, they had stolen thous-
ands of, rifles, revolvers and machine
guns destined for the army. Many OF
the cases broken open had just come
from America.
Most of these arms have been re-
covered. The rebels are being syste-
matically disarmed.
Pitiful scenes took place in the Ills
toric old fortress prison while the re-
bels engaged in their orgies of loot
ing. It is there that many of the most
notorious political prisoners are held
Some of them went mad with fear
They thought an outraged people was
coming to visit terrible revenge upon
them for the graft and terachery OF
czardom days.
From the one cell came woman
whining entreaties to the armed
guards in the corridors. She begged
for poison so she might end it all be-
fore the avengers lynched her. The
prisoner was Nine Soulhomlinof, wife
of the former war minister whose Of
fetal career was found to be STEPPED
in graft.
In another cell the man whose prov
ed treachery marked the beginning OF
the end of imperial Russia, Boris
Stuermer, the former premier, collaps-
ed from fear and remorse.
The Guill0tine.
The sailors from Kronstadt and
the Bolshiviki who participated in the