Licking Valley courier., 1917-11-15
NEWS REVIEW OF &
. The PAST WEEK.
Kerensky and His Government
overthrown by MaximaIists
Led by Lenine.
PRo-GERMANs RULE IN RUSSIA
Immediate Peace First on Their Pro-
sram-Retreat Of Italians Con-
tInues-BrItish Take Highly
important PassohendaeIe
y RIdge--Ameriea's War
g Mission to Paris.
By EpWARD W plckARD

BY EDWARD w. PlCkARD.
Kerensky andss1 provisional gov
ernment Of RusA have fallen;- the
MaximaIIsts led by Nlkolai Lenine,
pro-German agitator, are in the sad
die; the premier has fed. and five or
more Of the members of his cabinet
are under arrest; immediate peace
with the central powers will be Of
fered by the extreme radicals In con-
troll. Such Is the dlspiriting news that
comes from the Slav republic, SO
called. Chaos exists there and long
continued reign of anarchy is the pros
pect.
The only hopeful feature of the
situation is that, as Ambassador Bakh-
meteff says, the revolt is a revolt Of
the few against the many. The Max
lmalists control Petrograd and prob
ably the fortress of Kronstadt, but
they have all Russia to reckon with,
and especially the Cossacks. who have
no sympathy with the plan to make q
separate peace with the central pow
ers. NJ. Bakhmeteff feels sure that
the majority of the Russians who fol-
lowed Kerensky are with the provi-
slonal government heart and soul, un-
derstand that Russin's freedom can be
assured only by the defeat of Germany
by the allies, and will fight to the end.
The spirit prevailing in Petrograd, he
asserts, Is not representative Of the
Russian spirit as n whole.
Loyal Women Fight the Rebels.
or all the armed forces In and about
the capital II appears that the wom'
ans battalion alone remained loyal tC
the government. It was stationed nj
the winter palace and when that build
Ing was attacked by the cruiser Au
rora and the guns Of the fortress OF
st. Peter and st. Paul, II fought as
bravely us possible until overwhelmed
and compelled to surrender The bat
tie lasted four hours and was spec
tacular. The rebels brought up ar
mored cars to aid In overcoming thu
resistance Of the heroic women. Their,
was no chance to call other loyal troops
to Petrograd, for the leaders of thu
workmen's and soldiers delegates hat
seized the posts and telegraphs.
The rebel congress was convened
Wednesday night, the officers elected
including Lenlne and Leon Trotzky
Several proclamatlons were issued
one Of them stating the program o
the new authority to be:
"Flrst-The offer OF an lmmedlat
democratic peace
"Second-The Immediate handln
over of large proprietorlal lands I
the peasants.
"Thlrd-The transmission Of all ar
thorlty to the council Of soldiers an
workmen's delegates.
i'Fourth-The honest convocation Q
constitutional assembly"
; II Is believed In London that Kerer
sky win re-establlsh the provisions
government IN Moscow and that tn
Soviet viii not be strong enough I
hold out long against him. For III
present. however the pro-German
have the upper hand.
Italians Retreat tos,tle Llvenza.
AS had been expected, Count q
dorm did not attempt to make Ion
stand ON the Tagllnmento river lin
against The on-sweeplng Austro-Ge
man armies, but fell back last wee
to the LlvenSa, twelve to elghtee
miles west The enemy followed clos
ly, and tbs prospect was that the Ita
lans wnild speedily be forced back
the Plave, where their main armi'
already were being established. q