Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-02-10
MOSCOW NEWSPAPER KEEPS DIARY OF LATE
REVOLUTION WHICH SENT KERENSKY into
EXILE AND RUSSIA into MORE REVOLUTION

whole power in the city rest with the
municipal duma-
On the morning of the 18th the Boil
sheviki rejOined with a demand for
immediate and absolute surrender,
threatening in case OF refusal 10 bonn
bard the building Of the municipal
duma- Announcing this TO the pOpula-
ton. the committee Of public safety
declared that il would continue fight
ing with all energy against the Boil
sheViki insurrectionists- and that
troops from the front were approach
ing Moscow TO suppress the mutiny-
These achievements. however. failed
to arrive and the advantage during
the DAY was with the Bolsheviki
troops. who seized the powder factory.
the railway stations and the post tele-
graph offices. and who by evening
again approached the center OF the
city
The fierce fighting during the day.
which resulted in a great number OF
casualties and the destruction Of a
large number of houses, brought
about successful negotiations for an
armistice Of "a hours. 10 expire al
midnight Of the 18th Both the revo-
lutiOnaTy committee and the commit
tee OF public safety were 10 be dis
solved. the red and white guards to
be disbanded and the garrison at
Moscow placed under the authority
of the commander of the MOSCOW mil
itary district. assisted by a military
consul
II soon appeared. however. that the
Bolsheviki had used the time of the
pourparlers to bring up reinforce
ments and munitions. and hOstiliues
we're resumed most vigorously. to last
until the afternoon Of November Is
After a period of intense fighting, IN
which the Alexeief military school.
the telephone office and the building
of the military STAFF. as the chlat
centers of resistance. were under con-
tinuous bombardment by heavy artil-
lery. the Bolsheviki succeeded by the
afternoon Of Nov Il in occupying
the first two buildings and had the
upper hand in other districts OF the
city as well
The number of dead and wounded
was appalling, a great number OF
houses were burning and looting was
going on in various parts of the city
At midnight of the 18th a meeting
Of party organizations was held which
offered its mediation to both sides Its
efforts resulted in an agreement, viz
tuaIly recognizing the supremacy Of
the Bolshevik military revolutionary
committee, the committee of public
safety ceasing to exist and its armed
white guard disbanding and surren-
dering its arms. and at O'Clock on
the evening Of the 18th hostilities for
maIly ceased and the civil war IN
Moscow was over. Two days later the
military revolutionary committee put
the seal upon its assumption of power
by an edict dissOlving the municipal
duma for its activities against the
committee Of workmen's and soldiers
delegates.
The newspaper account concludes
with an extended review OF the dam
age and destruction of public build
ings and private houses in various
parts of the city. The historical
building of the municipal duma,
though not wrecked entirely, had suf-
fered severely under the lombard
ment; the musical academy; the
Kamerni theatre and the Girls School
of Bess were almost completely de-
stroyed and the old church Of Boris
and Gleb had lost its steeples- In the
National hotel. headquarters Of the
French and English artillery officers,
from the roof of which the American,
English and French flags floated dur
ing the week of civil war, the interior
was completely devastated. The liver
skaia chapel. seat OF the Tenerated
miracle-working ikon of the liver
skaia Virgin. had been bombarded, but
the interior had suffered only a lit
tie
The famed Kremlin of Moscow had
been the center Of pitiless fighting
and had suffered severely. The beau
tfful Beklemisheff tower, which had
been the target for many shells, was
a CHASTITY sight. only a heap OF broken
stone marking the site Of the tower.
Little was left of the Spassky tower.
A third twore. the Koutafa, was Sc
verely damaged. The Nikolski Gates
were on the verge of collapse and the
great ikon on top Of them had been
DESTROYED