Morning Oregonian., November 09, 1917, Page 2, Image 2

TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, FKIDAT, NOVEMBER 9, 1917,
REVOLT 111 RUSSIA
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Cruiser Aurora and Fortresses
of St. Peter and St. Paul
Bombard Winter Palace.
MAXIMALISTS RULE CITY
Congress . of Workmen's and Sol
diers' Delegates Issue Proclama
, tlons, Declaring Immediate
Peace Is First Purpose.
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spectacular one, armed cars of the
revolutionists swinging- into action in
front of the palace gates, while flashes
from the Neva were followed by the ex
plosion of sheila from the guns of the
.Aurora.. '
The Russian cruiser Aurora is a ves
sel of 6730 tons and has a complement
-of 573 men.. She was built in 1900 and
carries ten six-inch guns, 20 12-pound-ers
and eight small guns. She also
carries two torpedo tubes.
GENERAL COXGRESS COXVEXES
Three Proclamations Issued; Keren-
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sky's Arrest Ordered.
The general congress of Workmen's
tri Soldiers' Delegates of All Russia
was convened here last night with 560
delegates in attendance. The chairman
declared the time was not propitious for
political speeches and the order of busi
ness of the congress approved as fol
lows: First Organization of power.
I Second Peace and war.
1 Third A constitutional assembly.
The officers elected comprised 14
Maximalists, including Nikolai Lenine,
the radical Socialist leader; M. Zino
vieff, an associate of Lenine, and Leon
Trotzky, president of the central ex
ecutive committee of the Petrograd
Council of Workmen's and Soldiers'
Xelegates. In adition, seven revolu
tionary soldiers were appointed.
Peace IJrlrgru. on Named,
A delegation was named to initiate
peace negotiations with the other rev
olutionary and democratic organiza
tions "with a view to taking; steps to
etop bloodshed."
The official news agency today made
public the following statement:
"The congress of the council of work
men's and soldiers' delegates of all
Russia, which opened last evening, is
sued this morning the three following
proclamations:
"To all provincial councils of work
men's and soldiers' and peasants' dele
gates: All power lies in the workmen's
and soldiers' delegates. Government
commissaries are relieved of their func
tions. Presidents of the workmen's
and soldiers' delegates are to communi
cate direct with , the revolutionary
government. All members of agricul
tural committees who have been ar
rested are to be set at liberty immedi-1
ately and the commissioners who ar
rested them are in turn to be arrested.
Death Penalty Revoked.
"The second proclamation reads as
follows: . ' 1
" 'The death penalty re-established at
the front by Premier Kerensky is abol
ished and complete freedom for polit
ical propaganda has been established
at the front. All revolutionary soldiers
and officers who have been arrested
for complicity in so-called political
crimes are to be set at liberty imme
diately.' "The third proclamation says:
" 'Former Ministers Konavaloff,
Kishkin, Terestchenko, Malyantovltch,
Nikilin and others have been arrested
by the revolutionary committee.
" 'M. Kerensky has taken flight and
all military bodies have been empow
ered to take all possible measures to
arrest Kerensky and bring him. back
to Petrograd. All complicity with
Kerensky will be dealt with as high
treason.' '
Nikolai Lenine -was Introduced by
Trotzky as an "old, old comrade, whom
We welcome back."
Lenine said:
"Now we have a. revolution. The
peasants and workmen control the
government. This is only a prelimi
nary step toward a similar revolution
everywhere."
STREET BATTLES REPORTED
Patrols of Sailors, Soldiers and
i Civilians Maintaining Order.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 8. The Maxi
malists' movement toward seizing au
thority, rumors of which . had been
agitating the public mind ever since
the formation of the last coalition cab
inet, culminated when, without disor
der. Maximalist forces took possession
of the telegraph office and the Petro
grad Telegraph Agency.
Orders Issued by the government for
the opening of the spans of the bridges
across the Neva .were overriden by the
military" committee of the Council of
Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates.
Communication was restored after sev
eral hours of interruption. Nowhere
did the Maximalists meet with serious
opposition.
An effort by militiamen to disperse
crowds gathered In the Nevskl and
Letainy Prospekts during the evening
provoked a fight, in which one man is
reported to have been killed. Minor
disturbances, some of them accompa
nied by shooting, occurred in various
quarters of the city. A number of per
sons are reported to have been killed
or- wounded, but there Is no confirma
tion. Patrols of sailors, soldiers and civi
lians are in the streets maintaining or
der. Further than a continuation of
suppressed excitement, the streets of
the city present no unusual aspects.
Shops and banks, which had opened for
business began to close up about noon.
Shortly after noon a Soviet force
occupied the telephone exchange, where
a small guard had been stationed for
weeks. An effort by government forces
to. retake the exchange led to a brief
fusillade, which, it is believed, caused
a. number of casualties. The Maximal
ists remained in possession of the build
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TONES THE NERVES
The gratifying results attending the
faithful use of the new medicinal com
bination. Hood's Sarsaparilla before
eating and Peptlron after eating, are
seen in purer blood, stronger nerves,
improved condition of the whole sys
tem. - They are results that make this
course of treatment the most econom
ical for sufferers from impure, impov
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no other accomplishes so much for each
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REBELS' STORY TOLD
Maximalists Relate How Rev
olution Is Carried Out.
PEASANTS PROMISED LAND
Lenine Outlines Three Purposes of
Bolshevikl, First of Wh?U Is
Declared to Be Immediate
Ending of War.
LONDON, Nov. 8. The Russian news
agency, which, as reported last night
was seized by the Maximalists, sends
the following dispatcn from Petrograd,
dated 9:50 o'clock last evening:
"The day brought certain changes in
the general situation in the capital.
The Maximalist movement made fresh
and fairly appreciable progress, but
no disorders have taken place.
"Towards 5 o'clock in the afternoon
the military review committee of the
Soldiers and Workmen's Delegates is
sued a proclamation stating that Petro
grad was in its hands, thanks to the
assistance of the garrison which en
abled the coup d'etat to be brought
about without bloodshed.
Peasants Promised Land.
"The proclamation declares that the
new government will propose an Im
mediate and just peace, will hand the
land to the peasants and will summon
the constituent assembly.
"Delegates from the three Cossack
regiments quartered here declared they
would not obey the provisional gov
ernment and would not march against
the Soldiers and Workmen's Delegates,
but that they were prepared to main
tain public order.
"The Petrograd Council of Soldiers
and Workmen's Delegates held a meet
ing this afternoon, at which M. Trotzky
made his declaration that the govern
ment no longer existed; that some of
the Ministers had been arrested and
the preliminiary Parliament had been
dissolved. t . -
Lenine la For Peace.
"Nikolai Lenine, who received pro
longed cheers, outlined three problems
now before the Russian democracy:
First, immediate conclusion of the war.
for which purpose the new government
must propose an armistice to. the bel
ligerents; second, the handing over of
the land to the peasants; third, settle
ment of the economic crisis.
"At the close of the sitting a dec
laration was read from the representa
tives of the democratic Minimalist
party of the Soldiers and Workmen's
Delegates, stating that the party dis
approved of the coup d'etat and with
drew from the Council of Soldiers and
Workmen's Delegates."
It has been indicated for some time
past that an attempt was to be made
by the Maximalists in Petrograd to
seize control of the capital. November
2 was the date originally set for an
extremist demonstration which was ex
pected by its promoters to result in
the taking over of power by this ele
ment. A postponement to an unan
nounced date was afterward decided
upon, however.
Lenine la Their Lender. '
The Maximalist, or Bolshevikl ele
ment, comprises the most extreme class
of the Russian revolutionary Socialists.
It first sprang into prominence in the
early days of the revolution under the
leadership of Nikolai Lenine, the rad
ical agitator, who later was put under
the . ban of the provisional government
because of his ultra-radical preach
ments and his suspected pro-German
leanings.
Lenine is known to have been in
Petrograd for some time past, however,
but a government order for his arrest
failed to result in his appehension.
Meanwhile, the Maximalists were
under the leadership of his chief lieu
tenant, Leon Trotzky, whose home was
in the. United btates when the revo
lution broke out, but who sailed for
Russia shortly afterward. He was one
of the leaders of the 1905 revolution.
The strength of the Maximalists has
lain in the support which they ob
tained from the military, chiefly in the
Petrograd garrison, among which they
have been able to work with little
interference from the government.
They had failed, however, to impress i
their policies upon Russia as a wnple,
as has been shown by the manner in
which they were outvoted in the all
Russian Congress and the minority
part played in the organization of the
preliminary -Parliament, as they re
fused to participate after they were
shown to be outnumbered.
Discouragement Felt in Wash
ington Tempered by Hope
Army May Be Lolay.
EYES ARE ON K0RNIL0FF
Xew Power of ePtrograd May Be
Short-Lived' Strong Man of Rus
sian Army Witlx Cossack Back
ers May Stem the Tide.
WASHINGTON. Nov. "8. Discourage
ment felt here over the news of the
overthrow of the Kerensky government
at Petrograd is tempered by hope that
the extreme radicals who have seized
the capital may not be able to extend
their control over the- army or any
considerable part of the country.-How
ever, it is feared that much blood must
be shed andi the nation further demor
alized before any power rises above the
turmoil strong enough to control the
situation.
The State Department and the Rus
sian embassy were without official ad-
ices tonight, consequently there was
no olncial comment on the situation.
Informally it was pointed out that with
the telegraph' lines and semi-official
news agency at Petrograd in the hands
of the radicals it would be difficult to
learn the true state of affairs, al
though there was no disposition to
question the collapse of the provisional
government s power in the capital.
Whether this control of the channels
of information will extend to interfer
ence with dispatches which Ambassador
Francis and other diplomatic repre
sentatives undoubtedly are seeking to
send is not known.
Jfew Power May Be Shortlived.
The suggestion that the new power
at Petrograd may be shortlived is
based to an extent upon the fact that
the CossacKs, the best military fprce in
Russia, always have been rekond
upon to support a strong conservative
government. It was conceived in some
quarters that if Kerensky, fleeing from
the capital, should be ableto bring to
his support General Kornlloff, the
strong man of the Russian army, with
his C.ossack backers, he might set up
a new and. stronger government at
Moscow, where he could count upon
the loyalty of a majority of the popu
lation. ,
An obstacle to the success of such
a plan, is found in the possibility that
Korniloff, embittered by the treatment
he had received at the hands of
Kerensky when the, latter was vacil
lating between the radicals and the
conservatives, might refuse to risk his
future further upon such an uncertain
leader. Some officials think this com
promise by Kerensky was largely re
sponsible for his disaster.
Dictatorship Is Possible.
In view of the intensity -of the dem
ocratic spirit developed in Russia since
the overthrow of the Czar, it is regard
ed here as difficult to conceive of the
appearance of another form of gov
ernment than a republic, yet in diplo
matic circles, where the peculiar tem
perament of the Russian masses is well
understood, - the opinion is expressed
that out of sheer weariness with revo
lutions and anarchy the majority-of the
people might suddenly decide to con
fide their destinies in a dictator, there
by following in the footsteps of the
radicals in the French revolution.
Recalling that even the Bolshevikl
themselves have declared for "a demo
cratic peace," which is opposed to the
German idea, it is believed to be hardly
possible that on this basis Germany
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could entertain proposals from the
Maximalists for either a peace or an
armistice. , ; .
' ? Beaaona for Hope, Glvenj.' ' .
It Is pointed out. too, that even if
the Germans did not make a separate
peace with the Maximalists the fact
that this party represents only a small
section of the Russian people would
make It necessary for the central pow
ers to continue to maintain a large
military force on the border to guard
against an offensive, from the other
element.
Therefore It is hoped that the mili
tary situation will not change material
ly for the worse for the entente pow
ers and America as a result of these
latest developments. If any consid
erable portioin of the Russian army
can be kept in the trenches the advent
of Winter will operate to prevent the
German ' troops who face" them from
taking advantage of any temporary
weakneesHo start an offensive.
High School Funds Stolen.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Nov. 8. (Spe
cial.) The office of Principal DeGaris
Reeves, of the Vancouver High School,
was burglarized last night and $40 in
money, belonging to the athletic and
various special school fundw. was taken.
The robbers pried open a window to
the library and broke inside doors to
get into the office, ransacking the
desk where the money was found. A
similiar robbery recently occurred at
Oregon City, local officers say. "
Soldiers' Sentences Long.
AVER, Mass., Nov. 8. Frank Keenan,
a former prizefighter of Bridgeport,
Conn., and Nicholas Costello, of Water
bury. Conn.. members of the drafted
Army at Camp 13evens. today were
sentenced by a general court-martial to
10 and 20 years, respectively, in Federal
prison for assaulting Carl E. Krog, of
Waterbury, corporal of the guard, on.
rtrinber 13.
Hugh Chalmers on War Board.
NEW TORK, Nov. 8. Hugh Chal
mers, vice-president of the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce, was
today "named chairman of a special
committee appointed to co-operate
with the War Industries Board at
Washington on behalf of the automo
bile industry.
RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE ISSUES PROCLAMA
TION TO ALL SOLDIERS AND WORKMEN'S COUNCILS.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 8. "To the army committees of the active
army and to all councils of soldiers' and workmen's delegates and to
the garrison and proletariat of Petrograd:
"We have deposed the government of Kerensky, which rose against
the revolution and the people. The change which resulted in the de
position of the provisional government was accomplished without
bloodshed.
"The Petrograd Council of Soldiers' and Workmen's Delegates
solemnly welcomes the accomplished change and proclaims the author
ity of the military revolutionary committee until the creation of a
government by the Soldiers' and Workmen's Delegates.
"Announcing this to the army at the front, the revolutionary com
mittee calls upon the revolutionary soldiers to watch closely the con
duct of the men in command. Officers who do not join the accom
plished revolution immediately and openly must be arrested at once
as enemies.
"The Petrograd Council of Soldiers' and Workmen's Delegates
. considers this to be the programme of the new authority:
"First The offer of an immediate democratic peace. ,
"Second The immediate handing over of large proprietorial lands
to the peasants.
"Third The transmission of all authority to the Council of Sol
diers' and Workmen's Delegates.
"Fourth The honest convocation of a constitutional assembly.
"The national revolutionary army must not permit uncertain mili
tary detachments to leave the front for Petrograd. They should use
persuasion, but where this fails, they must impose such action on the
part of these detachments by force without mercy.
"The actual order must be read immediately to all military detach
ments in all arms. The suppression of this order from the rank and
file by army organizations is equivalent to a great crime against the,
revolution and will be punished by all the strength of the revolution
ary law.
"Soldiers, for peace, for bread, for land and for the power of the
people!
. .. ."THE MILITARY REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE."
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