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Show Heavy Guns Used by Rebellious Troops in Advance on Petrograd; Civil War in Russia Begun Be-gun Under .Command of Deposed Leader. RUMORS HEARD OF PREMIER'S DEATH Rebel Chieftain Declares Provisional Government Govern-ment Is Working to ' Forward Plans of German Ger-man Diplomats and Kaiser's General Staff. PETROGRAD, Sept 11, 10 a. m. General Korniloff "a march toward Petrograd continues. According to a statement circulated at the winter palace early this morning, and which is repeated in today's newspapers, but whicn has not been officially confirmed con-firmed or denied, the first collision between be-tween tho troops and tho government forces already has taken place, the followers fol-lowers of Korniloff having begun tho hostilities by bombarding government positions with heavy guns. The government is btill withholding news concerning tho military situation. situa-tion. A further report ib to the effect that at 10 o'clock last night two columns of Korniloff 's troops entered Gatcliina, thirty five miles from lotrograd, without with-out opposition, and that other forces arc moving on Tot-no, with tho aim of cutting tho Petrograd railroad. During the night telephonic communication communi-cation with Tver (central liussia) ceased. Jt is stated that former Minister of War fciavinkoff intends to command tho government troops, tho other generals having refused to do so, whilo General Klembovbky, commander of tho northern north-ern army, lias now definitely championed cham-pioned Korniloff 's cause. Tho army of General Korniloff operating oper-ating against tho capital is believed to consist of the following: Several Cossack Cos-sack regiments, tho first cavalry eorps, 4 tho savage division," Tekke-Turko-man horsemen, a so-called "striking battalion" of picked men organized to fight against Germany, bo -called Korniloff Korni-loff battalions, railroad and sapper units, heavy artillery of Tour divisions, and some batteries of light artillery. All tho troops aro under command of General Kliinoff, former commandant of a cavalry corps. Strengthens City. Moreover the fnrrra lie linn pnt npnlnpt T'ctrOKr.'nl count! tut by a curious :h;l-dux, :h;l-dux, added prut'Tiion for 1 ho c;ipli fil :i;-;ilnnt the furr-iK'ii foe. For t Ik: n-(i'-f-I'Mltorf-ItroKra nillwjiy, wliih Ir tliolr main llim of ikIvjuhc, in jil. tho pfinie lime tho only rail alon vhlfh th 'JVutoiiH ciu punh a flrivo noilhwurif. Souk: 'i0 iiiIN r heparato Kornllol f"n rr-til tro'jpH from tho ' inaiiR. I '.-t vryw thtn 1h Klrmliowsky'H r-oi -aiii,-d Twelfth army fl-f-al-fl at Kli:;i. To th; onAo of i'r-trn,;ra Korniloff prrt'-la inifi hiniH-lf at rmn: t hr: only pa -vinr from a wi;;i k a t m I "i n-a-h' rou" r'-tlrtif an arnsatlon not aiuu-'l at Kerensky, Ke-rensky, hut. at hoi in of IiIh m misters and from rapturo y the inrmnin. Toh nica lly the I'.uHsian arini-H arc to-flny to-flny -.vilfiont a ehief comnian'i'-r. Korniloff Kor-niloff Ik deposed, J,koiof-l; , ItlH rhh-f aide, has refused Ki-n-UHky's ofl.-r to he-come he-come K'TierallsHimo and inst'.id Ih now tho brains of llw Konill'iff romiii-r-rovo-lotion. KU'inbowsky, appointed to succeed suc-ceed Korniloff, is -:t off from rail run-ne-tion to army he;i do i m r' r-i m and therefore there-fore baa not b" n (.ommi::.iioned. Sound Allies. Ileplir-K in fervent appeal? sent out by both side- show lii" "rrn 1; K'-'iie a by far the mor" powerftjl. -ir tho provisional provi-sional Koernmejii. the thi-e main pillars a re the sold n rs' and wni; in -1 1 s con ricil, OeiK-ral Si-rhaP'heff, romnia.nder of Ih-: (oiithwi-K"ii armies, arid the J'.aliir, fieei. Whose rnininanner baH t ph.'(J aliSO-lu aliSO-lu te loya It y to Keren nicy. Knrrnloff, n the oilier Jiruid, boast, nf the support of virtually all of Hie for- on military and polita-al that t-y II rw -r. Influence and pi fjnii:e, of i e n f irom the r;)i a or. general Alexleff, former chief of staff, whose judgment r-r.unt.--t more with the overwhelming masseH of Muscovites thant that of any other man. has turned down an offer from K ere n;- k y to Jiead tho movement lo mi ell Koridlof fa re br II ion. General Kaledlne, idol of the (Visr;Bl whose chief -om ma n-i-r hf i, has threatened threat-ened "serious trouhle" unless the I'jiyr'm- f (-.,., -4 - -1 T" TmVi " I .I. M OEllLOEF (Continued from Pago One.) mcnt promptly submits to Kornlloff. Gutchkoff, another figure of dominating influence, ex-presidenL of the duma and veteran of many ministerial posts, is an avowed Korniloff adherent. General Deni-kine, Deni-kine, a strong military leader in the southwest, has pledged his support to the insurgent cause. Then there is still the legion of constitutional democrats of the M ilukor'f bchool, who have been' biding their time since March waiting for popular popu-lar clamor after moderation and order. Many of their leaders are In Moscow silently si-lently pulling the si rings of the counter-revolt. Eighty prominent members are reported to have been arrested in Fet-rograd. Fet-rograd. Savage Division. In the forefront of Korniloff 's rebel army is the "savage division" or the Caucaslon mountains, eternal strangers to Caucasian civilization. In a chaos where only brute force, mostly brute, stands a chance of compelling submission, these semi-savages are an ideal corps to form the advance guard of Korniloff's real rule of blood and Iron. The very word "Hlkkaya," which is the name of their division, spreads dread for miles around. Tonight it seemed as if the first clash would come near the point, eighty miles east of Pskoff, where Nicholas, en route to I'etrograd, was reduced from czar of all the Russias to Colonel Romanoff, prisoner. Here, it is believed, Korniloff, before striking further, will demand that Kerensky, the dictator, abdicate, so he, Korniloff himself, may became czar without with-out a crown. If Kerensky is not dead there seems no hope of compromise. Premier Confident. The premier when last seen expressed utmost confidence in the loyally of Russia's Rus-sia's railway workers. He threatened virtually to starve Korniloff into submission sub-mission by completely cutting him off from rail connection. Even had the premier pre-mier succeeded in this plan, which he has not, since Korniloff has anticipated it, it would have been a boomerang, for a starving army cannot stand Teuton onslaughts on-slaughts which are momentarily expected. When the climax in the crisis was reached Sunday the entire cabinet resigned, re-signed, technically, at least, so as to give Kerensky full powers of actton. The soldiers and workmen's council continue con-tinue to cla mor for assumption of control con-trol of affairs, though they promise at the same time to support Kerensky unconditionally un-conditionally Korniloff's charge that there are Ger-manophile Ger-manophile ministers in the provisional ministry received ominous significance when one of the ministers, Skobeleff, who holds the labor portfolio, expressed the same view. |