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Show fflESSIJ Quelling of the Kornl-loff Kornl-loff Rebellion Is Followed Fol-lowed by a Declaration that the Provisional Government Is a Constitutional Con-stitutional Organization. Organiza-tion. FIVE MEMBERS OF "' CABINET CONTROL! Arrangement Made in View of the Present Extraordinary Ex-traordinary C i r c u instances in-stances and Pending the Construction of a New Responsible Ministry. Min-istry. -1 , PETROGRAD, Saturday, Sept. Ittv- Russia has been proclaimed a republic. The provisional government nisht Issued th proclamation, dated September 14. The proclamation follows: General Korniloff's rebellion, has been quelled. But great Is the cOT- fusion caused thereby, and again area-t " v Is the danger threatening tho fate of the fatherland and Its freedom. Holding It necessary to put an end to the external lndefinltenoss of. tho state's organization, remembering tho unanimous and rapturous approval of tho republican Idea, expressed at the Moscow stato conference, the provisional pro-visional government declares that tho constitutional organization according to which the Russian stale is ruled Is a republican organization, and tt hereby proclaims tho Russian republic (Signed) KKRK N S ICY Minister and President. YAROUXilNI. IMlIllBLUr Ol JUbUlO, The title "minister and president" affixed af-fixed to Premier Kcrcnyky's signature- to the proclamation probably refers to his position as president of the ministry rather than of the republic. AFFAIRS OF STATE ENTRUSTED TO FIVE CABINET MEMBERS ! TETROGRAP, Sept. Ifi. The provisional government today announced, that nil th affairs of state had been, entrusted to flvw members of the cabinet. The following official com nni nf cat mn was Issued: Pending tho definite. coiiKlltutlon of a. cabinet and In view of the present evtraordinary eirrutiislanreH, a.f-f;iirs a.f-f;iirs of Ktate havn been entruptM to M. K ere 11 wii y, premier; M . Tore) -clienko. ndnlster of forefxn affairs, v ili'iieral Vrkhovsky, minitner of war; Ad miral A'enb-rvsk', minister of inn -j rim, and M. Nikltln, minister of posU and 'telegraphs. PREMIER ISSUES DRASTIC ORDER TO THE RUSSIAN ARMY, 1 By Internal ionnl News Service. V I'jTHOf rllA 1 , F-ept, K Tli nu!fllan offensive on the norili'in front rtui inoe. I IwiritiK the lai-t five dayn the KuEMian- I hnvf been driving ba- k the 'lernati d-! d-! vanrp Kiin rfH In the direction f Jtiwa 1 e( ve-n t i Ve ;i ivl nine III Men, Tiie SU'.'.-I SU'.'.-I rffty of 1b- I'.nsiaH a'ivun'e is taken by 1 the IC'isnidn T'T i'.'-s to prove I hat tinj nif'Talu laud t lie j 1 1 y ::; pt -lk iriK powir of 1 1m ' army arc re-cm-i at d. MlliiJiry rritl-H j I ltd nt out t ha t tho Kusula us have taken the init;a'lve from the f',frupuH. Premier Keien.skv to'lay iK-jued the fol-lowinn fol-lowinn order of the day: The. normal life of the nrm y hr.n been thrown into a state of db'onier hv the Kornllnff Hffntr. Jn nrd--r lo r-''p'abiiH:i ordf-r I 'l"T''c that ah o-lltiral o-lltiral mi-oib' in 1 he army -"(jajic nf oiir-e an'l t)'-1' I bf trooi.ih dlrei't their r enl .re attejitii.ii to the re -entabllnh-inent of our ( '.mbn.1 ive power, which ! hr.U'n f.nly boj.e for the ?aivatIon I of the fatherland. Politics Baiivd. ! All the militJirv o t pa n t Ions nnd rrvmrnif- -ioriar; inwHt flevoie 1!iejr full rr-rv- ru.-Av to intent- hi o'l irii- work.' v,!tiru ni'iM not be nliowH tr ( inieet !'f-e(f liiio our mi M la ry orders and si -a 'ej-ir; co i n it ia n 'I . . Arre' of ndlliary 'b;efn by trooj. , must ptfip at oneo. uln-'e Die exe'-utlve ; l!cr,t to take p.jei, miir.n r'stF exclusively exclu-sively in th- hands of ih sw"'- 'tmii- ! milter.. alrev exis'lri:,'. 'f'be rlrsrht to r-m've n.lhtary 4-hief;; h-:'Mii,'s ex- j ekip'.vely to the legitimate orj:a nixm j of authority. i As rornriiander-Jn-rbief J call upon j all the roTnma nderH, eornmfHsloiiAr.t and mi)' tr-.ry 01 Jiniy-at inn- to ea.rrv j out these orders. I warn aJl that the j i (Continued oa Pnge To ) j KERENSKY COMLS REPUBLIC DF RUSSIA (Continued from Pago One.) non-execution of my orders will be radically punished. The order ts signed bv Premier Keren-skv Keren-skv and his new chief of .staff, General AleNleff. The central executive committee of Me council of workmen's and soldiers' deputies depu-ties has informed the Kovemment of Its decision not to allow the admission to the ministry of a single cadet. Messrs. Skobeloff, Zaroudnys find Avk-sentieif, Avk-sentieif, ministers of labor, justice and Interior respectively, have definitely resigned. re-signed. The fate of Generals Kornlloff and Lukomikv will be decided by a special commission headed by M. Schablovsky, procurator of the army and navy, who, with the old members, lias gone to army headquarters in the field. The reported arrest of General Kale-dine, Kale-dine, commander of the Cossacks, has not yet been confirmed. Two Bolshevik! organs, or-gans, Noveja Jysn (Maxim Gorky's newspaper) news-paper) and Rabotchi, have been suppressed sup-pressed by orders of the provisional government. gov-ernment. Tho consensus of the. press is that the Kerensky regime is stronger 'oday than it was before Kornltoff started his abortive abor-tive attempt at a counter revolution. The newspapers, however, warn against over-optimism, over-optimism, as the situation is still unsettled. unset-tled. It is emphasized that to work out a conservative programme it is necessary to attract to the cabinet leading representatives repre-sentatives of industry and commerce. |