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Show GOVERNOR OF ROSS CAPITAUpEREO SHOT IN BACK ENDS LIFE OF MAN DELEGATED TO PUT DOWN RIOTING. Kerensky, Strong Man of Nation, and All Cabinet Members Except One Resign, but Later Withdraw With-draw Action. Petrograd. General Erdelli, military governor of Petrograd, says the Bourse Gazette, has been killed. He was treacherously shot in the back. General Erdelli was appointed military mili-tary governor of Petrograd in succession succes-sion to General Polovtseff, who resigned re-signed after failing to put down' rioting. riot-ing. General Erdella had been commander com-mander of the Eleventh army. Premier and War Minister Kerensky and all the other members of his cabinet cab-inet except Vice Premier Hekraseff resigned re-signed Friday night. Later, with the exception of M. Teresielienko, the foreign for-eign minister, they withdrew their resignations. res-ignations. The action of the cabinet resulted from accusations against M. Tchernoff, minister of agriculture, and a complete breakdown of the negotiations to bring the constitutional democrats into the cabinet. M. Tchernoff was accused of having been connected with the German Ger-man general staff. A last attempt will be made to reconstruct recon-struct the ministry under Premier Kerensky Ker-ensky with the chief new members being be-ing exclusively from the Socialist and radical parties. |