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VOLUME XX.
HUNS MASS GREA T ARMY ON WEST FRONT
JERUSALEM IS SURRENDERED TO THE BRITISH
GERMANY PREPARING
FOB BIG DRIVE ON
FRONTS IN FRANCE
United States Must Speed Up
Military Efforts, Secretary
of War Baker Says in Week
ly Review
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10 —Germany
has massed on the western front her
greatest army of the war. Secretary
Baker deoiares in his weekly war re
view made public today. T« meet this
menace the United States must speed
up its military preparations, the sec
retary adds, with a warning that the
enemy is preparing to put into execu
tion in France plans he has been ma
turing since the defeat of the Rus
sian armies at Tannenburg early in
the war. The peace negotiations with
Russia have permitted the massing of
men on the western front for that
purpose.
••The United States must stand
squarely behind our soldiers.” the sec
retary says. “It is not sufficient to
prepare 'A fight; we must prepare -to
win ”
The re vie a- asserts the German
■ ounter offensive on the Cambrai front
has been successful in winning back
’ess than one-third of the territory
captured by General Bying.
The statement also notes that Amer
ican engineer troops ••exchanging shov
els for rifles, fought off the ‘enemy
-ide by side with the British.”
The lesson of the German exhibition
of strength is then taken up:
German Strength Reviving
"This German parrying thrust, the
most powerful and succesful blow aim
ed at the British during the past two
and one-half years, coming as it did.
immediately after the victory in same
area, serves to emphasize the reviving
strength of the Germans in the west.
• Wr must recognize plainly that the
situation in the eastern theater has
brought about a decided change in the
strategic posibilities of the military
situation in ‘the west.
'Uermkny. by leaving only skeleton
•Itvisions in the Rusian area, by con-
• *ntrating all available guns, munitiions
and men in the theater of operations in
'the want, has been able to mass a rela
tively greater force than she has ever
been able to mobilize in France in the
past
Unfortunate Position.
"This explains the success which
the enemy was able to achieve in driv
ing the British back from Cambrai. It
would not do for us to minimize its im
portance
’The enemy realizes that he finds
l imself temporarily in a singularly for
tunate position, and he can be counted
•upon to take the utmost advantage of
”For a long time past he has been
preparing his plans for just such an
eventuality as would arise when Russia
should enter upon negotiations for a
separate peace, which has been a prin-
• ip*l •Jerman objective ever since the
battle of Tannenberg. Mo must expect
that he will put these plans into exe
cution. Thus he may have at his dis
posal for a time a preponderant numer
ical superiority in the west; he may be
able Io achieve some relative advan
’age in the field, such as those record
ed during the past week
Must Speed Up Efforts
"Tne magnitude of the task before us
an l»e more fully realized when meas
ured by the success which the enemy ;s
-till able to gain
• It means tha’ we must speed up our
•:-.:i»-«ry effort. The united nation must
• »d squarely behind our soldiers.
I; is not sufficient to prepare io
: z ».; we must prepare to win."
The review also hints at an expected
German thrust against the French
front, and says
"The number of hostile raids executed
a.ong the French front northwest of
Rheims. in Argonne, in the region of St.
Quentin. in the Vosges and particularly
,n upper Alsace, as well as the increas
ing enemy artillery activity north of
the Chemin des Dames, on the right
bank of the Meuse, in Chaume wood,
Maisons de Champagne, and upper Al
sace. would appear to indicate that the
enemy is feeling out the French front
tv h a view to identifying the strength
of the units opposing him.” Respect
ing the Italian front the statement says,
. ignfficantly:
Covers Whole Line
Our declaration of war against Aus
tria now associates us immediately with
•he struggle going on in Italy."
!>.«• usstng armistice negotiations on
’io Russian front, the statement says
th- agreement covers the entire line,
from the Baltic to the Black sea as well
• s the region of the Caucasus.
-The Rumanian armies." it continues,
"while repudiating all attempts made
by the enemy to fraternize with them,
have been, by force of circumstances,
•■impelled to accept the proposals for
a truce.”
Secretary Baker made this statement
.is tn conditions in Palestine;
"The sucres* of British operations tn
!*alestine has had a very decided mili
ary •ffe t throughout the Ottoman em
pire. and much of ’he pressure which
he German higher command had hoped
to bring to bear in Mesopotamia with
he view to recapturing Bagdad has been
relieved
•In Mesopotamia the British arc car
. ing forward their operations on the
•sght bank of the Diale river with great
-uccess. It Is interesting to record
•hat a small Russian detachment co
operated in this engagement with the
British.”
Tobacco Habit Banished
in W to 72 hours. So erasing for totwrre
e ans form after ■-oeipletrng treatment. Con
tain* 'an haMt-foHatag drugs Aitisfartaey re
mit* guaranteed In e»ery cane. Write Newell
fhannaeal Co.. Dept 5. St. boois, Mo., for
FRKfI Rootlet. "TOBACCO REDEEMER ” aad
fosttim proof.—<Advt. i
TESTAMENT FUND HAS
PASSED MO MARK;
TUESDAY IS LAST DAY
Campaign to Put Testament
in Hand of Every Soldier at
Camp and Abroad Is Near
ing Close
•
From Rhode Island out to Arkansas,
and back again through Alabama, Flor
ida and North Carolina, came subscrip
tions Monday to The Journal's fund to
buy Testaments for the soldiers.
From churches, from individuals, from
missionary societies, the donations came
—a total of $141.41 since Saturday
night, which brought the total sub
scribed to $1,814.41. •
Only a few of the subscriptions from
the various churches of Atlanta and
over the <state who observed Bible day
Sunday have been received, which means
that much is yet to be received from
that source.
For those who have not yet contribut
ed. Tuesday offers the last opportunity
to be one of those buying Testaments
for the soldiers. The Testament fund
may not pass this way again. NOW is
the accepted time and perhaps the
ONLY time that every quarter donated
will mean a khaki Testament for some
soldier. As soon as the fund closes the
contributions will be forwarded to the
American Bible society and .the books
promptly distributed.
Trinity Sends *40.25
The largest contribution received
since Saturday was that collected by Dr.
C. O. Jones, pastor of Trinity Metho
dist church, the Sunday school and con
gregation of which donated $40.25.
Through W. W. Orr, treasurer, the
First Baptist church sent $16.27.
Some of the ladies of the Woman’s
Society of the North Avenue Presbyte
rian church chipped in for a fund of
$17.25. which was sent in by the treas
urer. Mrs. DeLos Hill.
Out-of-town religious organizations
also joined in, $6 being sent by R. L.
Huff, for the Woman's Missionary So
ciety of the Baptist church of Conyers;
$4. through Miss Fannie Parks, for the
Patriotic Prayer Meeting Circle of Ce
dartown. and 110 from Mrs. F. A. Can
trell. for the Woman’s Baptist Mission
ary Society of Calhoun.
Boy Earns Quarter for Bible
Some of the donations were accom
panied by letters that were heart sto
ries in themselves. Bittle M. C. Bal
lard. twelve years old. of 19 Robinson
street, Newnan, wrote:
"I have just come in from my work,
with which I have made this quarter,
which I am sending *ou.
"1 thought the soldiers would need
tis money worse than I did and I want
it to go to the Testament fund for our
soldiers." •
Marie Simpkins, of Atlanta, who signs
herself “With much love. I am your lov
in’* little friend,” sends her quarter,
saving, “I am a little girl ten years old
and I want to subscribe 25 cents to the
Bible fund, hoping it a great success
and to help some soldier.”
Mrs. E. W. Kennedy, of Paxton. Fla.,
sent 25 cents each for her two children,
aged four and six years, and 50 cents
for herself.
From a father. J. F. Wiliams, of Boaz.
Ala. who has three sons in the training
ramp at Moron, carnc sl. He wants
each of his sons to have, a Bible and
sends a quarter additional for some
other soldier.i
.1. A. Johnston, of Aragon, who also
has a boj in the army, sent 50 cents to
buy a Testament for his boy and one
other.
From Mrs. N. A. Bradley, of Carters
ville. caste $1 with the hope that every
soldier will read Ephesians 8:10-17.
.•‘When our soldiers go forth with *tho
sword of the Spirit," which is the word
of God." she wrote, "may wc not ex
pect an early and a righteous victory?
Some one sent in a dollar contribu
tion “In His Name."
Thanks to the fact that Mrs. Annie
Cobet, of Route 1, Box 67, Bald Knob.
Ark., missed the R F. D. man, the fund
is increased. Mrs. Cobet had written
The Journal sending $1 for herself and
fifty cents for her little girl. She
missed the mail carrier with her letter
so decided to invite neighbors to con
trbute. Hight donations, totalling. $2.50
resulted.
•13 From DocaVni
Miss Nell Fowler, 51 Hopkins street,
Decatur, sent The Journal sl3 on De
cember 8 as contributions from various
citizens of Decatur. Because of ither
contributions sent from citizens of De
catur Miss Fowler’s name is used in
connection with the donation she sent in.
511.83 SOKTS SENT FOB
SOLDIERS’ TOBACCO EUNO
Jackson, Ga., Drug Concern
Sends Weekly Contribution.
Others Who Gave
zltlanta and out-of-town contributors
Monday morning sent Tim Journal
$11.63 to be devoted to the fund to
purchase tobacco and cigarettes for the
American soldiers in France.
The Carmichael Drug company, of
Jackson. Ga, again sent its weekly
counter collection, the amount this
time being $8.96 and showing the inter
est maintained by the people of that
city in the welfare of the bays In the
training camps and trenches abroad.
The members of the Third Ward Civic
club and Red Cross auxiliary, in addi
tion to knitting for the soldiers, also
contributed $1 for their comfort through
tobacco. Miss M Schickman contribut
ed a dollar and Mrs. B. P. Holmes, of
LaGrange, Ga, sent 77 cent*.
Full Associated Press Service
WILSON S SIGNATURE
FOLLOWS PASSAGE OF
BILL IN BOTH HOUSES
Senate’s Vote Is Unanimous
While Only One Vote, That
of London, Socialist, Is Cast
Against It in House
WASHINGTON, De.'. 7—The United
States tonight is formally at war with
Austria-Hungary.
The declaration President Wilson ask
ed congress for on December 4 was
voted by the senate at 1:40 p. m„ and
by the house shortly*after 4 o’clock. At
three minutes after 5 the president
signed the resolution.
This speed showed the almost unani- i
mous swing •of the pacifists to the sup- '
port of the war.
Meyer London, New York Socialist, ;
voted no. The house vote was 361 to j
1. the senate vote was 74 to 0. Os :
those who opposed the declaration of'
war on Germany none today voted no. :
. One of them —La Follette —was ab- ;
sent. He explained later that the vote i
took him unawares, while he was pre
paring an amendment, adoption of
which he said would have won his sup
port, however, he would have voted
against the measure without the amend
ment.
There was no long debate in either
house. There was brief discussion, but
practically all in the same strain—that
the war declaration should be made.
London was bitterly assailed by his fel
low members but stuck to his party s
demands on him.
Miss Jeanette Rankin, only congress
woman, left a sick bed to cast her vote
for the resolution but not until she
had delivered on the floor of the house
an attack n all wars.
Intimations were given during the
discussion that as a result of today’s
action American troop* may soon be
fighting in Italy against Austria.
The senate adjourned until Monday, I
the house until Tuesday.
Only Secretary Joseph Tumulty and
Assistant Secretary Rudolph Foster ,
were in the president’s private office I
when he signed the resolution.
Tumulty described the historic scene
as one of simplicity. The president |
made no statement.
The resolution arrived at the white
house at 4:55 and was law with the j
president’s final approval, just five min- |
utes later.
The president used his ordinary pen.
The one with which he signed the
declaration of war against Germany
was given to Mrs. Wilson at that time.
The action of London, in marring an
otherwise unanimous action in both
branches of congress, brought a storm
of criticism down on his head.
A score of members denounced Lon
don violently on the floor of the house.
Miss Rankin, who made a dramatic ■
appearance after she had been reported
ill, declared in explanation of her vote:
“I still believe that war is a stupid
and futile way to settle international
difficulties. Inasmuch as the Austrian
declaration, however, is a mere techni
cality to a more vigorous prosecution
of the war against Germany, 1 vote
for the resolution.
"There will be no war when the peo
ple of America as well as Germany
have the controlling voice in their af
fairs.
“Special interests and commercial
privileges are controlling the war to
day," she said in conclusion.
Senator Lodge Speak*.
Senator Tzodge. Massachusetts, rank
ing Republican member of the foreign
relations committee, spoke against in
clusion of Bulgaria and Turkey at this
time, but added:
“The only reason for leaving Turkey
out is the danger to American lives and
property in Turkey.
“We do not touch Bulgaria in a mil
itary ser.se.
“But we have a Bulgarian legation in
Washington and if the officials are
friendly to us. they are traitors to their,
own country and its ally, Germany.
“I take no stock in the dream that we
can detach Bulgaria and Turkey from
the central powers.
“There is not a word to be said in de
fense of the Turks. They have been a
scourge and a pest. Never have their
massacres been so serious as since the
Turks passed under German domination.
Such a government as Turkey’? is a
curse to modern civilization.
“I hope one result of the war will be ;
final extinction of the Turkish empire.
in Europe and freeing of the Darda-1
nelles to all nations.”
Beside the reasons that Austria is I
Germany’s active ally and as such has |
committed warlike acts against the
United States, Senator Stone declared
there was the further reason that inas- '
much as Italy, France and Belgium
comprised one hattie front American ■
troops m<ght at any time he facing Aus- |
trlans.
Senator Stone’s Speech
Senator Stone made no reference to I
Turkish or Bulgarian relations.
“In this great world struggle,” said
Senator Stone, “all men know of the in- I
timate and apparent indissoluble re- 1
lation between the governments of Ger
many and Austria-Hungary. In the I
progress of events it has become mani
fest that the United States is Inevitably '
as much at war with Austria-Hungary i
as with Germany.
‘Tn the prosecution of war. German .
and Austro-Hungarian troops are co
ordinated and co-operative. On the oth
er hand, the United States is sending
troops and supplies to aid the entente
allies, including vast sums to finance
the entente allies; the government of
the United States is furnishing men.
supplies and money to all the entente |
governments; the supreme war council I
has been organized at Paris in which the i
government of the United States is au-
(Continued on Page 7, Column 2)
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1917.
“IS YOUR NAME WRITTEN THERE?”
'~~~~~~ —
COFFEE CITIZEN KILLED
8) I WHISKY RUNNERS
Tom Wesley, of Douglas, Is
Shot Down Trying to
Ai rest Parties
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
DOUGINAS, Ga., Dec. 10.—About 3
o’clock Sunday morning on the Dixie
highway between Nicholls and DouglKs
and near Chatterton, Tom Wesley, a
young white man of Douglas, about
twenty years old, was killed by two
unknown parties who were en route
from Jacksonville to some point in
Georgia. James Stalvey, who accom
panied Wesley, was also* shot through
the clothing on the breast, but was not
injured.
Stalvey returned to Douglas and no
tified the sheriff, who returned to the
scene and brought Wesley’s corpse into
Douglas.
The parties who did the killing broke
the state license tag off the Ford they
were driving and abandoned the car,
which contained some fifty to a hundred
bottles of whisky. The sheriff seized
the Ford and the whisky, but the guilty
parties escaped. The sheriff is now try
ing to establish their identity.
From the best information Stalvey
suspected that the parties were earning
from Jacksonville with whisky and, with
Wesley, went out on the road to capture
them.
He found their car broken down and
Stalvey, being an invalid, gave Wesley
his pistol. The men resisted and after
beating Wesley over the head, took the
pistol and shot Wesley one time, caus
ing instant death. They escaped with
the pistol. ,
With Blow of Fist
Florida Physician
Kills Bank Cashier
ARCADIA, Fla.. Dec. 10.—In all
probability Dr. J. R. Simmons, one
of the most prominent physicians in
south Florida, will be tried during the
present term of court for killing Leon
A. Stroud, assistant cashier of the De
Soto County National bank, whose death
occurred last night as the result of an
altercation which the two men had
about a personal matter.
According to evidence obtainable. Dr.
Simmons is said to have struck Stroud
a blow which knocked him down. As
Stroud got to his feet the physician
lashed out again, this time hitting him
a heavy blow under and behind the left
ear.
It appears the blow broke a blood
vessel in Stroud's ear.
Feeling is running high. Dr. Sim
mons is in jail under heavy guard.
CERMANS IN HJLIffl IRE I
URRESTEO 01KUTHDRITIES
; British Munitions Ship Catches
Fire, Second Explosion
Being Narrowly Averted
Another Munitions
Ship Catches Fire
HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. 10—The
deck cargo of the British steamer
Picton. laden with munitions, caught
f|re last night and only the quiqk
1 and courageous work of a Halifax •
company of riflemen prevented an
' other big explosion in the harbor
The men boarded the ship, threw
, the burning cargo overboard and
( | checked the flames before they
i could spread to the hold. The ves
sel was taken to sea today and
! sunk.
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Dec. 10.
1 Wholesale arrests of German residents
1 of Halifax were begun by the police to
day. This action was taken under in- j
struction from the military authori- '
ties.
Sixteen Germans were taken in cus-
’ I
' tody within a short time. Military offi
, I cers after an inquiry released a few of
them. The others are in the county jail.
1 The authorities refused to disclose
; whether they had obtained evidence as
sociating Germans with the explosion. A
' ' number of citizens of German birth
• heretofore have been allowed full lib
erty with the exception that they were
required to report once a month. •
hTe surviving officers and crews of
the steamers Mont Blanc and Imo.
which collided, resulting in the terrifb'
explosion which wrecked part of the
town..have also been ordered arrested.
Premier Sir Robert Borden today an
nounced cancellation of all of his politi
cal engagements. He will devote his en
tire time to the relief of Halifax.
The premier announced the dominion
government had appropriated $1,000,000
for immediate relief work. Borden
thanked the people of the I’nited States
for aid that has rendered in a
statement issued today.
Bodies have been brought to the gen
eral morgue in blocks of fifty’and a bun- ;
dred at a time. Some are being gradual- ■
ly identified. ,
50 Gallons of Whisky
Seized m the Terminal
Deputy Sheriffs Milam and Kitchens s
seized two trunks of liquor at the Ter- 11
minal station Sunday, about fifty gal-
I lons being contained in the trunks. -No |
j owners have been found. The trunks I :
, were shipped from Jacksonville.
CROSS-EMMINIITION OF
MEINS IS CONCLUDED
Defendant Allowed to Read
Itemized Statement of
, Mrs. King’s Accounts
CONCORD, N. C„ Dec. 10.—The cross
examination of Gaston B. which
was begun by John T. Dooling Friday
afternoon, was concluded today by Sol
icitor Clement within an hour after the
defendant resumed the stand. Proceed
ings today were marked by smoothness
and calmness in contrast to the stormi
ness of last week end.
On redirect examination the defend
ant was allowed over objection of the
state to read a lengthy and what pur
ports to be a complete itemized state
ment of receipts and disbursements
mads by Means for Mrs. King during
August and part of September, 1915, the
first month he was associated with her
as business manager. The item of ex
penditures included expenses of dinner
parties, "confidential parties,” board,
tips, railroad tickets, theater tickets,
meals, telegrams, etc. One item of re
ceipt was a SI,OOO check received by
Mrs. King from Mrs. J. P. Foraker. Jr.,
and turned over to Means. He explain-
I ed that this represented a loan to Mrs.
King from Mrs. Foraker. In several
instances payments of "cash to Mrs.
Chance” were noted, the amounts rang
ing from a dollar or t*wo to a hundred
or two and sometimes a thousand. The
statement balanced and the witness de
clared Mrs. King’s receipt had been at
tached to it.
The witness declared that such detail
ed statement of account were made out
by him throughout his business career
with Mrs. King, month by month. She
examined them and her o. k. was at
tached each month ajid the whole record
filed. Tlie complete files were in his
New York apartment when he left it.
he declared.
Anxious to speed up the trial, Judge
Cline announced this morning that the
noon recess would be reduced from an
hour and a half to one hour and that if
satisfactory progress were not made
otherwise court would convene half an
hour earlier and he held half an hour
later in the evening.
Russia to Repudiate
War Loans, Says Paper
PETROGRAD, Dec. JO. —Russia will
repudiate her foreign, internal land bank
and railroad loans, according to the
newspaper. Pravda, organ of the Bol
sheviki, today.
All interest payments and preliminary
redemption moves on this money, the
newspaper declared, would be stopped.
.The article asserted that on account
of the war Russia is “obliged to pay
for the capitalists a milliard of rubles
annually—or a tax on each family of
Russia of forty rubles.”
(A milliard of rubles is approximate
ly $500,000,000 and 40 rubles is about
$23. >
It was reported in various circles to-
NUMBER 22.
CIH SURROUNDED BY
BRITISH FORCE. GIVES
HP. LAWANNOUNCES
Russian Peasants Vote to Re
pudiate Bolsheviki and Go
on Record Against Separate
Peace—Armistice ‘Announced
LONDON, Dec. 10.—Andrew Bonar
Law, chancellor of the exchequer, an
nounced in the house of commons today
that Jerusalem, after being surrounded
on all sides by British troops, had sur
rendered. «
Two bodies of British troops, Bonar
Law said, surrounded the city and cut
it off from the Turkish general lines of
communication. Thereupon the city
surrendered.
® r ’ t ish armies began their sweep up
the valley if Palestine from the Suez
canal early last spring. Almost un
noted and overshadowed by the terrific
conflict on the west front, first General
Murray and later General Allenby push
ed steadily upward against the Turks.
fate was seal ®d when
this British expeditionary force on No
vember 1 captured Gaza. Immediately
after taking the ancient city of Beer
sheba General AJlenby sent his forces
rapidly north and a fortnight later they
took Jaffa, the golden city of Joppa, and
seaport to Jerusalem.
Bethlehem, where the Savior was born,
lies a scant six miles due south of Je
rusalem, and is presumably alio now •
in British hands.
Jerusalem’s fall will be a tremendous
blow to Turkish morale, according to
the belief here today.* Loss of this
shrine of Christendom, possession >of
which has been the boast of Moslems
for centuries, will have far-reaching ef
fect throughout Turkey. Recent di
patches have indicated Enver Pasha.
Turkey’s ambitious war minister, and
the man who conceived the Turko-Ger
man alliance, was tottering from his
place of power while British armies
were sweeping all before them In Meso
potamia and Palestine.
The capture of Jerusalem by the Brit
ish forces marks the end, with two
brief interludes, of more than I.SDO
years’ possession of the seat of the
Christian religion by the Mohammedan
For 673 years the holy city has been in
undisputed ownership of the Turks, the
last Christian ruler of Jerusalem being
the German emperor, Frederick 11,
whose short-lived domination lasted
from 1229 to 1244.
Apart from its connection with the
campaign being waged against Turkey
by the British in Mesopotania. the fail
of Jerusalem marks the definite collapse
of the long protracted efforts of the
Turks to capture the*Suez canal and
invade Egypt. «
Huns Driven in Flight
From Capo Sile Positions
ROME, Dec. 10.—Teutonic • coops were
driven in flight out of the whole Capo
Sile position on the fofcer Piave river
and that point recaptured by Italian
1 coops, today’s official statement as
serted.
Peasants Have Repudiated
Trotzky: Against Peace
PETROGRAD. Dec. 10 --The execu
tive commitee of the peasants council
today issued a manifesto repudiating
an armistice with Germany and stroiig
lv appealing to the people agai ns*
Bolsheviki and against a separate peso
with Germany.
Bolsheviki Menaced
By Kaledines’ Revolt
NEV YORK. Dec. 10.—(Summarv of
European Cables.V—Civil war has broken
out in Russia and the Bolsheviki regime
apparently will be put to the test The
Petrograd government has issued a \
proclamation announcing that Generals
Kaledines, Korniloff and Dutoff have
begun a revolt in southeastern European
Russia.
The Bolsheviki announcement declares
that the constitutional democrats are as
sisting the hetman of the Don Cossacks
and his fellow military leaders, who
are said to aim at cutting off food sup
plies and in seizing power from the
Black sea to the Ural mountains, ;it,
well as in the Caucasus. Bolsheviki
troops have been ordered to take the
field against the counter revolution
ists.
General Kaledines is said to be col
lecting his forces, and it is inferred
that their objectives include Moscow.
General Dutoff is leading the revolt in
the province of Orenburg and is en
deavoring to cut the trans-Siberian rail
way at Tcheliabinsk. T>o towns in the
Caucasus are besieged bj forces under
General Karauloff.
In Orenburg the Bolsheviki leaders
have been arrested and the soldiers
under them disarmed. In the new
Ukrainian republic the middle class Is
reported to be assisting General Kale
dines in opposition to the workmen’s
and soldiers’ council. The proclama
tion of the Bolsheviki denounces the
constitutional democratic party and its
leaders, including Michael Rodzianko.
the former president of the duma,«and
Paul Milukoff. the former foreign min
ister.
It has not been unexpected in the
European capitals that a strong effort
would be made to oust the Bolsheviki
from power. For some time General
Kaledines has been gathering his forces
in the Don region wehere he has been
joined by Y Ornner army officers and
leaders of the old provisional govern
ment and has been reported to hold
most of Russia's gold reserve and he
probably controls the Don coal region
and a great portion of the grain-grow
ng territory around the Black and Cas
pain seas.
day that the Bolsheviki government's
formal proclamation repudiating Rus
sia's loan would be issued on Thursday, j
