New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1917, Page 1

T HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS EW BRITAIN HERALD PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1917—TEN PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1876. " AMERIGAN SOLDIERS, Y. M.C.A ANDK. OF . WOUNDED BY HUNS, WAR CHEST $70,809 ; . fl“l UF |NJUR]ES"New Britain Exceeds Its Allot- Our Artillery Fighting Has Be- come More Lively, and Casual- ties Result on Both Sides | GOMMANDING GENERAL MENTIONS BRAVERY .Party of American Congressmen Visit- ing the Front Line Trenches, Are Subject to An Attack of Machine v Guns, . and Bullets Fy About Their Heads—Tvench General Taud U. 8. Officers and Men. With the American Army in France, A Nov. 16 (By the Ass'd Press)—The artillery tighting in the sector held by oops has become even and there has been casu- irapnel wounding some men in cnemy shell hit an American n today and caused casualties. Some two of the men wounded in the last died. days hiive The n batteries have been firing rapidly in return. The visibil- ity is becoming better, and it is con- sidered certain that more damage and cagsuualtics have been caused in the German lines than the Germans have intlictedl on the Americans. The American trocps today had their first view of an aerfal encounter. Fhree enemy airplanes appeared over- head. Soan all but one of them fled at the approach of French machines. One of the French out-maneuvered this German and ‘“got on his tail.” The Germas aviator then bolted. The rattie of machine guns finally died away as the two airplanes disappeared 10 the west. The French general commanding the ctor hus mentioned in the despatch- es fifteen American officers and sol- diers, including three who were killed, for excellent military qualities and for bravery displayed in a recent trench raid. A note accompanying the citations says that between 8,0000 and 10,000 shells were used in the at- ®ack, which had been in operations for three months down to the finest details. The results obtained by the enemy were very small, he having been unable to penetrate more than the first line trenches because of the resistance of the Americans with rifles and pistol fire and hand gren- ndes. The enemy had to content him- self, the citation continues, with car- rying off a few prisoners. & The general in the order mentions \he —— company, commanded by lieut. (name deleted by censor) as follows “On the night of November 2-3 this 1w, which was in the lines for first time, met an extremely vio- bombardment, despite which it rms and offered such stubborn fhat the enemy, though Iy superior, was obliged to [ com the lent resistance retir @& T seneral specially cited in the srder of the day Corporal James {ireshum and Privates Merle D. Hay und Thomas F. Enright “who died bravely in hand-to-hand fighting with the enemy, who had penetrated the first line.” The others cited, "th) owed excellent military qualities’” e Second Lieut. M. C. Laughlin, R. ). Patterson and E. F. Erickson, Ser- ceant John Arrowood, Corporals Da- ¢id M. Knowles and Homer Givens, and Privates Charles Massa, Willlam |3, Thomas, George Hurd, Boyce Wade, Robert Winkler and John J. Jarvis. Congressmen Injured, British Front in Belgium, Friday, #%\. 16— (By the Associated Press). }ive members of the party of Amer- jcan congressmen and private citi- sens who spent yesterday and part of today visiting the Belgian war sone had a narrow escape from death injury this morning when they were caugnt in a sudden burst of aierman machine gun fire while in- “.pecting the front line trenches near Dixmude. Ty Americans in danger were man C. C. Dill, Washington; ongressman Charles B. Timberlake, (olorado; Congressman John F. Mil- Jer, Washington; Congressman Albert wsohnson, Washington, and former Rtepresentative Stout, of Montana. Nobody was hit, but it was one of (hose peculiar freaks of fortune which roldie call luck, because the shots came in a shower. In relating their or experience one of the congressmen told the corre- apendent that he and his companions conld hear the shell coming. — “It @ tonnded like the roar of an alrplane, he said \in fortune favored them, and 1o one was injured. The visitors spent the night near the front and rose early this morning for 2 trip to the trenches in the vicin- fty of Divinude. The Belgian and Ciermin Lnes pun within thirty yards it each o at one point and it was | e thind the five men fell into dan- r. At that distance it is quite easy e Co anyone in the opposite trench [ 4 raisex his head ahove the top. 3 o usual fiving way mder way ment During Final Spurt SHOOTS $5,899 PAST TARGET Enthusiasm Prevails as Wor s Hear Returns and Dearn $65,000 Mark Left Has Been Behind—More Cheers for Women. TOTAL TEAM REPORTS. Team No. 1— Capt. Wightman ..$ 2,776.15 Team No. 2— Capt. Bennett .... 2,607.83 Team No. 3— Capt. Rogers .... 1,525.14 Team No. 4— Capt. Farley ..... 489.00 Team No. 65— Capt. Camp = 1,168.50 Team No. 6— Capt. Shjerden ... Team No. T7T— Capt. Hungerford . Team No. 88— Capt, Slade . Team No. 98— Capt. Crona ..... 1,406.50 Team No. 10— Capt. Loomis ... 315.00 Team No. 11— Capt. Searle ..... 2,940.40 Team No. 12— Capt. Burckhardt . 527.00 Team No. 18— Capt. Upson ... 1,828.00 Team No. 14— Capt. Hatch ..... 1,736.75 Team No. 15— Capt. Glass .. 1,616.26 Team No. 16— Capt. Eddy ...... 1,862.00 Team No. 17— Capt. Greenberg . . 217.25 Team No. 18— Capt. Stanley . 3,564.00 Team No. 19— Capt. Hawley .... 2,423.86 Team No. Capt. Spear 2,001.00 Knights of Columbus 3,917.00 Plainville . 1,718.00 Southington . Berlin e Newington Gosnn Manu- New Britain facturers P - 24,000.00 Normal School Girls 200.00 Y. M. C. A. Boys' DBt oo iv e o g 370.00 Total .$70,899.00 New Britaln went * ver the top” in the four days’ campaign for the Y. M. C. A. and the Knights of Colum- bus, with $5,899 &0 spare in the efforts to.raise $65,000 for war work. The reports submitted at last night's ses- slon at the Elks club by the joint teams of both organizations showed a total collection of $70,899. Scenes of wild enthusiasm accompanied the announcement of the success of the campaign by General Director Pease. Rousing cheers were given Miss Flora Humphrey and her valuable assistants who have served luncheon during the week. The variety, as well as the service, was of the highest standard. Votes of thanks were extended the press for the co-operation given dur- ing the week and also to Exalted Ruler Timothy W. O’Brien of New Britain lodge of Elks for so generous- ly donating the use of the hall for the luncheons. General Director Peass personally extended his thanks to Charles B. Parsons, Secretary Charles H. Barnes and Patrick F. King, his co-workers in directing the campaign work, and to the team captains and members for their faithful work dur- ing the campaign. Led by C. F. Ben- nett, the workers gave three cheers for Mr. Pease. After retiring at the close of the work, Mr. Pease turned the meeting over to E. Allen Moore, president of the Y. M. C. A. Mr. Moore sald the executive committee of the assoclation was to be congrat- ulated on selecting Mr. Pease for the place. If a roll of honor was to be started here, he suggested that Mr. Pease’s name be placed at the top. Mr. Moore then asked Director Pease to resume charge of the gathering until the close. Father Bojuowski Speaks. Rev. Lucyan Bojnowskl spoke at length on the position the Iolish people arc taking in the present war. Several times during the talk., the speaker was forced to cease because of applause. Andrew J. Sloper congratulated the organizations on the success attained in the campaign. He spoke of the sacrifice some people think they are { making by contributing money. but when he looked about the hall and given their hovs to their country it . was then that real sacrifice showed itself. If Germany should win this war, the people of this country who have failed to do their duty by aiding the wint DI also dweit on th Zone work the Contonne in Coutinued on Ninth Page) water. | 5t | rocognized faces of fatners who have | in the financial way would be forced to contribute heavily to war indem- nities. Dr. Carter of Hartford was the finul speaker of the evening. 1le read | & letter from his son in France, which outlined some of the confusion and | incidents that are occurring daily in FAOUS SCULPTOR | K ERENSKY DISAPPEARS FROM CAPITAL 1S DEAD IN PARIS Taken III One Week Ago of Pneu- monia, He Fails to Rally SOME OF HIS BEST WORKS After Struggling With Poverty for Over y Years, M. Rodin Dics, Known Throughout the World As a Bib Celebrity—His Career. Paris, Nov. 17.—Auguste Rodin, the famous sculptor, is dead. Auguste Rodin, struggled fifty years against poverty and abuse and ridicule for his unconventional ideas before he achieved undisputed celebrity as one of the most famous sculptors ol the world. Continuing his work until seventy-fifth year, he notwithstanding those Michael Angelo of the modern world.” He was a worker in mass, producing his subjects in detail only so far as ‘would bring out his dominating con- ception. His work thus had a far less finished form than the conven- tlonal school of his day. Being thus ehead of his time, it was only by de- grees that he forced recognition. His own feeling was: “I had rather be understood by a few thar known to the world,” and storms of criticism were never strong.enough to turn him from his course. Born in Parls in 1840, of wretched- ly poor parents, he was first heard of in 1864, when, after a short time spent in studying under Barye, he sent his mask “The Man With the Broken Nose,” to the Salon. Although this interesting head contained the germ of all that was great in his later work, it was refused, and his poverty obliged him to spend the next six years in the drudgery of an artist’s as- sistant, doing all the tedious, mechani- cal, profitiess labor of an artisan. Later he collaborated with a Belgian sculptor in carving figures for the Brussels Bourse, and then tried his hand on potter’s clay at Sevres fac- tory. His second attempt to gain recog- nition at the Paris 8alon was humiliat- ing. He submitted, in 1877, “The A« of Bronze.” only to have it vejected and to have himself accused of custing from life instead of creating an { original work. Too dismayved to rcc- | ognize what was in reality an extra- | ordinary testimony to his powers, M. | Rodin indignantly protested, while the Parisian critics heaped further | abuse upon him. It was not until 1880, after the ex- that the tide began to turn in hi favor. Struck with the genius d | played in this work, the sculptor Boucher commissioned M. Rodin to execute a group of children for him, and, anxlous to find out how he ob- tained his results, watched him at work. To his astonishment, Rodin composed the group in a few hours, and as soon as It was completed Boucher rushed off to spread the news among his friends, declaring that the man who could do what he had seen Rodin do could certainly also have created “The Age of Bronze.” It was Rodin’s vindication, and in recognition | state, and is now “ the Luxembourg. in the museum of From then on he created a number of notable works, among them his “Victor Hugo,” “The Burgesses of Calais,”” and his statue of ‘Balzac.” The latter was an extraordinary and novelist, which Rodin executed upon commission from the Society of Men of Letters. When it was unveiled in 1898 it was received with almost uni- versal jest and jibe. The Parislan public hecame S0 worked up over the merits of the monument that the con- [ troversy for the time eclipsed interest ! even in the sensational Dreyfus trial. Ralzac was represented in a vol- uminous dressing gown, the features jand figures roughly sketched. Critlcs exclaimed that it was “an enormous porpoise, standing upright, draped in a thick bath wrapper.” They called |it grotesque, huge and flippant; while, {on the other side, there were thos who saw in it “the incarnation of the erent writer's soul.”” The society which | had ordered it, however, held the ma- | Joriiv view that the work was incom- prenensible, if not ridiculous, and | they gave the commission to the | sculptor Falguiere who executed a | more conventional work in the follow- ing year. In the meantime, and for years af- ter the Ralzac controversy, Rodin de- voted himself to a great decorative composition some twenty feet high of Decorutive Arts, This work was inspired muainly hy Dante's Inferno, | the poet himsclf being seated at the | top, while at his feet is the writhing crowd of the damned. torn by the frenzy of passion and anguish of de spair. The diguee of “The Thinker, P which ix one of Rodin's best known | werks i Ninervica, s been exhibited in Gkt for several years at the Metro- politan M Pine Arts in New York. and at various other places. It s one of the figures designed for this | €« red on Ninth Page.) handicaps, still time to enrich world with innumcrabic cxamplos of his impressionistic, inspirational | works, which are prized both in Eu- | rope and Americs When finally recognized, M. Rodin was hailed by his admirers as ‘“the | | | hibition of his St. John the Baptist, of it, the work was purchased by the | unconventional conception of the great | { “The Portal of Hell,” for the Museum | GOVERNOR ISSUES HIS PROCLAMATION Thursday, November 29, Set Aside as Day of Thanks- giving in State. Hartford, Nov. 17.—A Thanksglv- ing proclamation was issued by Gov- ernor Marcus H. Holcomb today. It follows: State of Connecticut, f By His Excellency, Marcus H. Holcomb, Governor. | A Proclamation: .| At time when bitter suffering has { become the common lot of much of | the world and anxlety iIs gnawing at | the hearts of many of us there is no | room for the light-hearted rejoicing | which has so often marked the com- | ing of the Thanksgiving season. For | our full lives, for all our throbbing commercial life, we have abundant reason for thankfulness, but we see | in them now, not a goal attained, only | the means to an infinitely nobler and greater end. They, whose battle is ; our battle, look to us for armament | and sustenance. Largely we can give, for largely has it been given unto us. | He, who has made the way straight { for us, who has given unto us courage to raise the flag of battle, who has in- | spired us with faith in ultimate vio- | | tory, has wonderfully strengthened ! our arms for the conflict. For that we owe Him thanks. But to Him, to | our country, to the high cause which | we have made our own, to the devo- tion of those who are offering thelr | lives as sacrifices upon the altar of that cause, we owe more than thanks. Ouis is the duty to see that these | resources which have been made ready for us shall be so husbanded so shaped, so used that they may at- tain the greatest possible effect. On Thursday, November the | twenty-ninth, which old custom marks as a day of Thanksglving, let each of us then, reverently and sin- cerely, return thanks to God for His gifts to us, but let us also, there in His presence, no less reverently and sincerely steel our hearts in the firm resolve that no word or deed of ours | shall dull the weapon e has shaped | to onr hands Given under my hand and seal of the state at the capitol, In Hartford, | this sixteenth day of November. in the | vear of Our Lord one thousand nine | lhiundred and seventeen, and of the Tndependence of the United States the onc hundred and forty-second, | MARCUS H. HOLCOMB, Governor. | By His Excellency’s command, Frederick L. Perry, Secretary. + CONSERVATION OF LIGHT t],a.rgc Signs Must Remain Dark Until | | | 7:46 and Current Must Be Turned Off at 11, rule governing electric | The new i sign lighting, as propounded by Dr. !H. A. Garfleld, federal fuel adminis- ! trator, became effective in this city | last night and will continue during | the war. All theater signs and other street | signs, such as the illuminated electric | signs in front of hotels and business | houses, cannot be lighted until 7:45 | p. m. and must be extingulshed at 11 p. m. { " The rule does not in any way affect | the public street lighting, nor does it affect the window lighting of the stores where the clectricity is turned on at sunset and turned off at 11 p. m. | MEN ARE NEEDED. Ixpericnced Mechanics, Blacksmiths, and Storage Battery Experts. i ‘Washington, Nov. 17.—Several thousand men with experience as mechanics, machinists, blacksmiths | and storage battery experts are need- od for the motor section af the ord- nance department of the army. Ap. plicants will be graded as first-class scrgeants or ordnance sergeants after a special course in the handling of motor-driven vehicles, tanks and field artillery at one of the ordnance train- ing camps, TO GOVERN CONDUCT. Enemy Aliens Will Be Ruled Strictly From Now On. | YWashington, Nov. 17.—Drastic | regulations governing the. conduct of | all cnemy aliens within the border of | the United States are provided in a proclamation to be issued by Presi- More | dent Wilson probably today. Tt is ex- | | pected that sliens will be vequired | | to register and that barred zones will | [ he extended widaly. PR S | WEATHER Hartford, Nov. (7.—Fore- cast for New B ritain and vic Fair, without any impo thermal change (o1 and Sunday. | frnm e | ! i | | Health Dept. Head | DR. HENRY F. MOORE Dr. Henry F. Moore of New York, | who has been selected to succeed Dr. T Recks as superintendent of health, is expected to arrive in New Britain to begin his new duties here ! on Monday next, Dr. Moore is a well physician, in his early thirtles. He is a native of Ireland and received his education at the University of, Dublin and also in some of the lead- ing medical schools of Germany. For the past two yvears Dr. Moore has been connected with the Rockefeller Institute in New York where he has been making a special study of bac- teriology. known young CLOSES BIG DEAL Fuller Storage Battery Company Pu chases Arch Street Property of Philip Bardeck to Ercct Plant. The Fuller Storage Battery com- pany today closed a deal with Philip Bardeck for the purchase of valuable property on Arch atreet, formerly owned by the late Dr. Rossitter. The price The involves about $10,000. purchaser intends to uisition at once, s hattery piant erect on ford. The property is located hetween | the cstate of the late Bennett Hib- bard and the Bardeck block. The deal was made through Thomas W. O’Connor. CONTEST END Nephews and Nicces Probably Will Get Share ‘of Estate. Middletown, Nov. 17.—Announce- ment was made here that the contest over the will of Mrs. Annle E. Harris of this city, who died about a year ago leaving her estate of $20,000 to charity has been settled. The terms of the settlement were not made public. Under the will the Middlesex hos- pital and North Congregational church of this city and the Moody school of Northfield, Mass., were named as ben- eficiaries. Nephews and nieces of Mrs. Harris appealed to the superipr ' court following the probating of the will in October 1916, and the case had ! been assigned for trial next Tuesday. Three of the relatives are Burton N. of New Haven, and Charles E. Scran- | ton of Madison. The others live out side the state. | 2D FOR $800. for | McMAHO! Dispute Over Payme Stained Gla Bill ol Constable Winkle has served a writ | on P. S. McMahon, proprietor of the Hotel Bronson, for $800. The suit ! is brought by the Hartford Stain | Glass Works. which claim $652.50 for art glass furnished to the defendant. According to the plaintiff some firm furnished the glass to McMahon and then assigned their interests to the ! Hartford Stain Glass Works. It is| alleged that McMahon was notified of | the changoe and told to pay the hill to the plaintiff. The case is returnable the first Tuesday in December in the common conrt of pleas in Hartford. AMERICA North Bank of Rio Grande Guarded By Our Troops. Presidio, Te; Nov. {7.—American | troops watched the north bank of the i Rio Grande while Villa’s cavalry pa- trolled the river on the Mexican bank in plain view of each other Villa', 1 night. s tired troops spent their fourth t in the town last night and are expected to leave today for the desert. The tenseness of the situation here appeared to have j RS VOLUNT! New York, Nov. 17 thousand lawvers in New York clty have volunteered to aid the govern- ment in carrying into effect the new selective draft regulations, it was an- nounced today. ‘R. More than one Blachley and Lillie E. Crane, both DESERTED BY OFFICERS AND TROOPS “Asks General Krasnoff If He Will Have to Commit Suicide, and Is Advised to Go ta Maximalists Under a to Having Sailor Guard GENERAL KORNILOFF IS STILL IN PRISON DESPITE HIS REPORTED RELEASE Petrograd, Nov. 16.—Deserted ordered to surrender to the Bolshev guards sent for him and has disap temporarily the post of commander-1 cently defeated at Tsarskoe-Selo Gen. Krasnoff, former comman the ground that he was only obeyin he fled under disguise. ““At three o'clock on the afternoon commander-in-chief,”” said Gen. “He appeared nervous and the Krasnoff. [ ed. “ ‘General,’ said he, ‘you have be- trayed me. Your Cossacks say they | will arrest me and give me up to the sailors.” * ‘Yes,' I answered, ‘such a discus- sion is now going on. There appears | to be little sympathy for you.' “ ‘Do the officers feel the same © way ?' he asked. * *Yes. |« ‘What shall [ do? Wil 1 have to commit suicide?' ‘If you are an honest man you will go to Petrograd under a white flag and appear before the revolu- tionary committee, where you will ne- gotiate as head of the government.’ “Kerensky agreed to this and he s promised a guard. He objected guard of sailors on the grouna | that some enemies were among them. ‘l[e wanted to wait until night but finally agreed to make the trip by daylight. 1 went and called Col. Kish- koff, of the Tenth Don Cossacks and ordered him to appoint a guard of | elght men. A half an hour later the i Cossacks told me that Kerensky could | not be found. I ralsed the alarm thinking that he could not have left | Gatchina.” M. Bibenko, [ mittee on W to member of the com- war and marine, has re- ported to the workmen's and soldiers’ | conzress that Kerensky fled garbed as | a sailor. Before Kerensky's flight, Bibenko said he talked to the Cos- sacks and found they were willing to come to an agreement with the Maxi- malists only the officers being op- posed. He said that he had prom- ised the Cossacks that they would be released and possibly be allowed retain their mounts and arms and to return to the Don region. Bibenko denied that Michael Ro- manoff. the former grand duke, Mi- Chagl Alexandrovitch, « was - with Ke- rensky. He denied also that Gen. Korniloff had escaped from prison. The Deciding Battle. Petrograd.. Wednesday, Nov. 14.— The battle: ih which Premier Keren- sky was defeated began -last Satur- day and’ continued until Monday night, accdeding to the commander- in-chief of the Bolsheviki staff. The premier had five thousand Cossacks and several hundred military cadets with considerable artillery. The Maximalist force included four guard regiments, several battalions of sailors and numerous detachments of the red guard. | Many of the Bolsheviki soldiers were wounded and a few were killed. The Cossacks in IKerensky's forces once attempted a charge near Tsar- skoe-Selo, hut suffered heavy losses, | after. which they retired into the town. The :Maximalists now hold Tsardkoe-Sel. The correspondent of the Associat- ed Press visited the scene of the fighting today and was surprised to find arlstocratic officers commanding the Bolsheviki. One of them, who wad & colonel, explained that they were 'aisappointed with Kerensky, who firgt destroyed discipline in the army, and.was against them all. A colonel of one of the famous Pet- rograd guard regiments is now com- mander of the Bolshevikl staff and di- rects the operations of his army from & house on & hilltop two miles beyond Pulkova. Describing, the fight, he said: | “The battle began . Baturday and | continued Monday night: Kerensky had only 5,000 Cossacks, several hun- dred military cadets, a considerable quantity of lisht and heavy artillery and one armored train. Our forced | included four of the famous Petro- grad guard regiments, together with several battallons of sailors and a large number of the red guard. Under Heavy Fire. “Our forces were under a contin- uous shell fire and many were wound- ed. Only a few were killed. At one time & squadron of Kerensky's Cos- sacks attempted a charge near Tsarskoe-Selo. They evidently were not famillar with the fact that officers of veteran regiments were with the Maximalists’ forces and to their sur- prise they were met by organized re- sistance. A heavy volley, which toppled many off their horses, caused arrested with other members of the bremier's staff, has heen released on Krasnoff's report concerning the disappearance of Kerensky confirms thli_ Premler Kerensky, when told that his officers were against him and | that his men were 'on the point of deserting, agreed to come to Petrograd, | but while a guard was being arranged he dropped out of sight. X jthem heavy losses. of November 16 (old style) Nov, 14 |active attempt of the Kerensky forces (new style), 1 called the quarters of | to attack, and they retreated. We ,now hold Tsarskoe-Selo. 3 | by to | ] . b Flag of Truce--Objects by most of his officers and virtually iki, Premier Kerensky evaded the peared. Gen. Dukhonin has resumed n-chief of the Kerensky forces, re- Kerensky, and who was der under g the orders of his superior. Gen. This was the last One soldier, who had been captured the cks and had escaped to his own lines, told the correspondent i that Kerensky's Cossacks had deter~ mined to surrender unless he was 1 to reinforce them with *60,000] troops.” The premier, the soldiers] | sald, promised to get them. The co! respondent made a tour of the b | tlefleld in a Petrograd droshky who driver calmly directed his fat horse over the military road, dodging huge lorries and Red Cross motors home- | ward bound with wounded. Members: of the red guard coming from the battlefield walked along the roads’ singing. Some carried pretzels on’ their bavonets. These are obtainabl in Tsarskoe-Selo, but not in Petro- grad where only black bread is sold, The droshky passed numerous gene | tries unquestioned, the soldlers pap-" parently considering the ludicrous conveyance of the correspondent above suspicion. A constant stream of ambulances discharged their cargo {of wounded at hospitals along thel road just outside the city. At Pulkova, where the soldiers sailors and the red guard shared their | soup and black bread and discussed | the victory, which had atartled the inhabitants of the small village. Thi correspondent was directed to staff headquarters. There was an extreme contrast among the occupants of the bare, lamp-lighted room in which ap- parently had once been the parlor of a farm house. Seated about a pineé table were some officers, who, though unshaven and battle-worn, showed. plain evidences of their aris- tocratic training. With them were a few common soldiers, plain sailors from the Baltic fleet and one work- {man wearing the badge of the red | guard. These shared their comman fare with the correspondent and ex- plained that they were all fighting to- | gether against Kerensky. Aristocracy Officers. The fact that the officers directing the Bolsheviki campaign were aris- tocrats was a surprise in view of th popular supposition that the Bolsh viki included only the proletariat. A staff colonel explained this as fol- lows: “You probably are surprised to find officers, many of whom fought brave- Iy and were wounded in the eam- paigns against the Germans, fighting with the Bolsheviki. The truth is we were disappointed with Kerensky, who first destroyed discipline in the army, and we are against him, first of all.” Thig attitude was observed plainly at regimental staff quarters where the officers rejoiced over the victory, but bemoaned the reported decision of the Maximalist government to reduce all .| officers to the same pay as privates— | seven and one-half roubles a month— and to-force them to wear the same uniforms. f The Bolsheviki troops display an anomalous attitude in obeying the of- ficers without question, bpt at the same time calling them ‘“tavarish (comrade) and insisting on equal rights elsewhere than on the battle- fleld. That there is efficlency in the diree- tion of the Meximalist army could be noted by the long motor trains of stores, ambulances and artillery which were going toward Pulkova to- night as the correspondent's droshky returned to Petrograd. Has No Sympathy. London, Nov. 17—Nowhere through- out a journey from the Caucasus to Petrograd did a correspondent of the Daily Telegraph hear a word ‘of syms= pathy for Premier Kerensky. The educated passengers he met, he says in a despatch sent from Petrograd on Monday, were infuriated at Keren- s laxity in permitting the Bolshe- vikl agitation, and soldiers werg in- dignant with the premier because he was unable to maintain authority and order. Railway men, the correspon- dent adds, said Kerensky, and Lenine and Trotzky, the Bolsheviki leaders, all ought to be thrown into the Neva. Nor for the pravisional government anvwhere was there a spark of en- thusiasm, he adds, as it was felt to have deserved its fate. TEverywhere the correspondent found a longing for 1 (Continued on Ninth Page.)