e invite you to come to headquarters
and meet General Kornilov, giving you a solemn guarantee that you will
not be arrested."

Premier Kerensky replied that he could not believe Kornilov to be guilty
of such an act of treason, and that he would communicate with him
directly. In an exchange of telegrams Kornilov confirmed fully to the
Premier his demands. Kerensky promptly placed Lvov under arrest,
denounced Kornilov as a traitor and deposed him from his position as
Commander-in-Chief, General Klembovsky being appointed in his place.
General Kornilov responded to the order of dismissal by moving an army
against the Capital.

Martial law was declared in Moscow and in Petrograd. Kerensky assumed
the functions of Commander-in-Chief and took military measures to defend
Petrograd and resist the rebels. On the 12th it was clear that the
Kornilov revolt had failed to receive the expected support. Kornilov
advanced toward Petrograd, and occupied Jotchina, thirty miles southwest
of the Capital, but there was no bloodshed. On the night of the 13th,
General Alexief demanded Kornilov's unconditional surrender, and the
revolt collapsed. Kornilov was arrested and the Provisional Government
reconstituted on stronger lines.

After the so-called Kornilov revolt, the Russian Revolution assumed a
form which might almost be called stable. A democratic congress met at
Moscow, September 27th, and adopted a resolution providing for a
preliminary parliament to consist of 231 members, of whom 110 were to
represent the Zemstvos and the towns. The congress refused its sanction
to a coalition cabinet in which the Constitutional Democrats should
participate, but Kerensky practically defied the congress, and named a
coalition cabinet, in which several portfolios were held by members of
the Constitutional Democratic Party. The new government issued a
statement declaring that it had three principal aims: to raise the
fighting power of the army and navy; to bring order to the country by
fighting anarchy; to call the Constituent Assembly as soon as possible.
The Constituent Assembly was called to assemble in December. It was to
consist of 732 delegates to be elected by popular vote.

Meantime agitation against the Coalition Government continued. On
November 1st, the Premier issued a statement through the Associated
Press, to all the newspapers of the Entente, which conveyed the
information that he almost despaired of restoring civil law in the
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