The garrison of Kronstadt, which had revolted against the Bolsheviks,
surrendered late on Thursday, March 17th, to Trotsky's forces after some fighting. General Koslovsky and a number of his followers escaped into Finland. The insurgents seem to have erred in revolting while the Gulf of Finland was ice-bound, so that the Bolshevik troops- could march to the island fortress. But General Koslovsky cannot have offered a serious resistance, if Kronstadt is the " impregnable " fortress that it is reputed to be. Presumably the insurgents, as in the Crimea and elsewhere, could not agree among themselves, whereas the Bolshevik despots are united by the instinct of self-preserva- tion. It is reported that Kameneff, the Bolshevik commander- in-chief, has been arrested in Moscow. If Trotsky's mercenaries, fail him in the capital, as well as in Kronstadt, the Terror must come to an end.
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