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REVOLUTION MEANS
CARRYING ON WAR
All Russia Rises to Crush Pro
German Influences in
J Government.
GENERALS PROMISE . AID
Not a Word Said Against War
v by Revolutionists, Whoso Power
Spreads Rapidly to All .
- ' Great Cities la Land.
tOXDOX, March IS. Andrew Bonar
Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer, an
nounced in the House of Commons to
night that Emperor Nicholas had ab
dicated and that Grand Duke Michael
Alexandrovitch had been lODoIntitd
regent. The soldiers sided with the
.uuma, Dut there was no Iserious loss
of life. The Chancellor added that it
was comforting to know that the
movement was not directed at securing
peace by Russia.
A telegram received by the naval
attache of tha Russian Embassy in
Paris reported .that the railways and
public services in Petrograd had re
sumed work, said Mr. Bonar Law.
Comfort Found In Action.
"Only tonight," the Chancellor said,
"a message has been received from
our Ambassador to the effect that a
statement from the Duma announced
that the Emperor had abdicated and
that Grand Duke Michael Alexandro
viteh had been appointed regent.
"There is some comfort for us in the
comparative tranquility with which this
change was conducted. There also Is
. real comfort that all the government's
Information shows that the movement
was not in any sense directed toward
an effort to secure peace by Russia.
"On the contrary, the discontent was
not against the government for carry
ing on the war, but for not carrying It
on with that efficiency and energy
which the people had expected.
Kronatadt Joins Re-volt.
Telegraphing from Petrograd Wednes
' day evening, Reuters correspondent
says: Kronstadt, the fortress and sea
port at the head of the Gulf of Fin
land, 20 miles west of Petrograd, has
Joined the revolutionary movement.
Two deputies, Pepetauff and Tasklna,
on instructions from the Duma com
mittee, proceeded to Kronstadt, where
the troops placed themselves at the
disposal of the Duma.
M. Pepetauff was appointed com
mander of Kronstadt. which is Rus
sia's great naval station.
Renter's Petrograd correspondent
sends the following dispatch concern
ing the Russian revolution under date
of March 14:'
"Your correspondent has been In the
streets both night and , day for the
last three days. He has seen long lines
of hungry men, women and children
and has seen the wanton firing of
rifles, machine guns and civil war in
the main thoroughfares, but has not
beard a single word against war.
German Influences Anger.
"A shortage of food, the lack of or
ganization, and the neglect of tha most
elementary precautions are popularly
ascribed to German Influences. This Is
a word of provocation on every lip.
"The killing of Rasputin was the
match that set fire to the vast heap
of patriotic determination that Russia
would deserve well of her allies if she
would give herself the chance. The
fire quickly spread, ran from class to
class, from civilians to troops. It
smouldered in Petrograd on Saturday,
burst into flame on Sunday and to a
conflagration yesterday. This morn
ing your correspondent heard that its
purpose has been achieved. All the
regiments in Petrograd have declared
for the Duma and the people and the
cava barracks have been opened to
enable sailors to make common cause."
i The Duma telegraphed the principal
Generals at the front to use their in
fluence with Emperor Nicholas in sup
tort of the Duma's appeal for a popu
; lar government, says Reuter's Petro
grad correspondent.
' General Support Duma,
General Brusslloff, Commander-in-Chief
of the armies on the southwest
front, replied:
"Your telegram received. I have ful
filled my duty to my Emperor and my
country."
General Nicholas V. Ruzsky, member
of the Supreme Military Council, re
plied: "1 have carried out your request.
iM. Rodzlanko, president of the Duma,
Sent the following telegram to Emperor
Nicholas:
"The situation Is becoming worse.
Measures must be taken Immediately,
Tor tomorrow may be too late. The
Lour has arrived when the fate of the
country and of the dynasty is being
Uecided."
M. Chteheglovltoff, president ef the
Council of Empire, was arrested in his
home and temporarily held in the min
isterial room of the Duma.
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. trograd Where Revolt Had Its Chief Activity.
WAR STARTS UNREST
Clashes Between Government
and Duma Are Frequent.
LIBERALS ARE REMOVED
Suspension of Sittings of Body Is An-
other Element Tbat Adds to
Trouble, Following Killing
of Mysterious Monk.
Unrest in Russia and disputes be
tween the government and the Duma
have occurred repeatedly since the be
ginning of the European war. and ap
parently the dissensions came to a head
when Emperor Nicholas suspended the
Duma and the Council of the Empire
on March 12.
Affairs in Russia, which had led to
the installation of two Premiers up to
March, 1916. when Boris Eturmer took
the head of the government, reached
a crisis in November last year, when
Sturmer, who was accused by Liberal
leaders in Russia of sympathy with
Germany, was removed and bis place
taken by M. Trepoff.
The removal of Struraer resulted
from a clash between the Duma and
the Cablpet, in which the Duma was
victorious. After the appointment of
M. Trepoff the crisis in Russian gov
ernmental affairs had been passed
safely. f
"Dark Farces" Denounced.
Dissensions arose quickly, however,
and the Council of the Empire threw
its weight with the 'Duma. Decem
ber 12 Germany announced Its peace
offer and three days later the Duma
and the Council voted in favor of the
rejection of the peace terms.
Before adjournment on December SO
the Duma adopted a resolution de-
pouncing "dark forces in the empire.
This was followed by similar de
nunciatory action by the Council of
the Empire and the Congress of Nobles.
. In the interim Gregory Rasputin,
the "Mystic Monk," who was reputed
to have great authority with Em
peror Nicholas and the members of the
Imperial family cordial to Germany,
was murdered dramatically by Russian
noblemen of liberal Inclinations on
January 1 and his body thrown into
the Neva. .
. Liberals Are Replaced.
The Liberals soon received another
setback when January 10 It was an
nounced that Prince Golitzin had been
appointed Premier to succeed M. Tre
poff. On January 15 Emperor Nicholas
in his New Year ukase announced the
appointment of many new members to
the Council of the Empire. This o
tlon resulted in the progressive ma
jority in the council being succeeded
by men of conservative leanings op
posed to the Liberal movement in Rus
sian affairs.
Four days later the Emperor, be
cause of the changes In the govern
ment, which. Included the appointment
of Alexander D. Protopopoff, whom
Berlin newspapers described as the
"power behind the throne," as minis
ter of the interior, announced the post,
ponetnent of the opening of the ses
sions of the Duma and the Council of
the Empire.
Duel Threatened After Clash.
Moanwhlle the disagreements con
tinued betwen the Liberals in control
of the Duma and the so-called Reac
tionaries, who gained control of the
government In the elevation of Prince
GoUtzine to th.e Premiership. President
Rodzianko. president of the Duma and
one of the foremost Liberal leaders,
clashed verbally with Minister Pro
topopoff. and reports, from Petrograd
were that a duel between the two wen
was inevitable.
The Petrograd press on January 21
was reported to be pesslmistio over
the postponement of the sittings of
the Duma and the Council of the Em
pire. The Emperor in a rescript to Pre
mier GoUtzine on January 21 prom
ised a more benevolent attitude 'to
ward the Duma by the government
and urged the Premier to devote his
attention to the question of supplies
for the Russian armies, which the
Duma had severely criticised.
Duma la S impended.
The imperial order was taken in
some Russian quarters to mean that
the government, the Duma and the
Souncll of the Empire soon would be
working together and without conten
tions. The session of the Duma was re
opened on January 17, On March 8 it
was reported that the Council of the
Empire had adopted resolutions call
ing upon thw government to explain
what measures It bad taken to check
the disorganisation of transport serv
ice and to guarantee that the army
and country should be supplied with
food, fuel and raw materials. This was
followed by reports of unrest in
Petrograd over the shortage In food
supplies.
. On March 12 Emperor Nicholas sus
pended the sittings of the Duma and
the Council of the Empire.
"The sittings," the Reuter dispatch
announcing the suspensions added,
"will be resumed next month unless
extraordinary circumstances super-'
vene."
Rise in Bottle Freight Protested.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, March 15. The Oregon Public
Service Commission today filed formal
complaint with the Interstate Com
merce Commission, opposing the con
templated increase in the rate on glasc
bottles from the East to Oregon from
75 cants to tl.00 a hundred. This in
crease. If allowed, tha commission -ays,
would be ruinous to the Joganberrr
juice industry.
RUSSIAN REGENT.
CZAR'S ' FALL STUNS
Washington Amazed; Chance
for Separate Peace Off.
CROWN SHIFTING PUZZLES
United States Officials Kot Sur
prised by Revolution, but Em
peror's Retention of Nomi
nal Powers Expected.
WASHINGTON. March 15. The
overthrow of the Russian autocracy
was accepted in all quarters here as
a complete -victory for the anti-German
sentiment in the empire, remov
ing virtually all chance of Russia's be
ing drawn away from ber allies into
a separate peace.
The Impression created by the' news
of the successful revolution and the
turning out of the ministry and the
arrest of pro-Germans was followed
by another more profound when press
dispatches announced the abdication
of Emperor? Nicholas.
The revolution was not wholly un
expected, ' and before noon today, the
State Department received meager of
ficial Information about it from Petro
grad. But the abdication of the Em
peror was dumfounding to both of
ficial and diplomatic circles.
It had been assumed that In spite
of the belief that the Emperor, influ
enced by his German wife and pro
Teutonlo advisers, was lukewarm or
worse in the support of his allies, he
would be permitted to continue nom
inally as the head of the new govern
ment. Neither officials nor diplomats
could understand what the revolution
ary leaders expected to accomplish by
shifting the crown.
According to one unusually well-informed
diplomat, the Grand Duke
Michael Alexandrovitch, proclaimed
regent, has been a bitter personal an
tagonist of the Emperor since the lat
ter refused to recognize his marriage
to a divorcee some years ago. More
over, the Grand Duke Is said to have
opposed the Emperor on every public
question that has arisen.
The overthrow of the government by
the Duma is interpreted here as the
culmination of efforts made through
out the war to rid the country of the
German influence. From the earliest
Russian military reverse the German
press has been filled with rumors and
predictions of a separate peace in Rus
sia worked out by thone in the autoc
racy wli'J believed that Russia's des-
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" 'The Duma, however, on March 11,
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