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PAGE SIX . MEPFORD miL TRIBUNE. UEDFOItD. OREGON', THURSDAY,' MAECTI 22, 1917. 1 OWNFALL OF KAISERISM SEEN 1 IN REVOLUTIl I! Russian Overturn Assures Downfall of Autocracy and Guarantees Victory for Allies While People Starved and Soldiers Died, Czar's Agents Plotten With Enemy. W TtV HASH. M. 1UNI.V ; WASHINGTON, AI.ir.-h 22. Tin Uussinn revolution, if its present huc push continues, assures (lie downfall ill' ezarisin unci kaisorism anil guar unices the victory of till! 11 1 1 i ; It means tliut there will he nn inure kings in Knrnpc except, n Cow fig urchends liko (Icorge V of KiiIiim mid Alfonso of Spain who are main mined ut puiiiiG expense lor ornn mental purposes. The revolution is n prn-nlly over turn of the pi'o-Oenniiii government which was in control of Kussiu din ing the greater part of (lie war and winch lias been primarily rcspnnsi hlu for the relatively poor showing winch the enormous armies of liussia have mn'Je. liussia will now have a chance I throw off the incubus, of (Icrman iu fluonoo in the court, the bureiiueruo nfllJ the army und jfivc the armies of the kaiser something to do on th easteni front. Oiiiiiimuiiled by Onnnns. It is almost iniossiijle to o.xnggor ate the extent to which the (Jermaii infliionco has crippled and disnrirnn izod liussia sinc.o the beginning of I tie war. hlitiro liussian armies have been surrendered without ivfight hy tin pro-llorninn generals who command ed them, shells and other nininniii lion winch did not lit the liussian (runs but did fit the (lenniin trims nave been sent to the front bv the pro-flcrmnn biireaiicrats in charge of suppnos, Hie voluntary organizntioii lormod by the Russians, to mipply me army ami care tor tho woiinde navo been prevented from holding meetings and otherwise interfered with mid the most prominent minis tors in the cznrs cabinet have been in almost constant communication with Herlm looking 0 an allian with Germany or a separate ncnee. is more than inohable (hat the lloriunn foreign office has been lev. mg to do with Hussia exai-tlv what it tried to do with Mexico, that is mane an alliance with liussia and plot to gel Japan, which is in close nllianeo with liussia, lo desert tin allies Mini loin with (lermanv an, I H . ... lumsia 111 a groin miiitai-y alliance to eoiiriuer the world. fair S-ven-KlKbts (ierninii. The ozur himself is sovon-oiohlhs German in fact ho lias only one six-t.V-foiirth liussian blood in bis veins I' or more than 1"iO Veal's everv cynr. ilia has been a flormnn irinoos. 1 1, . . only apparent evceplion being the eziinna of Alexander III who bore a imnisii Mile at Hie time of her mnrrmgo but was born of a (leriuan ilucal family and roared under tier man influences. The most powerful Monies at me liussian court are I lu " i""i"-s i nun uie iienic prov inces, who gained inblilinnal strength nam l no lact Una iho.v me also I In most rabid supporlers of autocraev and renction. All the high posts of the liussian bureaucracy have In held eilher by men of Herman decent of bv llms'c who were pro-deraiiin because of their desire lo see nulocva.y made supreme through an alliance" of llic er.nr ami the kaiser. The most re cent available statistics s,,v ,!,( there were at the beginning f die war more than 20(1 generals of pre Cteniian descent in the liussian .n-.-m- At last ai-coiints (lolilzeu was pre mier of the liussian ministry, ,. ., reared in (Icrnmiiy and built up nroiinil him a cabinet of pro-dcr-niaus among whom his minister of uie liiierior rrotopopnir was openly accused of having been in cnnteience with agents of (lie kaiser in Slock. i Iioliri last autumn nrruiigiutr for hc liussiau governuicnl lo desert the al lies mid become cither an ally nl Germany or make a separate peace. Monk, linsputln lill,,. . For months it has been known 'in government circles in Knalund, J'Yiincc and Italy that the 1,'ussian cabinet mid possibly the czar iim. self Here stroiujlv pro-tic rmnu, The monk Husputin, who had an uncanny influence over the ozur bim self, was known in IVtmurud to be ii go-belwoeu for the Herman llgeut mid the cr.ar and his cabinet. It was the tleath of Iwispuliii at (lie hands of agents of the damn thai un folded tho whole iro-(letnuiu plot to tho Kiissian people. This plot in cluded the handing to liussia of tin Datdnnellos ami Hncdntl and the yrejitor n:-t Of I't'isia iier jiriee LATEST PHOTOS Of EUROPE'S IViOST BEAUTIFUL ROYAL FAMILY mp, kdftVk f , ' C3 J-:il74ibetbi Onttr, (jiicrn Mailej litglit, J'l-lnecss Jlario. Qaeon Mario of r.iir.lania and her two eldest d.niKlitern, called tho niost beautiful royal family In Europe, nro hero Hliown In their lateat pictures, Just reoolvod. In America. Queen Mario was married to King Ferdi nand In 1893. They have Blx children, Princess Kllzabeth fs tho oldest daughter; riincess Mario, the second oldest. The whole family 1b exiled from their country because of tho Invasion of the Germans. for accepting a separate peace, l'here is one democrat among die grand dukes and that is the Cliand Duke Nicholas. It was because of his rung democratic leanings that, be was sent to the Caucasus prior to the pro-Gorman activities of the cabi In well informed circles it is now believed that the iliima the liussiar parliament will have the support of no entire liussian people in the over throw of the "Dark- forces," as they are called in liussia, which have boon plolling against (he allies. The arm v wilh (he possible exception of I mops under tho command of pro-dcrmnii generals will also support the revo lution and it is possible that the army lias already noted and has de- Iroyed or deposed the (lermanic gen erals who have always been cordially haled. J-'ow Tl-oon.H J.oyitl. There would seem lo be no possi ble elianee for a coiinler-revolnlion. The cossacks urn nt the front and' the police are powerless against the' troops which are in reserve in I lie lar ger eitios. A llerliu dispatch savs there are .'1(1.(100 troons lovnl lo ihn revolution in J'elrograd alone, anil Ibis may be accepted as the minimum or I his news was extremely distaste ful to Berlin. This is the biggest news for the n use of democracy since the eslab- limcnl of Iho tirst French republic. .ven if this present revolution should fail, it marks Hie certain downfall of the power of the liussian aristocracy. The people have now learned Hint a assian imperial minister can be thrown inlo iail like anyone else anil that the walls do not crumble n round him, nor is there lightning from hcav- to slrike Hie impious hand Dial lured pul luiti there. Unvote- ,,im-, a rued llns simple fact, Ihcv will vcr loigcl, and (he end id' kinus anil exit is and kaisers will sotut I'ol- ow. Kaiser's Tumble I'redlilcd. I is an axiom of Kut'opeaii slule- ral't that the kaiser cannot eouliiiuc aulorcralic power if the czar is ov- ia row n any more I nun Hie czar can xist without the kaiser. This recog nition of mutual dependency has been ol I be strongest forces working auauist the coiilinualion of Kussin's alliance with republican Kranee and liberal Knglnnd. II is an old saying that "eznr and kaiser full Ineetber." mil if the czar's power is as enm- tely broken as it now seems, lb,. ni-or will soon eniue tumbling after. OIL PROSPECTS OF VALLEY SIZED UP U'NIHiN, .March 22. - Another im port. tut i-hit-flian in Arubin has i iscn against the Turks, Kotvigu Sc. rotary llaltonr nnnouin.'il iu ibe house of commons lodny. The Tuiki-h lorcc near Aden has lean isolated trom 'I uikc h hcndiiunrlcts. SAY FRENCH SUNK OWN SUBMARINE .It IIY V. . WATSON. Important developments within ten days are foreshadowed ill three local mining districts by preliminary ar rangeineuls now being completed. Unfavorable weather conditions have in-evented hurry ill these matters. One of these districts, of course, is the Hlne Lodge. No one has been author ized lo announce that the Blue Lodge mine has been subl to the (,'owan in terests, but. tnnnv profess (o, have abundant information to ju-slify the belief that Hie transfer will be made belore Iho first day of April. Impor tant interests in the rc"ion more iiu- iiiiinediatcly about. Jacksonville may soon be favorably affected by adtli .tinnal cnpilal Hint, will stimulate de velopment on a larire scale. Kxtensive lioguc river interests will be subject ed lo inspection that may result in the addition of much capital anil ma chinery for vigorous operation over a considerable area. These move ments are merely precursors of what may be ovpoelcd later iu the season .when men will be able lo prosecute the cxcculinu of plans already ma tured. They promise a season of ac tivity never before enjoyed in the mining area of Ibis region. The liilei-OAt'ls i'enei-n.1. Never before in the history of southern Oregon has inlercsl iu min ing mnlters boon so generally sus tained during the past, six weeks. Men in professions! and uicreanlilo pursuits iire anxiously wailing for a settled coadilion of spring wcnlher thill will permit tbeiji to gel Into the hills und delve inlo pro--peels the cx istouoc of which has long been known, but which hnve been neglected on ac count of lack of inlcrol and capital lo inspire ilet'imle investigation. The reporl that IKi per cent china HAS RUBLEE'S PLACE ON FEDERAL TRADE BOARD Nil n i Mk1 "I tk i - r.l'Kl.lN-. Mar de-,troyer in the hist ni oilli sank itlg lo be a (h'V Over-ens X (ii'iuinn new-, bur, ..ml "In tcalily it was a I'ich line which was thus lost," " A From b bay nt Mar-oilies a suhauii inc, bclic - 'null hunt," sits the aticm-y (the oiriciai subl aiorni !'r-'an k v L X. tmiarL. I uri has been aiipointed lo the t'ed miiI Initio ooiuuiis-.ion to sio-cocd Oco. liublce, who was never enfirmod by Hit- senate. Furl is a republican from Kiit (iienngc, X. J n former su prca.e ciiit jusiice of Xow .lorsav and bus been a -n--in t envoy for the 'lit I Si. He. (,. San Onmim". uml lliiin. Ill' tonu is si.v years, bar ore had been taken out of one of the prospects in the Brownsboro district, yielding $750 worth of quick silver to tho ton, has tended to in tensity interest in the situation runt nearny neighborhood. An in teresling report comes from Sipiaw creek to tho effect that ore taken oat of one of the claims there two yonra ago, but only recently nssny ed, yields 20 per cent copper and flH.:i0 ill gold. This is another in slnnee lending to show how little many claim owners know about the value of wlin t they really havo di; covered, A UUIo "Oil Flurry." The presence ill tile valley of three prominent representatives of oil terests in California, in the Conliiiga district excited much attention this week; but no information of definite character leaked ont while they were here. H is known tliati two of tho party examined theor. prospect about I he sulphur springs at Eagle l'oint and that about six hoars were devol ed lo an inspection, of certain super ficial indications of oil in tho Fern valley region; but the oil men appar ently eame to sea, rather than to talk. They went north Tuesday ev ening, but promised to return in Julv and make a more thorough investi gut ion, ' No definite movement bus been made to organize the proposed oil prospecting company in this city, al though a number of prominent men liniincially able to handle a Hellenic of that sort coal nine to discuss the project with much interest. This oil talk recurs annually, bid it bus nnt yet "si rack oil. ' Tho fact dial the lulilornia oil men refuse to lo I n Ik, lent substance to the belief that they eamc on business Copper Day .May .Soon Come. The Coumiunily Pay proposed by the Almeral Development league, so long the victim of lloroas, may come soon, if the predictions of old-timers concerning the permanent break of spring possess any merit. The exist ence of the groundhog, however, prc eetletl that of the uioneor trail-blaz ers; it scurried to cover in a tanlrain long ago anil has refused since to make a sign, However, the committee having Community Day in hand is prepared to announce its plans when conditions are favorable. Tho con clusion of the pending deal for the Blue Ledge mine tuny change the plan as to road work on the highway lending to Hint district. MADIilD, .March 22. King Alfon so on Fritlav will sign a decree for the insuring of the safely .if Span ish maritinie eoinmelve. The measure adopted will be in accord nice with the procedure followed by other foreign count l ies REVOLUTION "ACT OF GOD" SAYS HEAD OF CHURCH SYNOD LONDON'. Mar. 03. A Heuter dis patch rrom rotrograd fays the. Holy .Synod lias resolved to address mes- sap to the "children of iho Orthodox church," declaring that the revolu tion was duo to tho hand of God, In klnstloms and peoples In Ills hand." It will exhort tho orthodox to obey Hie new government and fulfill their duties s (.'hrlstiaii children, j E - APPEALS 10 ARMY LONDON, March 22 An appeal to Ltheliiissiari army has been issued by the provisional government, . accord ing to a Petrograd dispatch to lieu ter's. 'fho proclamation, which is signed by Premier Lvoff und Minister of War Guchkoff says: "The people will be able to carry through successfully tho re-organization of life ut home provided they are well defended against tho out side. The government is certain that the nrmy, mindful of this fact, will maintain its power, solidarity and discipline intact and will do its ut most to bring the wur to n victorious ond. f LONDON, March 22 The Berlin 'orwaorts savs that the Hassian rev olution indicates that one of the con sequences of the war will be the far reaching democratization of Eurone. according to a Berlin dispatch to Keillor's by v.av of Australia. The paper scores the nan-Oermans for holding that after the war will be time enough to settle the question of direct suffrage in Prussia and adds: ' It will be a ereat and dangerous mistake if equal suffrage is not in troduced into Prussia while the war' is actually going on." The wood Is wet And hard to get, But gas will do The work for j;ou, . ,. ., (And better too.) ' ' ' 311 NOT WORRIED ABOUT m WANTS HOI QVERPANAMACANAL v. ' '' ' , ' I ' ' rW " f i "A - 1 .V " - 3 NO UNEASINESS FELT WASHINGTON, March 22. Army officers feel no uneasiness as to tho security of the Panaimi canal ill tho proseni crisis, despite many published reports that the big waterway is ex posed to raiding parties intent upon crippling it. It was said authorita tively at the war department today that' the canal is regarded ' its the most secure of (bo nation's outlying possessions, it was asserted ' that every inch of the looks and power plants is under constant patrol. All while employes in the zone nro American citizens. The governor has the power to deport any suspicious persons without formality of trial. Bombs dropped from airplanes . could have little effect upon the mas sive concrete and steel structures of Iho canal, oven if Iho aircraft es caped the guns of the garrison. . , , War doesn't worry this baby. What Elie wants Is a home. The New York Foundling hospital Is caring for the 'baby until some kind, responsible mother takes her for adoption. There are many others like, th.is.one, at the hospital. Do you want a baby? LONDON, March 22 Dr. Frntii! Mohring has been elected to the seat of Dr. Karl Lichknecht in the lower house of the Prussian diet, aecord ing to n Berlin dispateh tti Renter's by way of ADmsterdam. Dr. Mehr ing is a member of the socialist min ority which is opposed to the war and was led by Dr. Lichknecht up to tho time of his imprisonment on charges of treason. Tho now deputy has al so incurred the displeasure of the au thorities and at one time was put un der "preventive arrest." Accorling to the dispatch he was opposed in the election by a member of the ma jority socialist . party - -but .received :ill votes out of a tidal of 427. 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