Arizona republican., 1905-06-30
Civil War Begins.

A starving woman beating upon an empty tin pan and crying through the streets of Paris. "Bread! Bread!" be gan the French revolution. A sai:or on 2 Russian battleshiD was nlrd dered bv ar officer on the 27th day of June, 1905. because the sailor, on behalf of his comrades. presented a request for a more nourishing quality Of soup. The death of that sailor seems to nave been the brand that was wanting to start the Russian revolution ir t5 q blaze.
 For nearl-- six months, or since utat ''red Sunday' in January when hun- dreds of men, women and children were shot down tn the streets Of St Petersburg because they dared to Of fer peteition to the czar, Russia has been on the verge of civil war The frequent outbreaks have been in the nature of industrial disturbances, however, rather than Of a revolutiOna- ary character. The people. although provoked beyond endurance, have been slow to rise against the government. And as was pointed out in these col umns on the day following the ''red Sunday" the question whether there is to be a revolution must depend. fin ally. upon the loyalty of the army and navy. Evidences have been multiply ing recently that the autocracy can no longer rely upon the Russian soldier and sailor. In the battle on the sea of in mutiny, and a week or two later sev- eraI hundred soldiers Of Linevitch's army were sr becs se they Ead re- volted. And the remarkable situation at Odessa furnishes a startling climax in proof of the fact that the armed strength of the Russian empire can no longer be thrown, unbroken. against the people
 Odessa, the great grain depot of the empire will hold a place in history as the scene of civil wars actual out break There 1t is not a conflict be- | tween Cossacks and striking laborers. ! but fight between the Cossacks and | the multitude bent on overthrovving | the government.
 I 6 represent that the government is in Q | state of panic. No doubt it is To | find the best battIeship of the Black | Sea fleet in the hands of revolution | ists is more serious than the loss of | the Baltic fleet in the sea of Japan more serious than the defeat of the Russian army by Japan. The losses T yl- little to the government except in a national sense. The lives lost were lives of the common people, and the Russian homes devasted ar2 homes in which the royal family and the nobility hava no interest But an in surrection at home. which threatens to overthrow the dynasty, as the Bour- bons were hurled from power and murdered in the French revolution, enables the inmates of the bureaus and palaces of St. Petersburg to realize what war reall-- means-to realize what it means for an outraged people 10 rise in revolt against overIo-ds and taskmasters.
 Events of greater import than any ahing seen in the war with Japan are Following each other with rapidity at Odessa. It is yet too early to measure their full import, but that the czar at last faces civil war cannot be 1ues- toned The authorities may tempora- rily gain the upper hand, even should all the sailors of the fleet rebel, but Russian autOcracy is on the rocks a last The insurrection will spread. h. ( stead of fighting to overcome Japan, { Nicholas the Second must now fight ! 10 save his throne.
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