New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-09
Russia Reorganizes to
Fight War TO Success
full Finish.
CAR ASSUMES
FULL COMMAND
Commander In Chief Sent to
Fight Turks In the
Caucasus.
fnt C.h.e 70 The r1hun.. |

'hc chief command Of the entire Rus
ian forces 20 the comparatively minor
sphere Of operations in the Caucasus
and tho assumption Of supreme au-
+ thority By the Car.
| The change. foreshadowed yesterday
/ in message from the Car to Presi-
/ dent Poincsre Of France. is officially
/ proclaimed to-day in an army order
issued by the commander in chief and
in an imperial announcement The
/ Grand Duke is appointed Viceroy In
/ the Caucasus ard commander in chief
| on the Russian southern front. TO sue
ceed Count Won Noronzoff-Dashkoff.
The removal Of the Grand Duke came
IS a complete surprise to military oh
servers here. where the brilliancy Of
his Galician campaign and the success
ful extrication of the Russian armies
from the Teuton grip have been gem
orally acclaimed. Except that his is
the lot that generally falls to the un-
successful general. the reasons for his
removal are hard to understand.
With the Austro- German advance
slowed up by the approach Of winter,
and with the Russian front, despite its
terrible gatherings and shortage of am
munition, still unbroken, 1t was consd
cred that the grand duke had done al
most all that was humanity possible.
New Douma Majority Formed.
Observers here, however, are inclined
to connect the shake-up in military
command by far the most momentous
that has been made in any nation since
the beginning of the WARMTH the or
gahization Of a new Douma majority,
announced to-day, and see in both a
determination to bend every energy to
the successful prosecution OF the war.
The formation of Liberal majority,
instead of the Conservative bloc, to
aid the government is of no less mo-
mertous Importance to the future Of
the Russian Empire, and by many Is
seen as the first step toward RESPONSE
BILE parliamentary government.
The "Novoe Vremya," which an
nounces the formation of the new ma
jority, composed of the Liberal and
Progressive elements, and which for
nfteen years has retained q reputation
as a political weather vane, comments
as follows on the significance of the
change:
After a year Of war we now witness
a union of all social groups upon n
general programme of political action.
What was impossible year ago has
been realized.
"A union on a single political pro-
cramme, responding to the require
ments Of the day, of parties differing in
political creeds-this is fact Of great
Importance whose consequence cannot
but be reflected Immediately in the
entire policy of the empire"
Gar Certain of Victory.
The army order issued and signed
by the Car as sent by the Reuter- cor
respondent in Petrograd is as follows:
To-day | have taken supreme com
mand of all my forces Of the sea. and
Of the land armies operating in the
theatre of war.
/ with firm faith in the clemency of
/ God and with unshaken assurance Of
= fnai victory, we shall fulfil our sacred
duty to defend our country 20 the last.
We shall not dishonor the Russian
land"
1t is the general impression here that
Emperor Nicholas will not determine
personally on the various strategic
plans TO be carried out, but will intrust
the destines of the armies TO the chief
of the General Staff and content him
self with the great moral stimulus
which will follow h's becoming the mil.
itarv as well as the religious. head
Of the Russian people.
In times of peace Emperor Nicholas
is invested by law with the honorary
command of the army and navy, and
the announcement that he had assumed
this post in person did not at first
bring with il any intimation OF impend-
ing important change. 1t was then
thought of az noteworthy principally
for its moral significance and the i'm
pression which it would make on the
Russian troops that their sovereign
was in close touch with them and had
determined to carry the war 70 sue
cessful conclusion.
New Chief of staff Named.
What military man or what general
staff will in fact assume the active
leadership of Russia's hard pressed
forces is not announced in the EN-
perors order relieving the grand duke
of his important post
/ On Thursday last General Alexiev
was appointed chief Of the grand
dukes staff. Some military commenta-
tors hazard the guess that upon his
shoulders will devolve the chief re-
sponsibility.
Following is the text Of the order
of the day issued by Grand Duke
Nicholas transferring the command OF
the Russian armies TO the Emperor:
"Valiant Army and Fleet: To-day,
your august supreme chief, His Majesty
the Emperor, places himself at your
head. | bow before your heroism Of
more than a year, and express TO you
my cordial, warm and sincere apprecia-
tion.
81 believe steadfastly that because
the Emperor himself, to whom you
have taken your oath, conducts you,
YOU will display achievements hitherto
unknown. ! believe that God from this
day will accord 10 His elect His all
powerful aid. and will bring TO him
victory"
General Aide de Camp, Nicholas"
Emperor Praises Grand Duke.
In relieving the Grand Duke the EN-
peror addressed a communication TO
him which read as follows;
AT the beginning Of the war | was