Arizona republican., 1916-02-20
REGENERATION
 UT IN THERMAL
 RUSSIA COMING
Rerubllcan A. p. Leased Wirel


 PETROGRAD Feb. 19-Wia Lon don) The beginning of a tremendous, f. not spectacular regeneration of in ternal Russia is strikingly apparent to an observer of Russian affairs, who familiar with the disorderly condition in Russia six months ago, compares it with the effective industrial and military machinery of today.
 The Associated Press correspond ent who left Russia when it's military fortunes were at the lowest ebb, with an inadequately provisoned and munitioned army and inefficient in ternal management not only defeat ing the chances Of military achive-
 ment for the moment but creating q spirit of uneasiness and criticism among the people that threatened na- Jionai solidarity return to find their
 country thoroughly reorganized.
 Graft and bribery seemingly mad
 been weeded out to q great extent.
 Officials found to be incompetent and
 engaged in intrigues, who had held up munitions contracts and clogged
 li.t " lpit iilttl4llitis VA Ahs N4NAP ment and provisioning, and in general
 conducted the business of war as if
 i were an operation for their personal
 profit, have been dismissed. The pro- cess of the purchasing commissioners of the government formerly cucumber ed with countless intermediate steps and formalities, which seriously de- layed the arrival of munitions when most needed now has been simplified and improved. The result is 2 Rus sian army now splendidly equipped with ammunition and rifles.
 Under these conditions, with q large available supply of ammunition and therefore the possibilities of a success ful offensive increasing daily, the Rus sian staff appears inclined to mark time for few weeks, until weather it's new power to the fullest advant- age.
 4 great factor in the increASNl strength of the Russian army Is the character of the new troops, which are vastly superior in intelligence and training to those with which Russia started the war. and the greater confi- dence and higher spirit Of the whole army, based on the knowledge of plentiful equipment and that the i'm pediments in the war machinery, which were painfully patent to the soldiers during last summers retreat, have been overcome.
 The duma. the sessions of which will Ga resumed a week hence. is expected l to carry forward progressive reforms aimed principally at perfectinE Rus sa's internal reformation. One of the most prominent leaders in the duma l informed the Associated Press cor 1 respondent that the principal ques- tons which would occupy the at 1 tention of that body were
 ! The creation of a new system ol cooperative societies which purposed l to eliminate the present excessive | profits hv reducing prices of ordinarS i commodities to the normal level; new 1 legislation issuing from town and mu- 1 nicipalities which are flooded with re 1 fugeos. to care for and govern tht new population; extension of the fran | chise in order to meet a situation 1T which the major part of the enfran 1 chised citizens are at the front, anC
 an attempt to improve transportation facilities.
 The question of transportation is 0 1 great economic importance. as tn ] present shortage of provisions and tn inflated prices are not svmptOmatic 0 | any real economic difficulties, but ar l simply evidence of inability to trans port vast resources to points wher needed on account of the almost ex
 elusive use of the railroads for mill tGrY purposes.
 ] The cardinal aim of the duma vii
 however, be supreme effort to es tablish greater harmony between itsel
 and the government