The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-17
German Arms Are Blasting the
ShackIes Off the Back.
ward Empire.
NEW PATRIOTISM IS AROUSED
Honest Attempts Of Government to
Solve Problems Encourages Intel.
Isctuais to Look For Better
Thngs-Remarkabls Exploit
Of Russian Soldier.

rhinss-RsmarkabIs Exploit
Of Russian Soldier.
Petrograd.-Out of the tears and ruff
ferings Of the great war new Russia
1: being born-a Russia of fair govern.
ment, progress and economic solidtty.
This 10 the belief Of n.any patriots.
Perhaps It 10 all beautiful dream.
The patriots were profoundly discour.
aged last September when the car
prorogated the duma. But hope re-
vived and was intensified tiveiold
when Nicholas nc. only called togeth.
or his congress again. but Q few days
ago appeared In person at the opening
Of this representative body and vel.
coined the members in the name of
victory.
It 10 hard for western minds to com.
prehend Just what this action OF The
Little Father" meant to the Russian
mujik. To the humble peasant bis
csar 10 . demigod. indeed almost an
equal OF the Virgin Mary and the
Christ. For him to personally receive
the peasants' representatives was an
insrirstion for the wardriven Rus
sian.
The further proceedings of the duma
will therefore be watched with more
interest than ever. The body is pa.
triotic to the last man and the liberal
block. or union OF parties. has de-
ctded to forego pressing for reforms
until the crisis In the nations history
10 past. -"-
Tho Premier. NJ. Sturmer. has rec
ord of conservatism which does not
recommend him to the liberal elements.
yet, like the car, he now conciliatcs
the mos radical and 30 combines the
mighty people to oppose united front
10 the German.
The honest attempts Of the govern.
ment to solve the frightful transports
ton problem. which has resulted IN
famine in one. province with q super.
abundance Of the needed products in
another nearby province, are gen.
orally recognized. The efforts have
pot met with great success. however.
Russian bureaucracy. unlike the Ger.
man brand. 10 not efficient But the
svirit in which the problem has been
net. like the severe measures taken
70 root out and punish war grating
tn high places. have encouraged the in.
tetlectuals to look for better things.
N. sasonoff. the foreign minister, Is
another government Official who.
though q conservative. has gained the
respect and confidence OF the people.
It 10 felt that Russias delicate rela.
lions with her allies and with Sweden
and the United States are In good
bands.
Even II Russia should lose this was
Or It should result in a draw. great
changes are to be expected. Russian
reforms have grown out of conflict.
When Lloyd.George. the British min.
ister OF munitions. said that German
srms are blasting the letters OF back.
ward Russia he told the truth,
II was the constan. incursions of the
1ortars which led to the consolidation
Of old Russia about Moscow. A reign
Of terror In the drst half Of the sew
euteenth century led to the formation
q the house OF RomAnon. under which
tie Russian empire has grown to III
present greatness.
Great Giant AWsksns.
a century later the war with Sweden
wrought the nation to 2 realization Of