The sun., 1916-11-27
RUSSIA Is ON
ROAD TO LIBERTY
Herman Bernstein Sees Great
Step Forward in Down
fall Of Stuermer.
PEACE TALK PERILOUS
Editor Declares Parties of
Progress Are in Favor Of
War to the End.

Russia's entry upon a stage OF rapid
development In which democracy will
play a constantly increasing part. the
beginning OF n period OF reconstruction
which may reach It's zenith before the
end OF the war. Is the picture which Her
man Bernstein. editor Of the American
Hebrc,c, sees in the downfall OF the
Stuermer Cabinet and the triumphs
which the Duma has been achieving In
the last few days.
These events mean said Mr., Bern
stein yesterday. that the car has been
forced to abandon publicly the move to
bring about n separate peace with Ger
many. Such "A peace would be the great
est OF calamities. To the extent that
this has been averted the change IL for
the best. 1t does not go far enough. true.
but II la a step in the right direction.
The Russian liberals feel that The old
system Of bureaucracy Is bankrupt
Revelation q P~ossibiIity.
Unless much greater strides in the di.
rection OF progressiyism and democracy
are taken before the cessation OF hostili.
ties Russia will witness a revolution, Mr.
Bernstein believes. lie said the liberals
are determined not to tolerate any com.
promise. and is confident that. in any
event. the wal will force changes fol
the better which never would ave beer
realized otherwise. The influence OF the
liberal spirit of the nations allies
France and Great Br!tain-is telling
upon the people.
The passing of the danger Of a sepa'
/ rate nanra p,aanS n,,gh - Mr. R.rpstaif
continued. "Stuermer's elevation &c
power was followed by activity on the
part OF the strong re~actionary party IL
conducting secret negotiations with Ger
many. Before he went into office Stuer
mer. possibly TO allay the fears OF Thu
liberals. considered the ACCESSIBILITY o
exchanging his German name for on
that was purely Russian. but the Ca
considered this unnecessary.
The court party has long realized
that. In order to maintain the Russiai
a~utocracy. IL would be essential to per
feet an alliance with another autocrat.
Power. such as Germany. II knows tina
the nations allies are too liberal to b
OF assistance In its maintenance. TIL
Ear himself has. at various times. ia
vored the negotiation of "A separate peace
kaiser's Agents Active. .
when I was IL Europe early thi
year ] learned of visits to Petrograd b.
men close to the kaiser's Government
who were interested In attaining thi
end. The Car IND 20 all appearance
the Czarina looked with favor upon tn
proposals.
The influence upon the sovereign o
Rasputin. the Siberian peasant saint
also was exertcd toward peace wit
B l.ar,,nvy Iyugptttip'a word nffpn car
ried greater weight with the Car tina
that OF the Prime Minister himself. TIL
CLASH between the peasant saint and IN
Grand Duke Nicholas, uncle of the Ca
resulted from their differences OF opinio
on this very question and eventually
led 10 the Grand Dukes downfall.
when the Cars uncle heard Of III
negotiations for peace he warned III
monarch that unless they were discoi
tinued there would he a revolution.
"'Who will lead the rebels" d.
mandcd the Gar.
81 WILL replied the Grand Duk'
with the army Soon after that he wa
Z relieved Of his high command and trans
= ferred TO the Caucasian division.
strong Talk in the Duma.
e THE subject OF separate peace negotii
8 tons has come up in the Duma sever
= times. In many speeches made in u
Duma recently blunders committed
n Cabinet members have been pointed on
a Because OF the strict censorship repor
OF these have not reached America. b
they have been published In Russia
newspapers. And they have final
-. forced the Car to take action.
), AT this moment there Is confined
y one of the Russian fortresses the form
: Minister Of War. Sukhomlinon. who pc
c sisted in misrepresenting the condition
Russian preparedness, consorted wi
p traitors and was involved in financi
scandals. At the very tim that q
l. armies were suffering serious reverses
d said In the Duma, We are prepared I
: Germany The Car caused his ARE
n Ave or six months ago. but 1t IL II
y probable that he will be tried before I
end Of the war.
e an his connection II may be well
Is emphasize the fact that the men W
Is have all along insisted that the W
" should be fought to the end are the We
lie men who have always been opposed
st the present governmental regime
Liberals and Democrats. They ms
that the conflict shall be continued !
cause they know that an alliance WI
Germany would spell ruin for the co
mon people. And II was these part
which prevented a disastrous inter-
crisis in Russia six or eight mont