Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-16

the city to another with great rapldlty
and, as the day progressed, it became
apparent that nothing could stem the
tide of revolution, which swept west
ward from the neighborhood of the
duma and the chief military barracks
UP the Nevsky Morskaya to ST. Isaac's
square The economic and industrial
life of the city came to a complete
standstill. Street car service was sus-
pended from the beginning of the dis
orders and stores were closed. The two
leading hotels which housed officers
were wrecked; others restricted their
service to regular patrons. In response
to an appeal by the revolutionist COM
mittees, citizens distributed food to the
soldiers.
The duma was dissolved by imperial
order, effective March II, the imperial
ukase reading as follows:
1.-The sittings of the duma are ad-
journed owing to extraordinary CIR
cumstances until further notice. They
will be resumed not later than April"
Meet Despite Dissolution
On Monday the duna members, eX-
cept the Rightists, met in executive
session, Notwithstanding the dissolu-
ton order. The result was a virtually
unanimous vote to place the duma
Squarely on the side of the revolution
and to authorize the executive coun-
Gil of that body to declare the present
government overthrow and organize
provisional government. President
Rodzianko, who presided, sent a tele-
gram to the emperor informing him of
the developments and calling on him to
listen to the voice of the people.
| THE hour has struck" he said,
when the will of the people must pre-
vail"
The following have been named as
the staff of the temporary govern
ment:
Nebrasoff; A. l. Konovaloff; L. L
Pshkeidze; V. V. Shulgin; S. I.
Shidlovsky; Paul N. Miliukoff; NJ. A.
! Makarauloff; V. n. Lvoff; V. A.
Rjevsky; Colonel Englehard.
The order dissolving the duma was
issued by the emperor just before he
| left for the front recently. That
| trouble would result was evidently an
| ticipated and the residents of Tsarkoe-
Selo were warned to make all arrange
ments to remain in the suburb for an
indefinite period and the roads leading
to the town were guarded.
The occurrences leading to Mondays
incidents began at o'clock Sunday
evening when the men of the Volynsky
regiments shot their officers and re-
volted after receiving an order to fire
upon striking workingmen in one of
the factory districts.
Another regiment detailed against
the mutineers also joined the revolt.
The news spread ranidIy to the other
barracks and four more regiments
Peter and st. Paul fortress on the left
bank of the Neva and after a brief
skirmish with the garrison, took pos
session of it.
On Tuesday revolutionary bulletins
appeared in the streets with the sim
pie caption News" containing a re-
sumo of the developments. They were
eagerly read by all classes. Rodzian-
kos kilograms to the emperor and
others to the command of the troops
at the front were reproduced. The
first message to the emperor was as
follows:
THE situation is grave. Anarchy
reigns in the capital. The government
is paralyzed. The transport of pro-
visions and fuel is completely disor-
ganized. General dissatisfaction is
growing. Irregular rifle fire is occur
ring in the streets. 1t is necessary to
, charge Immediately some person trust
ed by the people. to form new gov
1 | =
since delay means death. Praying Coo
that the responsibility in this hour
will not fall upon crowned head"
Later President Rodzianko sent the
following to the emperor:
? THE position is becoming more ser
ious. 1t is imperative that immediate
D measures be taken. because tomorrow
will be too late. The last hour has
come when the fate of the fatherland
and the dynasty are being decided"
S Similar kilograms were sent to all
the commanders at the front, with an
] appeal for their support before the en-
e peror was apprised of the dumas ae-
ton. General Alexis Brussiloff COM
= mander-in chief of the armies of the
j southwestern front; and General
Nicholas Ruzsky. commander of the
f northern armies, replied promptly. The
: former sent this message: Have full
filled duty before fatnerland and en-
j peror.'
General Ruzsky's reply read: Com
mission accomplished
Signs of Revolution
III The visible signs of revolution began
on Thursday March s. Strikes wer,
declared in several big munitions fac
tories as protest against the shortag
of bread. Men and women assembled
and marched through the streets, mos
n or them In an orderly 1aShlOn. A rev
bread shops were broken into in tina
section of the city beyond the New;
and several minor clashes between
1 strikes and police occurred.
Squads of mounted troops appears
but during Thursday and Friday Their
i VIE virtually no violence.
On Saturday, however, apparent
1 WITHOUT provocation, the troops wer
i c~derod to fire on persons marching i
l Nevsky Prospect. The troops refuse
10 rire and the police, replacing then
i fi~Nd rifles and machine guns.
Then came the clash between troop
ana police. which continued in desul
1 tory fashion throughout Saturda
\ night and Sunday.
The factory strikes and street dem
onstrations, comparatively innocent
themselves. provided the spark that So
aflame the growing unrest and angr
discomfort with the government tina
nervading the entire population
Russia, had reached the ignition poin
4 Thus, small manifestations of hungr
Il. factory workers. crying for brea
changed in a single day into a revolt
, ton that swept the whole city an