Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-16
LONDON SAYS CzARS
ABD|CAT|QN MAS IN
ACT Of PATRIOTISM
PRAISES NICHOLAS Fos GIVING
UP THRONE At DEMAND or
THE REVCLuTloNlSTS-PETRo-
GRAD AGAIN QUIET AFTER 9UC-
CESSSUL UPRISING.

London. March 1.-the success of
the Russian revolution and the lorma-
tiCn of new government is greeted
with enthusiasm by officials and the
public in London officials see in the
new order Of things 4 marked eff
cheney for the conduct of war.
Dispatches altering thru from the
Russian capital today made no men
ton Of what disposition has been
made OF Car Nicholas, who abdicatcd
In the hour Of the reyOmtionists' tri-
umph. Pity and sympathy are felt
here for the monarch. 1t is felt that
he has always bent his will to his
pro-German empress and the auto
cratic heads OF the Government The
London Press sees in his ablicatiun
an act of patriotism.
petrograd Again Quiet.
Petrograd, March 1.-THE waves or
disorder and bloodshed which have en-
vel0ped petrograd for a week are
gradually subsding today and in
their stead is coming lawful order and
comparative quiet. Only the desultory
rifle crack oil some Isolated snpcr
hidden in the h0usetops gives ndica.
ton of the stirring, history making
events OF. the last six days.
Shops are open, street traffic is be.
ing resumed and the populace is mar
keting and proceeding about its
business in orderly fashion News Of
the abiication OF the Car, the sudden
flight CT the old and hated Bureau
cratic heads, the elevation Of Grand
Duke Michael AlexandroyitCn to the
regency and the formation Of new
and democratic cabinet headed by
Prince George +. Lyaff created IN
tense enthusiasm among the masses
and the soldiers who joined in over
throwing the government
Everywhere there is indication that
lUt Ht SNNtI lliANHL li- sum w
pushing ahead the affairs OF state in
orderly and businesslike fashioA The
confidence Of the masses is unlimited.
There were approximately sixty
thousand soldiers in the capital to-
day. The majority OF item went over
to the Duma reyolters at first call and
for the first time in dark Russia's his
tory the military are popular in Pc
trograd today.
The Smiling Cossacks were cheered
repeatedly as they trooted down the
thoroughfares today on their wild lit
tie ponies. Available figures on the
casualties Of the weeks riotng ana
fighting places the number in excess
OF $40. These figures probably do not
tell the full story.as many Of The
wounded crept away and hid until
they could see how the revolt was
coming out These are now emerglnS
from their hiding places and going to
hospitals.
New Minister Trained in U. S. A,
Chicago, March iG.-Paul n. Millu
kofY, new foreign minister OF Russia,
had his training in the Melting Pot
of America. From the standpoint Oh
Car Nicholas, Milukof had been
termed The most cordially hated man
in Russia He was arrested twice
because Of his liberal views. Once he
was sentenced to Siberia, lie re
NAMED there for two years. The His
tory OF Russian Culture, a powerful.
treatise OF revolution on historic
grounds, was born in that exile.
Miliukoff was professor at MOS
COW when the Cars agents sent hlm
to Siberia. He was given the short
shift Of an imperial trial Freed
from Siberia he came to the United
States. For four years he held the
chair OF Russian history at the Uni
versity of Chicago. When he re.
turned to Russia he was arrested and
ordered to remain out of Russia for
two years. Agents took Aliliukon to
Roumania. hut he Immediately re
turned to Petrograd then st. Peters
burg and was thrown into Jail for
FIVE months. Freed from there, he
came again to America. Miliukoff
went back to Russia and despite the
Bearuacy which had twice thwarted
him, became a member Of the Duma
and leader of the Constitutional demo
Gratis.
"My speeches in the Duma were
frequently interrupted by the cry,
American or American citizen, so
now most invariably begin my
speeches by quoting something Amer
ican,' he naively told ilterviewers
when he last visited the United States
In 1908,
Two Ministers Murdered.
Copenhagen, March 16.-M. Sturm-
err and NJ protopopoT, Prime Minister
and the Minister Of Interior respec'
lively of the Russian regime have
both been murdered by the revolution.
lists, according to telegram received
here by the EXtrablalet. The Russian
consul in Haparanda is given as au'
thority for the assertion.