South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-02
STRIKING OFF THE SFIACKLES OF ROMANOFF AUTOCRACY

On Wednesday the comnandant Of the palace az
Tsarskoe selo teIephoned the president of
ecutlve committee and requested that measures be
taken to restore order in Tsarskoe seo and especial
~ in the district OF the palace
At the order OF the executive committee two mem
bers Of the duma Tsarskoe
tachments Of the Tsarskoe garrison were ordered by
The executive committee is remain in their places
and maintain order.
AS the people began to gain the upper hand the
dark began other tactics than straight fight
ing Sensation after sensation was created by the APP
pearance the streets of black automobiles with
lights From these mysterious motor cars armed
bandits fired in men. women and children. wound
ing and killing many. Sometimes the appeared
on the Izmallovsly Prospect sometimes ON he de-
serted quay OF the AptekarsKy Ostron, and in other
outlying parts OF the city. Some of these cars were
armed with machine guns and the havoc fright
ful where they swung into thoroughfare OF women
and children and cut loose.
When the police in Petrograd that the revol-
utonists had the upper hand they, in turn, became
terrorized and sought by every to escape the
vigilance Of the ''red-caps."
In one instance I apparently harmless fun
eral procession passing through the street 1t was
stopped by number Of soldiers. Questioned regard
ing the identity and destination of the corpse the
The soldiers answered: I'VE are looking for policemen
who are trying TO escape" While this conservation
was taking place OF the party of soldiers had
lifted up the lid of the casket and discovered there
in, not supposed corpse, but full grown rosycheek-
of several of his friends to the fact who SEEING their
rifles thrust their bayonets through the caske
eral times with the following remark Now YOU
may proceed with your funeral"
Amidst grewsome scenes, one commonly
attending revolution, there many things
ring which uncommOnly ludricrOus-as in the
case OF policeman trying to escape in the disguise
OF woman. In his hurry, either through lack OF
time negligence he had forgotten to shave off his
mustache. This led to his detection and death.
RIOTING BECOMES GENERAL.
Rioting spread to every part of the city. Everyone
armed Every conceivable weapon brought
into action. Here recruit trying to shove machine
gun cartridges into ordinary army rifle. WO-
men were very instrumental i'm arming the men They
had evidently hidden arms and ammunition months
in advance for just such emergency. 1t was "A
common sight 10 a woman rush up out of a base
them among the soldiers Women were much in evi-
dence during the entire battle and fought side by
side with the
In all cultured states OF Europe the social demo
Gratis have comparatively long since obtained the
right of citizenship and the chief leaders and or
ganiZers Of the labOring classes and popular masses
pIav one OF the most important roles i'm public
state development. Only I'm Russia affliaton
with tho socialist marty until recent times official
" deemed a serious state crime for which people
were exiled frigid and hungry death i'm the 20
lar desert Of the Kara territory and northern Siberia
attitude OF the Russian autOcTatic government
10 its political opponents compelled Russian social
lists TO retire underground and there remote from
the gaze Of ordinary legal observers, conduct pro
paganda OF their ideas. That IS why the colossal
labor Of Russian social democracy remained unnO-
ced only by foreieners 10y Russian public
workers who recognized only legal conflict with the
Russian autocracy. They organizing the peo-
pie and proving that not by verbal resolutions and
admonitons. but only by real strength could Russia
be emancipated from the yoke of inveterate depot
ism They were preparing the people. modifying
their more active elements, workmen and soldiers
for a resOlute life and death struggle with mmemor
ial autocracy. The Russian legal WORKERS aIso ana
not suspect the tremendous revolution that had been
wrought in the consciousness of the Russian people
thus, ROdzanko, the present chairman OF the exc
cutive committee having conception of the strength
and discipline OF the Russian proletriat. until the
last moment feared the popular movement and pray
Professor NIiliukov. the leader OF the party