Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-16

G officially welcomed the neW republic
 America later sent diplomatic and
 railroad missions to cid Russia, and
 made financial leans. l,lhu Root
 who headed the diplomatic body, as
 sured the provisional government that
 the United States would staud by
 Russia and other members Of the
 mission expressed confidence in the
 success Of the rew democracy. Jews
 throughout the Hclla interpreted the
 situation as stride toWad uHvei'= sal freedom for their race
 Meanwhile the deposeG emperor and Empress Alexander were ordered arrested and they were mado prison CTS at Tsarko Selo. later being re moved with their enfOurage to Fort
 ress St. Peter and z. i'aTl, at Pc trCgrad.
 A plot to proclaim Grand Duke Mi- chael emperor failed. in April.
 Nikolai Lenine 8 noted revolution arv of the radical Socialist type, re- turned from exile in Switzerland and established himself at the palace of Madam KBshesinsl.a famous danc- CT who had been faHorta Of the rul- CT. With many followers, Eenine op- posed the new regime by advocating peace Suspected as Hro-German i agents, he and some of his associates weer arrested several mon1hs after | they had done incalculable harm through their public and secret agita- tions. Subsequently he e&aapcd. i Agrarian Disordar@.
 ] Strikes, agrarian disorders, anti government demonstrations at kron- stadt. Sebastonol and elsewhere, mu- tinies in the fleets and among entire regiments at the front. tcacthcr with steps taken by Finland and the Uk- raine to attain political indenend- ence, cast into uncertainty, during l subsequent months, the question whether the success of the revolution was certain About mid-July Petro- grad was placed under army control after street fighting in which sixty six persons were killed and 65O wounded. German agents were be- lieved to have instiested these dis turbances. Tens of thcusards of Ger man spies had been able to invade Russia. and for a period the pro visional government hestated to pros ecute them and the Russian fanatics who were their tools. for fear of be- ing accused of oppression and tpr- amy.
 With only one Socialist, Kerensky, the cabinet was too weak to survive, the peasants and the workmen's and soldiers delegates demanding strong CT representation. A second ministry 1 was formed, on May 19, with six Socialists among it's fifteen members, and military offensive was begun in Galicia which steeled the hearts of the entente with renewed courage. Be gun on a front extending about IS miles. the advance was carried on 1 vigorously at various points on an s0O-mile front from the gulf of Riga to Rumania. BrzeZny and Halicz were captured.
 The keynote of the attitude of the ruling faction of the new regime was sounded in resolutions adopted by the workmen's and soldiers delegates urging the democracies of all nations to influence their government to adopt peace formulae. This Suggestion created worldwide interest but, while openly discussed in governmental cir cles, it met with no response from leaders of entente ministries.
 Meanwhile Petrograd had exposed an attempt by Germany to conclude separate peace. This offer, made through Swiss channels, resulted in the expulsion from Russia of Robert Grimm, a prominent Socialist interna- tionalist. Grimm was a Swiss citizen. Austrian efforts to lure Russia into a separate peace also were rebuffed, the workmen's and soldiers delegates issuing proclamation saying the na- tion favored only a general peace.
 Second Cabinet.
 Although Lvoff had remained as premier of the second cabinet, Kerens- l ky, as minister of war and marines, became the dominating power. and to him was accorded the credit of inaug- urating the military offensive which the entente dared to hope would de- velop into a smashing blow against the central powers. An attempt to assansinate Kerensky at Polotsk on July 20 only served to strengthen his position with the workmen, peasants and those soldiers who were loyal.
 But in Galicia, disaffection broke out among the Russian troops. Some refused to obey orders and retreated as the Austro- Germans advanced. A military collapse had begun. The pro- visional government issued procla- mation saying the nations Hateful hour was at hand and warning against anarchists and other foes within. The army was known to be honeycombed with German spies.
 Tarnapol Brzezany, Halicz, Stanis- lau and Kolomea were lost. The line l of retreat extended on front of 155 miles from the River Sereth to the wooded Carpathians, the Russians los ing many prisoners and heavy guns, together with great stores of supplies and ammunition which the entente had furnished in anticipation of contin- uance of the offensive. The Russians surrendered all the ground, and more, which had been won on their advance.