The Carlisle independent., 1917-03-22

emperor Is expected ta arrive It the Tsarskoe-Sel0 palace and that several regiments with artillery are hasteniHg 10 the same place.
 The Grand Duke Nicholas fs report ed in q Renter dispatch fram Petragrad to have reached The Russian capital. The dispatch says that he Will proba- bly, take command of the troops.
 czar Gives Up Throne.
 London. March t9.-Czar Nicholas has abdieaIed the throne of Russia.
 The cZar abdieated in favor Of his young son.
 A dispatch to the London Chronicle from Petrograd on Thursday says the empress of Russia has been placed un- der guard.
 According to information received here the Russian people have been most distrustful during recent events of the personal influence of Empress Alexandra. She was supposed to ex- ercise the greatest influence over En- peror Nicholas
 The Empress Alexandra. before her marriage to the emperor of Russia in 1894. was the German Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt.
 A popular revolution has been sue cessful and the government of Russia rests temporarily with Self-appoint- ed committee of the duma.
 After three days of battle in which the majority of the 30.000 troops in Petrograd mutinied and supported the reyolufonists, calm has returned.
 Grand Duke Michael Alexaudro- witch, brother Of the ezar. has been appointed regent
 The cZar's abdication was in con- pliance with the urgent demand of the committee of the duma. which notified him that upon his assent depended the fate Of the dynasty.
 Troops Back the ouna.
 TelegraDhing from Perograd We'd nesday. Reuters correspondent says Kronstadt, the fortress and great na- val station at the head of the Gulf of Finland. 20 miles west of Petrograd. has joined the revolutionary move ment. Two deputies. Pepelauf and Taskine. on instructions from the du- ma committee. proceeded te Kron- stadt. where the troops placed them- selves at the disposal of the duma.
 The Copenhagen Ekstrabladet re- ports that the Russian consul in Hapa- randa, Sweden, says that former Pre- mier Sumner and Minister of the h. terior Protopopoff were killed in Petro- grad. Both were charged with pro German synpathies
 New Cabinet Announced.
 A new national cabinet is announced. with Prince Lvof as president of the council and premier and the other of fees held by the men who are close to the Russian people
 The members of the new national cabinet are announced as follows:
 Premier. President of the Council and Minister of the Interior-Prince Georges E. Lvoff.
 Foreign Minister-Prof Paul N. Mlioukoff
 Minister of Public Instruction-Pro- lessor Manuiloff of Moscow university. Minister of War and Navy. ad in- terim-A. J. Guchkoff. formerly presi- dent of the duma.
 Minister of Agriculture-M. Ichin- gareff, deputy from Petrograd.
 Minister of Finance-M. Teresehten- ko, deputy from Kiev.
 Minister of Justice-Deputy Keren- ski of SaratOff
 Minister of COmmunications-N. Y. Nekrasoff, vice president of the duma. Controller of State-M. Godneff. deputy from Kazan.
 The proclamation by the military governor in Petrograd forbidding any street assemblages and declaring that any disorders would be ruthlessly sup- pressed made 1t apparent that affairs were grayer than the dispatches al- lowed by the Russian censorship would indicate.
 Blow for Germany.
 Authenticated dispatches from Pc trograd, together with the consensus of governmental advices here, indi- cate that the uprising was q rebellion against the growing German reaction believed responsible for the food shortage and lack of effective military organization.
 In this connection Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, an nouncing the success of the reyolu- tion to the house of commons. said that 1t was comforting to England to learn that the revolution was not di- rected at securing peace by Russia"
 That control by the new government Is complete is undoubted. Telegrams from generals commanding at the vari- ous fronts have displayed an astonish- ing unanimity of support of the new order.
 Demonstrations against the govern