The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-27
RUSsIA's REVOLUTION
lNew York MorIdN

(New York World)
 Russia has been in the midst of a political reyo. tutiOu for months, and Russian liberalism. acting through the Dana is finally in physical possession of the government.
 The abdication of Czar Nicholas marks the pass. ng Of the old regime. As Regent the Grand Duke Michael whatever power he may assume to exercise, an never hope to represent the type of absou. ism behind which traitors and criminals of ministerial rank have found shelter.
 The change came with startling and dramatic rapidity As the situation is described from London and Berlin, the Duma refused to obey the imperial rescript to dissolve and voted continue it's meet. ings. An Executive Committee appointed, headed by the President of the Duma, which after arresng the ministers declared itself Provisional Government and announced its intention of creating govern. ment. With the assistance of the army it soon n control
 While the food situation in Petrograd and the breakdown of transportation service made the basis for this revolutionary undertaking, they were not the but rather the opportunity
 Liberalism has been making extraordinary strides m Russia since the beginning of the war to the con- sternatou of the old regime It was to check the liberal movement that the Russian autoCracy, which IS pro-German at heart began it's negotiations with Berlin for separate peace and gave it's support to the German suggestion of ultimate alliance of Ger many, Austria Hungary. Russia and Japan to maintain the principles of abosute government The liberal ele ments in Russia which had previously been the peace clements were thus manoevered into becoming the war party and it through their efforts that the smothered
 The army has followed the liberal leaders in this cause of democracy. At the time of the Sumner incl dent when the conspiracy of the two autocraces was
  that an ultlmatum went from the army to Petrograd demanding that the Duma be recognized forthwith as the spokesman of the Russian people The mandate could not be dlSregarded Sturmer was compelled to retire and the plot for separate peace stifled.
 In the meantime Russian liberalism has gained steadily in strength and purpose. Unlike all previous movements against Russian despotsm, it is in posi- tOn to appeal to the sympathy and patriotism of the army, and the army is in position to say the last word
 For many months the censorship in Russia has been so strict that comprehensive information as toI actual conditions has been impossible to obtain, but all the fragments Of have indicated that off the greatest democratic revolutions in all history actually under way. The Russian people are engaged in two wars. one against Germany and for their own liberation Autocracy has made the issues in sep arabic.
 In every democratic country there will be the fer vent hope that the is we'll organized this time and that all the other circumstances are so fa- Yorable that defeat is impossible The importance to mankind in general of free Russia is beyond esti- mate.
 And what must be the feeling of Germanys auto. crats when they read the handwriting on the wall?