Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-05


 w news of the war, remained si
 lent for hours in succession early in MaIvn regar0lng Ine lnlernai affairs of Russia, the worlds states men guessed the truth. A revolution was undermining a throne from which a massive empire has pen ruled auto craticaiIy tor centuries. Significant happenings in Russia had forecast this uprising, ana when the cables resumed it became known that the Romanoff dynasty had been overthrown and d republic born.
 There had been food riots and labor strikes in Petrograd. The sitting of the duma had been suspended by Nicholas II, to be resumed next month (ApriD unless extraordinary circumstances intervene" And it was upon the duma that the mass of the Russian people depended for the sue cessful prosecution of their part in the world war and for the eradication of German influences from governmental circles.
 Emperor ApctCdIeS.
 The emperor abdicated on March IA, his ministry being swept rom office, and the Grand Duke Michael, younger brother of Nicholas, was named re- gent. These events were preceded by three days of rioting in the streets or Petrograd, about 600 or 700 persons being killed. The garrisons at Petro- grad and Moscow wavered and then went over in body to the revolution aries. Pro-German reactionaries were rounded up. Many political prisoners were liberated, including great horde which, freed from incarceration in Siberia, entered Petrograd amid scenes not unlike those at Paris dur Ing the French revolution. Important among these returned exiles was Madame Catherine Breshkovskaya, grandmother of the revolution"
 The duma leaders had brought all this about by having disregarded an order from the emperor to dissolve and having voted to create a provisional government. Other garrisons came in to strengthen the movement, and Rus sian army generals at the front as sured their support.
 Grand Duke Michael abdicated the throne on March 16.
 New Cabinet Organized.
 A new national cabinet was organ ized, with Prince George E. Lvoff as premier and minister of the interior, and Alexander Kerensky, later to be- come a dominating figure in thls drama, as minister of justice.
 The new regime proclaimed policies which included amnesty for political prisoners, religious freedom, liberty of speech and universal suffrage. Even in the war capitals of the cen tral powers it was conceded that the revolution ahd been accomplished un- der the guidance of Russia's war party and some of the German newspapers dared to predict that the revolt would be far-reaching as a step toward the Characterization of Europe. In Eng land it was regarded as an entente triumph and a German disaster.
 The United States, then neutral, was first to recognize the provisional government, on March 22. A few days later Great Britain, France and Italy officially welcomed the new republic. America later sent diplomatic and rail road missions to aid Russia, and made financai lloans. Elihu Root, who head ed the diplomatic body, assured the provisional government that the Unlt- ed States would stand by Russia and other members of the mission eX- pressed confidence ill the success of the new democracy. Jews throughout the world interpreted the situation as a stride toward universal freedom for their race.
 Deposed Rulers Imprisoned.
 Meanwhile the deposed emperor and Empress Alexandra were ordered ar rested and they were made prisoners at Tsarskoe- -Selo, later being removed with their entourage to Fortress St. Peter and St. Paul, at Petrograd.
 A plot to proclaim Grand Duke Mlcldel SnpeIOT ldlcu HI APAN-
 Nikolai Lenine, noted revolution ary of the radical Socialist type, re- turned from exile in Switzerland and established himself at the palace of Madam Kshesinska, a famous dancer, who had been a fayorite of the ruler. With many followers, Lenine opposed the new regime by advocating peace. Suspected as pro-German agents, he and some of his associates were ar rested several months later after they had done incalculable harm through their public and secret agitations. Sub sequently he escaped.
 Strikes, agrarian disorders, anti-gov- ernment demonstrations at Kronstadt, SebastopOl and elsewhere, mutinies in the fleets and among entire regiments at the front, together with steps taken by Finland and the Ukraine to attain political independence, cast into un- certainty, during subsequent months, the question whether the success of the revolution was certain. About mid-July PetTograd was placed under army control after street fighting, in