The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-04-19
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION IS LAID TO
PRO-GERMAN TREASON AT court
Dawing OF New Russia Seen the Result of Shaking off of
Rule of the Romanofs-Duma's Long Struggle for Liberty
Meets With Success-Rasputn the mad Monk"
Blamed for Fall of the Gar.

New York.-How pro-German trea-
son In the government and the court
brought about the revolt In Russia was
described here by Herman Bernstein,
editor of the American Hebrew, ana
one of the best Informed men on Rus
sian conditions, In this country. ne
said:
1.-THE revolution in Russia may be
the bitterest, bloodiest uprising OF
people in the history OF the world.
eff the army is fully Informed OF
it. and follows it's dominant inclina-
tion-which I believe is toward de-
posing the reacti0nary. autocratic
and pro-German elements at Petro-
grad-the revolt has great chances or
success, and a new Russia may
emerge from the turmoil.
For patriotic reasons the liberals
in the duma have been uphOlding the
hands of the Russian government dur
ing the war. They have prevented
general strikes, they have held back
their followers among the people from
uprising while the war was going on.
They have done everything in their
power to aid the government, instead
OF opposing it as they did in peace
times.
but this was not appreciated by
the reactiOnaries and the court clique,
which is Of German origin and holds
pro-German sentiments, and which for
long time has been seeking sepa-
rate peace with Germany.
"And so these elements succeeded
in having the car issue ukase order
ing the duma to dissolve. But the lib
eral members of the duma refused to
be quoted, and, being pressed beyond
the limit of what they could stand for,
they allowed the revolution, which long
was brewing, to come to a head.
Forced to Extremes.
"This revolution means the ruling
powers in Russia so lost their heads
and went to such extreme lengths they
forced the people, represented by the
liberals, to go also to extreme lengths.
Conditions In Russia recently have
been terrible almost beyond belief.
The food situation and the trans
portation situation have been ex-
tremely grave.
There have been no railroad cars
to carry food supplies to the armies
at the front, and no cars to carry
wounded men back from the front.
Yet it has been proved beyond doubt
wealthy Russian merchants, by brib-
ing the proper officials, could get oil
the cars they wanted for their private
businesses.
"This matter has been brought to
the peoples attention by the liberals
in the duma.
Their speeches have not been al
lowed to get out of Russia because
of the censorship, but they have been
published there, and have been re-
peated by word of mouth, so that most
of the civilian population and most
of the army, believe, by now have
heard of the OutrageS.
"These speeches, it will be under
stood, not only aroused the people and
the soldiers, but also brought down
upon the liberals the wrath of the gov
eminent. 1t was in an effort to stif1e
such utterances, apparently, that the
order dissolving the duma was issued.
Among the several reasons why the
car and the court clique have been
favorably inclined toward a separate
peace with Germany is this one, that
Germany has promised Russian the
event of such q peace being concluded
to help Russia in quelling any rebel
lion of the people that might arise
in the future. The people of Russia
have constantly been growing stronger,
the s0kliers in the army have been
gaining in education and broadening
by fighting alongside the more
democratic Frenchmen and English
men, and altogether the power OF the
small court classes has been more and
more threatened. This has led them to
fear for their future unless they al
lied themselves with mOnarchical
nation like Germany.
Gar Owns Pro-German Paper.
EARLY in the war the car and the
Grand Duke Nicholas had a confer
ence, In the course of which the grand
duke warned the car that if he (the
czar) continued to exhibit indications
that he desired q separate peace with
Germany he would have n terrible
revolution on his hands,
land who will lead this revolution?
the car inquired.
81 will lead it-with the army re-
piled the grand duke.
TT was shortly after this Nicholas
was displaced from the high com
mand of the Russian armies and was
sent to an obscure position, while the
car himself assumed charge.
1.-THE methods used by the Russian
government in the revolution of 1905
the methods of cruelty-have been
thoroughly learned by the present revo-
iutionists. They will be just as cruel
as their enemies were to them twelve
years ago.
The car himself, maintains pri-
vately from his own funds a newspa-
per called the Russian Banner, which
is extremely pro-German, and the
views it expresses are his own. 1t
is nicknamed in Russia the "Prussian
Banner 1t has constantly advocated
4 separate peace"
Struggle for Liberty.
Tho StrI1ooIe of the Russian duua