Mohave County miner., 1917-08-04
Slav Kingdom Has Been Crux of War for Three Years and Continues To Hold Eyes of Fighting and DiscOnsOIate World.
FAILURE OF REVOLT
 SEEMS ASSURED
KerenSky, the Strong Man, Apparently Unable To Restore Peace and Quiet; Country Goes Through Great Turmoil.

The Russian situation throughout the war has been the crux of the con flict for world liberty, in the opinion of the leaders of ali the battling na- tions. The latest turn in events has focused the attention of the United States on Petrograd, for those who profess to see far in the future are unanimous in the belief that Russia has about ceased to be a factor in the war against Germany. This means, they conclude, that the United States will have to take the place of the Russians on the eastern battle front.
 When the transoceanic cables, or dinarily high-pitched with the news of the war, remained silent for hours in succession early in March regard ing the internal affairs of Russia, the worlds statesmen guessed the truth. A revolution was undermining a throne from which a massive empire has been ruled automatically for cen turies. Significant happenings in Rus sia had forecast this uprising, and when the cables resumed it became known that the Romanoff dynasty had been overthrown and a republic born.
 There had been food riots and la bor 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 eradica- tion of German influence from gov ernmental circles.
 The emperor abdicated on March IA, his ministry being swept from of fee, and the Grand Duke Michael, younger brother of Nicholas, was named regent. These events were preceded by three days of rioting in the streets of Petrograd, about 600 or 700 persons being killed. The gar risons at Petrograd and Moscow wavered and then went over in body to the revolutionaries. Pro-German reactionaries were rounded up. Many political prisoners were liberated, in cluding a great horde which, freed from incarceration in Siberia, entered Petrograd amid scenes not unlike those at Paris during the French revolution. Important among these returned 'exiles was Madame Cath erine Breshkovskaya, grand mother of the revolution"
 The duma leaders had brought all this about having disregarded an or der from the emperor to dissolve and having voted to create a provisional government. Other garrisons came in to strengthen the movement, and Russian army generals at the front assured their support.
 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 this 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 had been accomplished un- der the guidance of Russia's war par ty, and some of the German news papers dared to predict that the revol- would be far-reaching as a step to- ward the Characterization of Europe. In England it was regarded as an en- tente triumph and a German disaster.
 The United States, then neutral, was first to recognize the provisional government, on March p. A few days later Great Britain, France and Italy, officially welcomed the new republic America later sent diplomatic and railroad missions to aid Russia, and made financial loans. Elihu Root, who headed the diplomatic body, as- sured the provisional government that