Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-17
ORDER RISES FROM CHAOS
OF RUsS|A'S REVOLUTION
Loss OF Life Considered insignificant
in Comparison With Trcmcn-
dous Results Obtained.
rOPULACE QUICKLY RECEIVERS
Temper Even OF Most Patient I'eo.
pie in World Becomes Prayed
When They Stand Three Hours in
Terrible Cold Waiting for Bread"

LONDON, March i6.--unc Of tho most
remarkable features Of tho Russian
revolution. says I;cutcr's rctrcgrad
correspondent. has been tho speed with
which the people have resumed normal
life. order is tho watchwurd "r the
day The correspondents continues:
still more remarkable. looking back
over the events Of the past few DAYS
is the Way III which tho same sriri,
of good order prcvailcT throughout the
hours when the revolt was AT its height.
UnorCanizcd crowds OF rcvoltcrs
sc'mcd to take pride in doing things
regularly
For instance. ia All sections Of the
city tho crowds Communicated all mo-
tor cars on the streets. but in every
cas-" took the names Of the occupants
an'! promised to report tho names and
circumstances to the Duma committee
and facilitate the return Of tho car.
SOME LOSS OF LIFE,
nENOLT GENERALLY BLOODLESS
I'm view OF tho populacc The rcvolu-
ton was practically bloodI"ss Ger
family there has bccn some loss Of life.
but II Is insignificant in popular csti-
ma ton as compared with tho trcmcn-
dous results ohtuincd. For some weeks
past everybody in PctroErad realized
that crisis OF some kind was APP
proaCh,nr. The temper, even of the
most patient people in the world he
comes fraycd when they arc Obliged
TO stand three or four hours in a tenn.
pcra,urc l" or 20 degrees below zero
waiting for bread which often was not
obtained. Potatoes had risen to eight
aud nine times their ordinary price
3nd other food commodities were at a
| 4. n. 49,. go.
Tho explanations OF tho volublc
now Minister of Agriculture, NJ Kit
itch. were calculated neither to relieve
the present hunger or the anxiety for
the future. lie ascribcd the delay in
the arriva! OF -four To a sn"wstorm. as
though SnoHStormS in Russia iii Feb
ruary were unparalleled phenomena.
The people i'll the streets were not tho
only ones who Suurmcd under this sort
Of explanation. Tho Duma leaders as
we'll regarded the situation az incx.
cusablc, and President Eodzianko final
ly felt justified in going to the length
OF Offering his wholc-hcartcd assist
ancc in putting into effect special
emergency measures for increases in
the food supply.
WEALTHY MINISTER PuuTopOroI,F
SELDOM SEEN IN DUMA
was absent from Saturdays conference
on the food question. NJ. frotopopom
is a wealthy manufa cturcr and a
courticr with reputation for dcbonair
duplicity. Residing In the Tsarskoe-
Sclo palace, he was reported lately as
spending large part of his time in
dulGInS IN spiritualiStic frances.
Equally dctcstcd by the parliamcn,a-
! rians and the people. he never APP
Dcarcd in the Duma since his minis
tcrial appointment.
with such an administration OF ar
riculturc and the interior. and with tho
| Premier moncntity. IL was sur.
. prisinE that tho food prospects were
regarded by the members Of the i,umL
with tho greatest alarm. and even dis
may. While the puma leaders wcr.
discussing tho food situation. the pco-
! Pic in the streets were getting more
ana moro Noluhlc in their protests
aSainst tho whole situation"