Emmons County record., 1917-03-22

Inc SlTuH Oh tue STe0t european
blood carnival Is beginning to be felt.
For hundreds of years Russia has
been looked upon by the world at
large as the quintessence Of all that
is bad In the absolute form OF mon
archial government. From time to
time we have heard Of persecution Of
Jews. OF mysterious executions and
banishments for political crimes, the
nature OF which were never known.
Even the youngest school boy has
had pictured to him the horrors OF
Siberia. and the ease with which any
subject OF the Car might find himself
a prisoner there.
gone. The dispatches indicate that
Russia at one jump has landed In the
class of the most advanced forms Of
popular government. With little ad-
vance information. and with practi-
cally no blood-shed, the Czar has been
deposed, or. rather, he abdicated be-
cause he had to. A committee of the
people is In charge OF the govern
ment. and the old. tyrannical. graft
ing officials are being put out of the
way.
The revolt broke out at the nation
al capital last week because OF bread
riots. Police fired upon the pOpulace,
and soldiers were called to assist
them. The soldiers turned to the side
of the citizens. With little trouble
the committee of the Duma took over
the reigns of government temporarily
and the great Russian armies. US we'll
as civil authorities, turned to the new
government for guidance. The other
nations of the Allies recognized the
new form of government, and the
change was an accomplished fact. A
strange feature of the revolt is shown
by the fact that it was not revolt
against the war or its prosecution
Instead. one of the contributing caus.
cs was the pro-German leanings OF
many of the aristocrats. All former
officials of the government suspected
of being in league with Germany were
objects of strict search, and the new
government states that the war will
be prosecuted with renewed vigor
and with greater hopes for success
Hence, 1t was the officials themselves
that brought upon their heads the
wrath of the populace. The war wa.
in no way responsible, except as per
haps being the means Of letting tn,
officials show their hands.
Almost coincident with the Russian
revolution comes the report that the
German government Is promising
changes after the war to secure equa
rights for all German citizens, ant
thus doing away with certain clas.
distinctions that have heretofore ex
listed. France is popular form o
government. The King Of England
has less power than our president
With the other great nations OF Eur
Opc changing to the more advanced
ideas, this war will prove to be epoch
making in the evolution of the world
1T is all i'll wind that blows nobod,
good" Perhaps the monumental sac
riiices of our European friends ma!
bear untold fruit, and war assume
more the nature of a blessing than
curse.
1t is to be sincerely hoped tha
there will be some recompense TO-
the vast miseries of the last two year,
in Europe.
With the developments Of the worl,
war, comes applications OF Scripture
passages. Among the German de
scendants in Linton there is stor
that the Bible tells us that a grea
world war will devastate the entir
world. and that the central figure Il
it will be living devil. And som
of them fancy they see in the Kaise
the devil referred to. Another appli
cation is founded on passage of tn
Book of Revelations, and Is said t
have foretold the submarine, and eve
the nationality of the people tina
would seek world domain
Tn hic lact 1uaakly SATURDAY. ,,;uh