The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-03-24

Ing to suspected pro- German reaction
aries were burned.
All prO-German reactiOnaries are be-
Ing rounded up by the new govern
ment.
Two Statesmen Killed.
Stockholm. March 16.--Passengers
arriving at Haparanda, Sweden, with
hospital train reported that two men
Of prominence In Petrograd had been
murdered.
One Of them was said TO have been
Alexander ID. Protopopoff, minister of
the Interior and the other was be-
| lieved 10 be Boris Sturmer, former
premier.
The old Russian government, IL ~
alleged, tried to bring troops to Pc
trograd from Finland to save the stu
alton. but the troops refused TO go.
! HelsingfOrs Is declared TO be in
state of siege.
kronstadt Joins Revolt.
London. March 16.-Telegraphing
from Petrograd Wednesday, Reuters
correspondent says Kronstadt, the
fortress and great naval station mt the
head Of the Gulf OF Finland, 20 miles
west of Petrograd, has Joined the revo-
lutionary movement. Two deputies.
Pepelaufr and Taskine, on instructions
from the duma committee. proceeded
to Kronstadt, where the troops placed
themselves at the disposal Of the
duma.
Berlin Tells Of Revolt.
Berlin, March l1.-Tbere has been n
successful revolution In Russia, ac-
cOrding TO the Overseas News agency
(the official German news bureau).
The following statement was given
out by the news agency:
The following report was issued In
PetrOgrad on March Ia about the sue
cessful Russian revolution;
The population of Petrograd. In
censed by the complete disorganiza-
ton of transport services and or all
mentation had been irritated for long
time against the government and had
become restless. The population held
the government responsible for all IT'S
sufferings. The government, expect
ing trouble, took measures on large
scale in order TO maintain order. ana
among other things ordered dissolu-
ton of the council of the empire ana
the duma.
"'The duna, however, on March il,
decided not to accept the imperial
ukase, but 10 continue its meetings.
The duma Immediately instituted an
executive committee, presided over by
NJ. Rodzianko, president OF the duma.
That committee declared itself TO be
u provisional government, and issued
the following appeal:
considering the difficulties in re-
gard 10 domestic tranquility, which are
due TO the policy of the former gov
eminent. the executive committee or
the duma feels compelled to take pub
lie order in It's own hands. Fully con-
scious of the responsibility arising
from this decision, the committee ex-
presses the certainty that the popula-
ton and the army will lend their as
Sistance for the difficult task OF Great
Ing new government which will ac-
cept the wishes of the people and en-
Joy their confidence
1.-THE executive committee rested
itself upon the population Of the capi-
tai, which was in full revolution and
upon the army. completely united with
the revolutlonists. IL arrested all the
ministers and sent them. to Jail. The
duma declared that the ministerial
cabinet no longer existed.
Duma Committee Rules.
"Today, on the third day OF the
revolution. the capital, where order Is
returning swiftly. is completely in the
hands of the executive committee OF
the duma and of the troops which gar
risoned Petrograd and numbered more
than 10000, which troops support the
resolution. Deputy Englehard, colonel
Of the great general staff, has been APP
pointed commander Of Petrograd by
the committee.
yesterday evening the committee
issued proclamations tn the popula-
I ilOu, " lut llVDDH' IdlilOuuS anu
banks asking them 10 resume their
usual activities. Deputy Gronski was
chosen by the duma committee for
provisional management Of the Petrp-
! grad telegraphic agency. tThis prob
ably refers 70 the semiofiicial Russia
news agency)S
Stockholm, "Wednesday, March II,
via Berlin and wireless 10 Tuckerton,
March l6.-Reports Of serious dis,
turbances in Russia are published in
4 Swedish newspapers. The Tidningen Of
! Sundsvall publishes a statement that a
railroad bridge over the Neva river,
In Petrograd, has been dynamited by
revolutionists.
The Nyheter Of Hapsranda prints an
| interview with Swedish business
man who arrived In Petrograd Satur-
day from Moscow. This man IL quoted
as saying there had been open revolu-
| tion In many cities Of Russia since