Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-03-21
RUSSIAN Revolution
DEMOCRACY
Bureancrafs Waited Tee Lsag
Before Attempting 10 Geek
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Peeple

"HE long drawn out contest b.
tween the Russian democracy
and autocracy has now ended
Dramatically In the complete
triumph OF the former. The citadel Of
reactionism on earth h no more. No
greater triumph for the cause Of cfvf1i-
sation and freedom has been Registered
In history since the French revolution,
writes Isaac Don Levine IN the New
York Tribune.
The incalculable consequences at
this epochal event became apparent
only from q review Of the causes and
forces responsible for It. The Russian
revolution ~ entirely . product Of the
war. Had there been no war. had
Russia not been allied with the great
democracies Of Europe. csarism would
still be rampant today IN the great
Slavic empire.
For the forces that accomplished the
change in the Russian government are
not the usual revolutionAries Of Rus
STA The Industrial classes and the
peasantry which rebealed in 1905 did
not lead this time. There were no
revolutionary propagandists, NO agita-
tors. No separate parties and factions
existed In Russia on the eve Of the
revolt. The masses felt that some
thing was In the air. but they were
kept in ignorance Of the coming coup.
Prussia Hated BY Russians.
And the leaders Of the revolution are
Russia's finest and ablest sons. The
chiefs Of the army. the duma. the
imperial council. the great social or
CARNATIONS working for the prosecu-
ton Of the war and many high court
oficials and relatives Of the car COM
blned for the FIRST time in Russian
history against the small clique Of Ger
manophiles controlling the Russian
government. No revolution could have
been successful without such q COM
bination. And such q combination
could never have been created without
the issue Of the present war. the strug-
gle between democracy and autocracy.
Tho Russian bureaucracy made . "a
on m. $40 ~ rr.ncs +. ,i,,s, c.rmsr,
The cxar's advisers realized Il only
when 1t was too late. Their fate was
sealed The future Of Russia's democ-
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% meet tho enormous demands made
upon II BY the struggle without the
dumas co-operation- And when the
CONSERVATIVE but honest duma ap
proacned tne government closely Tor
tne purpose OF cooperating In tne pros
ecuuon OF me war u oiscovereo tns
fnoescnpeoie corruption, ignorance. m
eo1npetence ana oisoruer oomtnauns
tne wnoie governmental p'anL
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y' Inc 1emstsos ana otneF puonc
uo0'es tnat came IN ciose coneacs WIN
ne s0vennent M connecuon "'tn tns
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otsc membsr. OF the court. soon b.
came reyolutionaries 1t heart
U1sestef WN Axpeeseo.
But ali these elements, the duma In
Guided. believed that revolution In Rus
ala during the war would mean disas-
ter ~ ,he .u,.d csu.e Thev therefor.