Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-03-21
Russian Duma in Control Of Great Empire-5O0 Per-
 sons Killed.
GRAND DUKE MADE REGENT
Simultaneous Uprislngs in Petrograd and Moscow-Empress Placed Un- der Guard - Emperor Heeds Demand to Quit--Soidiers Join Revoiutionists and
 Two Statesmen Are
 Slain.

Petrograd, March 19.-Czar Nicholas of Russia has abdicated and the Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, his younger brother, has been named as regent of the empire.
 Nothing official regarding the dynas- tvs future has been given out, but it is understood the Grand Duke Alexis, heir apparent, is to be recognized for ~inaIly when conditions become settled.
 Corrupt Ministry ousted.
 The Russian ministry, charged with corruption and incompetence, has been swept out of office.
 One minister, Alexander Protopopoff, head of the interior department, is re- ported to have been killed, and the other ministers, as well as the presi- dent of the imperial council, are un- der arrest.
 A new national cabinet is announced, with Prince Lvoff as president of the council and premier, and the other of fees held by the men who are close to the Russian people.
 No Peace Movement.
 The duma joined hands in the revolt which aimed at the reactionary con- duct of the war and the ineffective dis tribution of food. Its success means a more aggressive part in the war and is said to put an end to German hopes for separate peace with Russia.
 The British and French ambassadors here already have established official business relations with the new cabi- net and with the executive committee named by the duma. It was this com mittee that forced the czar's abdica- ton.
 czar on Way From Front.
 London, March 19.-A Reuter- dis patch from Petrograd says that the emperor is expected to arrive at the Tsarskoe-Selo palace and that several regiments with artillery are hastening to the same place.
 The Grand Duke Nicholas is report ed to have reached the Russian capi- tai. The dispatch says that he will probably take command of the troops.
 According to information received here the Russian people have been most distrustful during recent events of the personal influence of Empress Alexandra. She was supposed to ex- ercise the greatest influence over En- peror Nicholas.
 The Empress Alexandra, before her marriage to the emperor of Russia In 1894, was the German Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt.
 A popular revolution has been suc- cessful and the government of Russia rests temporarily with a self-appoint- ed committee of the duma.
 After three days of battle, in which the majority of the 30,OOO troops in Petrograd mutinied and supported the revolutionists, calm has returned.
 The czar's abdication was in com pliance with the urgent demand of the committee of the duma, which notified him that upon his assent depended the fate of the dynasty.
 Troops Back the Duma.
 Telegraphing from Petrograd We'd nesday, Reuters correspondent says Kronstadt, the fortress and great na- val station at the head of the Gulf of Finland, 20 miles west of Petrograd, has joined the revolutionary move ment. Two deputies, Pepelauff and Taskine, on instructions from the du- ma committee, proceeded to Kron- stadt, where the troops placed them selves at the disposal of the duma.
 The Copenhagen Ekstrabladet re ports that the Russian consul in Hapa- randa, Sweden, says that former Pre- mier Sturmer and Minister of the In terior Protopopoff were killed in Petro- grad. Both were charged with pro- German sympathies.
 New Cabinet Announced.
 A new national cabinet is announced with Prince Lvoff as president of the council and premier, and the other of fees held by the men who are close to the Russian people.
 The members of the new national cabinet are announced as follows:
 Premier, President of the Council and Minister of the Interior Prince Georges B. Evoff.
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