Mohave County miner., 1917-08-04

Meanwhile the deposed emperor and Empress Alexandra were ordered ar rested and they were made prisoners at Tsarskoe-Selo, later being removed with their entourage to Fortress St Peter and St. Paul, at Petrograd.
 A plot to proclaim Grand Duke Michael emperor, failed, in April.
 Nikolai Lenine, a noted revolution- ary of the radical socialist type, re- turned from exile in Switzerland and established himself at the palace of Madam Kshesinska, a famous dancer who had been a favorite of the ruler. With many followers, Lenine opposed | the new regime by advocating peace. Suspected as pro-German agents, he and some of his associates were ar rested months later after they had done incalculable harm through their public and secret agitations. Subse- quently he escaped.
 Strikes, agrarian disorders, anti government demonstrations at Kron- stadt, Sebastopol and elsewhere, mu- tinies in the fleets and among entire regiments at the front, together with steps taken by Finland and the Uk- raine to attain political independence, cast into uncertainty, during subse- quent months, the question whether the success of the revolution was cer- tain. About mid-July Petrograd was placed under army control after street fighting in which sixty-six persons were killed and $50 wounded. German agents were believed to have instigat- ed these disturbances. Tens of thous- ands of German spies had been abb to invade Russia, and for a period the provisional government hesitated to prosecute them and the Russian fanatics who were their tools, for fear of being accused of oppression and tyranny.
 With only one socialist, Kerensky, the first cabinet was too weak to sur vive, the peasants and the worBmen's and soldiers delegate demanding stronger representation. A second ministry was formed, on May 19, with six socialists among its fifteen members, and a military offensive was begun in Galicia which steeled the hearts of the entente with renew ed courage. Begun on front eX- tending about eighteen miles, the ad- vance was carried on vigorously at various points on an S00-mile front from the Gulf of Riga to Rumania. Bezezany and Halicz were captured.
 The keynote of the attitude of the ruling faction of the new regime was sounded in resolutions adopted by the workmen's and soldiers delegates urging the democracies of all nations to influence their governments toI adopt peace formulae. This sugges- tion created worldwide interest but, while openly discussed in government al circles, it met with no response from leaders of entente ministries.
 Meanwhile Petrograd had exposed an attempt by Germany to conclude a separate peace. This offer, made through Swiss channels, resulted in the expulsion from Russia of Robert Grimm, prominent socialist interna- tionalist Grimm was a Swiss citizen. Austrian efforts to lure Russia into a separate peace also were rebuffed, the workmen's and soldiers delegates issuing a proclamation saying the na- tion favored only a general peace.
 Although Lvoff had remained as premier of the second cabinet, Keren- sky, as minister of war and marine, became the dominating power, and to him was accorded the credit of inau- gurating the military offensive which the entente dared to hope would de- velop inSo a smashing blow against the central powers. An attempt to assassinate Kerensky at Polotsk on July 20 only served to strengthen his position with the workman, peasants and those soldiers who were loyal.
 But in Galiciaa, disaffection broke out among the Russian troops. Some refused to obey orders and retreated as the Austro- German advanced. A military collapse had begun. The pro visional government issue proclama tion saying the nations fateful hour was at hand and warning against an- archists and other foes within. The army was known to be honeycombed with German spies.
 Tarnapol, Brzezany, Halicz, Stanis- lau and Kolomea were lost. The line of retreat extended on front of 155 miles from the river Sereth to the wooded Carpathians, the Russians los ing many prisoners and heavy guns, together with great stores of supplies and ammunition which the entente had furnished in anticipation of cor tinuance of the offensive. The Rus sians surrendered all the ground, and more, which had been won on their advance.
 In this emergency, Kerensky bel came the republics hope. This youth ful igure-he is 37-a lawyer who