Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-03-21
Russian Duma in Control of
Great Empire-5O0 Per-
sons Killed.
GRAND DUKE MADE REGENT
Simultaneous Uprisings in Petrograd
and Moscow-Empress Placed Un-
der Guard - Emperor Heeds
Demand to Quit-Soldiers
Join Revolutionists and
Two Statesmen Are
Slain.

Petrograd, March 19.-Czar Nicholas
of Russia has abdicated and h Grand
Duke Michael AleAandrovitch, 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
maIly when conditions become settled.
Corrupt Ministry ousted.
The Russian ministry, charged with
corruption and incompetence. has been
swept out of office.
One minister, Alexander P~rotopopoff,
head of the interior department, is re-
ported to have been killed, and the
other ministers, as we'll as the preSi-
dent of the imperial council, are UNI
der arrest.
Al 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 r%eactionary con-
duct of the wal 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 a 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. 1t was this COM
m;ttee that forced the cars ab1ica-
ton.
Gar on Way From Front.
London. March ia 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 Fastening
to the same place.
The Grand Duke Nicholas is report
ed TO have reached the Russian capt.
tai. The dispatch says that he will
probably take command of the troops.
According to Information received
here the russian people have been
most distrnstful during recent events
of the personal influence of Empress
Alexandra. She was supposed to Y
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 sue
cessful and the government OF Russia
rests temporarily with Il Self-appoint-
ed committee of the duma.
After three days of battle. in which
the majority of the 10000 troops in
Petrograd mutinied and supported the
revolutionists, calm has returned.
The cars 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 ma
val station at the head Of the Gulf of
Finland, 20 miles west of P~etrograd,
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
terror Protopopoff We're killed in Petro-
grad. Both We're 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 f. Lvoff.
Foreign Minister-Prof. Paul n.
Milioukoff.
Minister of Public Instruction-Pro-