Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-03-31
Grand Duke Michael Made Re-
gent-Duma in Control.
czAREWTCH IS NEW RULER.
throwing the Government - 500
Persons Reported Slain Dur
Ing the Fighting at Pc
troqrad.


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 in Reuter- dispatch from Petrograd
to have reached the Russian capital.
The dispatch says that he will proba-
bly, take command of the troops.
Gear Gives Up Throne.
London, March 19.-Czar Nicholas
has abdicated the throne of Russia.
The car abdicated in favor of his
young son.
A dispatch to the London Chronicle
from Petrograd on Thursday says the
empress of Russia has been placed un-
der guard.
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 sue
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 10000 troops in
Petrograd mutinied and supported the
reTolutfonists, calm has returned.
Grand Duke Michael Alexandra
witch, brother of the car, has been
appointed regent.
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 saws
kronstadt, the fortress and great ma
val station at the head of the Gulf of
Finland, 20 miles west of Petregrad,
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 Sturner and Minister of the In
terror Protopopoff We're 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 E. Lvoff.
Foreign Minister-Prof Paul N.
MiIfoukoff.
Minister of Public Instruction-Pro-
fessor Manuiloff of Moscow university.
Minister of War and Navy, ad in
terim-A. J. Guchkoff, formerly presi-
dent of the duma
Minister of AgricuIture-M Ichin-
gareff, deputy from Petrograd.
Minister of Finance-M. Tereschten-
ko. deputy from Kiev.
Minister of Justice-Deputy Keren-
ski of Saratoff.
Minister of Communication=N V.
Nekrasoff, vice president of the duma.
Controller of State-M Godneff.
deputy from Kazan.
The proclamation by the military
governor in Petrograd forbidding any
street assemblages and declaring that
any disorders would be ruthlessly sup
pressed made it apparent that affairs
were graver than the dispatches al
lowed by the Russian censorship would
indicate.
Blow for Germany.
Authenticated dispatches from Pc
trograd, together with the consensus
of governmental advices here, indi-
cate that the uprising was a rebellion
against the growing German reaction
believed responsible for the food
shortage and lack of effective military
organization.
In this connection Andrew Bonar
Law, chancellor of the excheuuer. an
nouncing the success of the reyolu-
ton to the house of commons. said
that it was comforting to England to
learn that the revolution was not d.
rected at securing peace by Russia"
That control by the new government
Is complete is undoubted. kilograms
from generals commanding at the yari-
GUS fronts have displayed an astonish-
ing unanimity of support of the new
order.