The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-19
.u,p OF RUSSIA ADD.
ClAET T GRAND DUKE MI
CAInhtSfJ BECOMES REGENT;
NEW CABINET FORMED

NEW CABINET TURNED
Of One of Most Remarkable
ChmSN Tprisings in History
any JOINED REvOLUTIONISTS
0.rolution in Russia Was Sudden and
eSssor,ccessful-It Was a Struggle
eue;t Pro- German Influence
AaSg"ab. the-War" Party Now in Pow
,eerrocrad Dispatch. March Is.
femO Fmperor of Russia has abdi-
Inc I and Grand Duke Michael AL
catsau5;royitch, his younger brother,
exaI Sasn named as regent. The Rus
has OT ministry, charged with corrup-
s in and incompetence, has been
tlO l,+ OIL out of office. One minister,
s'TIseTpsnder Protopopoff, head of the
!As.r;or department, is reported to
Inlsi'Ibl een killed, and the other min
nave nave, as we'll as the president of the
SNi,i; council, are under arrest.
lnper now national cabinet is announc-
a 18th lf Prince Lvoff as president of
e e., c council and premier, and the 9TH
III. !. offices held by the men who are
i sio;a 10 the Russin people:
cI0'S Trops Join RevOlutiOnists
Tar several days Petrograd has
LV' the scene Of one of the most
Ossrsnarkable uprisings in history. Be-
lel nn;n% with minor food riots and
gnll.A sst,qIes. the cry for food reach
la u tba hearts of the soldiers, and one
s su On one the regiments rebelled, until
9 y T those troops that had for a
. Iima" stood loyal to the government,
. i,J nm their arms and marched into
~. sSSA ranks of the revolutionists.
Wy The president of the Duma, Mich
- Rodzianko, was the leading
s a. among the deputies who unan-
mously decided to oppose. the impe-
ria order for a dissolution of the
SOnse They continued their sessions
a nUS NJ Rodzianko informed the en-
r naror then at the front, that the
SOnr had struck when the will of the
Noon nOonls must prevail. Even the i'm
ppsrIal council realized the gravity of
H. Situation and added its appeal to
t 1o If thu Duma that the emperor
sSould take steps to give the people
policy and government in accord
s,so with their desires and in order
.5st there should be no interference
With wit, CARRYING on the war to victo-
rOus ending.
Empress May Have Fled
The emperor fastened back from
the front. only TO find that the rev
oIution has been successful and that
a new government was in control
Iha empress. who it is alleged, has
baen influential in the councils op-
uosed to the wishes Of the people, i
reported to have fled or to be In hid
ing. ,
Although considerable fighting tool
nare it Is not believed that the cas-
uLties are large.
The early period Of the uprisin,
bore the character rather Of a mocl
revolution, Cossacks charging dow
tho street did so in a half-hearte'
.ashion, plainly without malice or IN
tent to harm the crowds. The troop
Exchanged good natured raillery WIT
be workingmen and women, and a
tbev rode were cheered by the pop
ulaee. E.
Long lines Of soldiers stationed j
dramatic attitudes across Nevsk
Prospect, with their guns pointed a
an imaginary foe, appeared to b
TAXING mart in a tableau. Machin
guns firing roulades or blank cart
ridges seemed only to add anothe
realistic touch to a tremendous thu
atric production.
Broke Into Flame Sunday
Until Sunday night this pageal
continued without serious interru1
ton. Then in a flash the who
scene lost its theatric quality; it b
came a genuine revolution.
The regiments had received an o
der from the commandment to fire u
on persons assembled in the stree
This caused immediate dissenti'
among the troops, who did not u
derstand why they should be ccmpe
ed to take violent measures again
fellow citizens, whose chief often
was that they were hungry and we
asking the government to SUPP
bread. Several regiments desert
and pitched battle began between t
troops who stood with the Cover
ment and those who, refusing to Oh
orders, had mutinied.
A long night battle occurred
tween the mutinous regiments and
police at the end of st. Cathar1
canal, Immediately in front of the h
toric church built over the spot VIII
Alexander II was killed by Dor
The police finally fled to roof tops
over the city and we're seen no m
IN the streets during the entire tie
Of the fighting.
City Became battle-ground
Still, on Monday morning the g
eminent troops appeared to cont
al all the principal squares of the C
men came period when it was
possible to distinguish one side fl
Ue other Tbaro uac M Iafi1