Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-22
LEADERS IN THE
RUSSIAN REVOLT
HIGHLY PRAISED
Observer in Petrograd Says
They Gladly Risked Lives
For Liberty.
tBy HAROLD wn.11AMs.)


Petrosrad. Friday. March 16.-
(DelayedD. Tho new goxernment is
now constituted and has set to work.
Today there ID strong feeling that
everything is tending toward settle
ment. Normal life is being gradually
resumed in the capital. 1t has a tre-
mendous task before it to fight the
erty.
cred yesterday, when a struggle was
waged between the liberal patriots
and the extremists. Passions have
now been raised to suoh a pitch that
at one time it was quite possible that
infuriated soldiers out of bounds
might break in upon the leaders of
the Duma and kill them. Russia might
have been plunged into the widest
anarchy; but the leaders have shown
preme patriotism. a nobility that will
be beacon light for the great days
through which the Russian people
will now pass to create its destiny.
NJ. Rodzianko Milukiff, Gutchekoff
and the rest I have known for years.
I have seen their strength and their
weakness, but l have never dreamed
display such power Of self-sacrifice.
such unflinching purity of devotion.
Their one thought was to save Rus
sia.
"The war was foremost in our
thoughts" said one of them. 1T
wouldn't have mattered II we had
been killed: Russia would have work.
ed her way out without US. But we
wanted to establish a government i'm
mediately to go on with the war and
fight to victory"
And what shall say of Kerensky
Mr.. Kerensky had the reputation of
being q rather light-headed. clever
young lawyer with q taste for ire
sponsible defamation which secured
him wide popularity. During the cri-
sis he has shown marvellous strength
was the hardest task in the noisy
council of workmen's deputies, where
many fanatical extremists were in
sisting on policy that would have
wrecked Russia.
Kerensky won a victory that night
In speech that will be historic. APP
pearing in stormy assembly, mount
passionate utterance\he announced
that he had accepted the post of min
lister Of justice. The announcement
turned the tide, and amid cheering
Kerensky continues:
Comrades, in entering the provi-
| stonal government l remain a repub-
lican. In my work must lean for help
on the will Of the people. must have
IN the people my powerful support.
Tremendous cheers and cries Of 1--WE
believe you. comrade.D I cannot live
without the people, and IL ever you
begin to doubt me, kill me! declare
to the provisional government that I
am representative. Of democracy,
and that the government must espe-
cially take into the account the
tive of the people by whose efforts the
| old government was overthrown.
Comrades, time does not wait. I call
you to organization and discipline. I
ask you to support us, your repre-
sentatives. who are prepared to die
for the people and have given the
people their whole life.'
Agreement having been finally at
tanned. the government set to work
and this morning published the out
lines OF the program and orders.
Their first act was amnesty for all
political Offenders, including terror
lists. The series of agreements opens
up astonishing possibilities. A main
feature OF the program is that the
iorm Oh government, whether repub-
ltcan or otherwise is to be decided by
q constitutional assembly, to be elect
ed after the war.
Russia will now be ruled by a pro-
vtsional government. Whether there
Will be regent or not is a question
that, for reasons which l am not at
present at liberty to communicate,
cannot Immediately be decided.
Emperor Nicholas, on the urgent
advice of the commanders of the
army and of Grand Duke Nicholas,
has abdicated the throne. This re-
markable event took place yesterday
at the ancient town Of Pskoff, once
one OF Russia's medieval republics.
In the present Of q member of the
Duma. NJ. Iarrajuloff. When three
days ago sat smoking with this Cos
sack deputy on a sofa in the Duma l
little imagined he would SO soon play
such dramatic part.
Tho empress is still at Tsarkoe Selo.
What will be done with them (the
car and czarina) is not yet decided,
but there is no question Of execution.
There Is an idea that they may be
sent to live quietly in England.
Order 10 how practically entirely
restored in Petrograd, and quiet
reigns in the streets. Great trouble
was caused yesterday by proclama-
tions purporting to emanate from the
council Of workmen's delegates, ad-
vising the soldiers not to obey their