The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-16

1 ments of every description opened their doors for the resumption of or | dinary activities seemingly as con. fiden". in the new temporary govern ment gained in force Tnck sledges and little sleiehs for hire, the most widely appreciated conveyances of Russian cities began to appear again in the streets that for six days had been absolutely void of any means of private transportation
 Newspapers, with the exception of revolutionary publications which
 prang into life with the success of the reyolt,had failed to appear. Street ear service at noon had not been ra- sumed, but it was believed that night would see partial service
 The only visible signs of the des perate clash of authority that turned the city into battle ground were the charred ruins of the jail. which are still pouring a cloud Of smoke sky ward, and the remains of other police institutions and the homes of the few individuals Who were regarded as of lenders against the rights Of the peo- pie. In front of other government in. stitutions. which apparently it was not seen fiji to destroy, are piles of charred embers showing where wreckage and documents had been dumped and con sumed
 The defenders of inc old regime doubtless a few remain uncaptWed by the police put up last feeble da fcnse last night from the roofs of the wrecked Astoria Military hotel and St lsaacs cathedral, facing on two sides of the same square. They were soon silenoed by the sharpshooters of the new authority.
 With the reopening of bread. sugar. tea and meat ships, lines of women with shopping bags and baskets often extending to the length of block were formed to replenish stores ex- hausted by the long siege. The most phenomenal feature of the revolution has been the swift and orderly transi- tion whereby the control or the city passed from the regime of the old government into the hands of its op. ponents. Until Sunday disorders in the streets, which never went beyond quiet gatherings or mild demOnstra- tions. could not properly be 'ermed a revolution at all
 After 36 hours of continuous street fighting the whole area of Petroerad was on Tuesday noon in the hands of the reyolutionists Regiments called out to disperse street crowds that were clamoring for bread refused to fire upon the people but mutinied, 1 killing their officers in many cases, and joined the swellina ranks of the insurgents With the exception of q Finnish regiment which took posses sion of the admiralty building on tha Ncya and kept up desutorN rifle and machine gun fire the last regiments 10 remain lcval to the government had capitulated after a sustained bat tie on the Morskaya and made no
  further resistance to the revolution ists. who controlled The entire city. 7 he police had disappeared from th2 streets, which were patrolled by auto packed with soldiers and stu dents wildly cheered by the people as they sped by.
 The government was declared to ba cyer'hrown by the duma leaders, who met in the Maveritchisky palace after the regular session had been ad journed by imperial ukase, and in a telegram to the emperor the popular declared that a special composed of the leaders Of the various parties in the duma would submit list of names for the new cabinet.
 Simultaneously il was reported that all the ministers except M Protopop- off had resigned.
 The imperial palace at Tsarskoeselo | is said to be in a state of siege, hut thus far no firing has been reported ...t .sr.., tk., ,.t,...sc d,F,.,4s.. ,h..