Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-09
KERENSKY'S KINDNESS
CAUSED HIS ECLIPSE
His Rise and Fall Vividly De-
scribed by Girl Sol
dier-Student
ID 5 B A n ID + ID WOMEN
Young Leaders Ideals Too High for
Russian People, Whom He
Loved
BY EVA ZAINTX
\ Soldicr m the RnmI..

wv" N''''SN!' i"' "h"ih We were
L ready to die: whose spirit and teach
inps had inspircd the formation of the
battalion of Death: it was Kcrersl<y.
whose great humanity aud pity brought
tho a,d ,r o,,r o,tcrr,is,
ALL Ia,. in mo mn at am. ror,n b,s-
tori,,I ana v,snirp Uhil. tho o,har sol
liars of the battalion WIN had moi wit
r,escd tbn awful scenes Of the first night
,f rio,ip,, ,tnnd ia ranks avraitinr tho
nrd.r Ia march tn petrnurad and UNFOLD
th, ,;ov,rnnrut , sr,oud and imncratiye
message ,ans from I<.r,usLy
II yaid. "Thc women of the battalion
OF Death must fight no mora. None OF
them must leave their barracks The
battalion is to be disbandcd."
NV soldier sisters received the mes
saga with sorrnv ana nrotastations Of
litter disannoiutuent Th,y had not
rnurb, viii mon and ,he,. did moi r.al-
i've ,yha, II meant rhrv ,v.rc ready for
any sacrifice hut il vro.4 tbnt rroat zeal-
,,rv which blinded tb.u, ia tho fat,l
weakness of sex which Is uhysical and
not of the soul But I<.rpuslly would
not forego the command he had issued
and they ob.y.d Had Errcuskv been
firm in matters or cruel disripliue as he
was in unfolding the dictates of hi-
nauitv and mercy there ,yuuld he "A
different story To tell today in stricken
Russia
wiu,< L,,pST c,ur tsrpu<.Ey
hrSt met htfehsk| AT the nous" oi
u lrl'hu "i my parents VI fc't"er"u
TWO years before the war was th''
student II, 'h' 'i'lli'asiui'' juSt peE!n-
hihG my course was not Set twenty,
Hel 'alIot man ''osl men anu Asr"is
""" cree ne "'a "o,u''S VI t,,'
jew III my appearance wy "isn'
Sho't ''"S'' ule '''e'N o"''''' H'''"" i'' -
anu cdS9 'hlil"S' nl'dc '''c H''i'c"n'e
HEu,c even "u'"ls i'""H''" No''''"' WIN
are pis anu s''p"s'
lcIt Sci'S' "l pIlu" anu p'dNu'
Nheh h"rthshI asked my hoS''S9 "u'
was Nnen ne l'a'"ed 'ha' my p,,tl'
PiaCe W"3 we '"', 'ou,''! VI t.t % oa'
F"'hS anu Was '"i" "l ,"c 'N' ""'"i''"'
STATUS "l P'''''c"i lrts""'' w Nh''" ny
iarl,'E was Pe'"l'''eu I" h.' ''eI'' III
~ "S Nv ''ui "a'u
li''s J'S' '"' 'ouS'S' HN' NY "ut
sometimes WI" the deep hI""leus" a"o
unueI S."""'"E W a S'uu'"' VI Pol'''''
i'e l'u 'lost u''S'',ul n''"'e'' @ @"n'
pu''NiN u'u' Sto'u N"S "',n'u VIZ
Il" MA" "po"' 'ni'' "'sP'' n'' "lCu''
| p'"ll"s an" ms l",N VI P.'E '''"' N's''
., pauH"''r' s''u nv " nv Ho'
. snou'u P'9' 80 NV ~" % '''' ''"'
sid ~" ''i,n'u' ou' i'v"'' W !""l or
pearan'e' lou tNe'"PiHE ""t "Hp''"
tlohS III your Illc'
FROM t'ilS you might H""S.ue t'a
! NeTehshS y hi'iIS'li jew. 'h"' ~, ma'
peeIl oll'' a''u' ""t 1t - ""t prut' Nv
mouJlki an p'iieNeu MN Jew put III
Is neh''''' ',e Sl'ip'N IS W 'aC'
epuaiIlN 80 N'l' as 'P""'"S i'' ''e III
Tora,,,l,,.a, Gnu, hin, tho fret tin,,-
and as | always recollect him-was :
man of frail physique. with blond hal
and the most wonderful luminous eve
of a color which was neither gray no
hIue In his wall; and in the timbre q
his voice I'm conversation there was ;
suggestion of physical weakness tina
aronsed one'e sympathy almost one
n;,v r.lt thai could nut my stron,
rms about him and nrot,rt linn fron
tho enemies who even then maIisne,
tir,
Ar,orword. when he headed the move
-. oC a.. coci,l par,I,,tio,,is,s ,,,,
,,,s,i,aa b,tber ,rI tbither I'm an Il,
n,ino horrs ,rgirc ana evlorting III
N"N,'e -. 60. ',,,i,t S ~
r - p,,..;a t,i,i,,,, -, Ii
: , ,lr,,,,,,d',.,, - t,,,.ts,, r,oota,, ,,,,,
. / r.. - ans, rulo,. o, M. c,,,,,,,andar a
'hd' VI n"' 80 VI Guy 'O'l''I''l'uv' lI'p'', y
a'".'eH' s ~. ""' - v
uoe.o''' p,ep"nou " go nn' n,',''u
'"ntS' N"s eo '". ~ ut'o
suoJecteu W % ~ ,"'" oi.,
ne coIi"p"eu l'o'e '""l oIo III VI
course OF ua!' YET reS'"'eu 'o con
scloushesS' Went courdsSouS| on WI,
I tne hght "n'cn s"ou.u "",e 'nueu
the saIEat'o'' "i ia'io''' pu' WAS hl
t des''leu 10 90 So
; RATED DREAMER AND THTORlST
! At the time I write of, when / first m,
, t;ersrslxy he was tbirtv-thrce wears al
/ and little known outside of Russia. an,
0 in fact no figure of great prominenc
!. tbere we of the Social Reyolutionar
r marty knew him as our destined Ieadc
/ and as The greatest and most inspire
. .aaobor of orr doctrines. THE oficia
!, os ,ts cars Government had marke
T vi pi,,, ', as n man "of dangerous tendencies
!. ,,,. nm a. -. ratod hin, as dreamer an
!, ,beorist never likely 10 confront the,
r LA, an,tbirg hut words.
!. VIII sr,,,,,,homt 80 russia among the neor,
!, ,1sa ,,o,vsnaners and ara obIe
= VINO , naau ~, rs Eno,yn cbieev for, :,
;, ,eae .hat ,he no was the attorney who d
< iacI t''a, a,ondol RaIles against The absu
Ismueu 'n ns ,be fanatics of the Russis
Church That ne har nluruereu ,hrlstia