Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-09

. time or another Deen attached to the
Cars person and been given evidences
of his friendship and favor.
Ecrcuslty personally inspected the spe-
cial train of royal carriages which was
to carry the party to Siberia and made
Surr that every comfort which was usual
was provided. when the motorCarS con-
tanning the Cz2r and his family reached
the station kcreusky personally greeted
the car and. taking the hand of the
Czarina, assisted her with the greatest
respect and with the manner of a Cour-
tier to enter the train.
. CAUSE or KEEENSKY'S FAILURE
ON one night. in the period of Iieren-
sky's career it had been arranged that
he should speak at II certain point at
the from, addressing n large audience
composed of soldiers, most of whom had
never seen him There occurred AN Incl
dent which. as il appears to me, stands
as Il complete illustration of the cause
of kcrcuSltY'S failure to save Russia. y
majority of the soldiers awaiting hin
we're enthusiastic for his cause. The
fatal leaven of BolsheNism had Crcu-
lated but little among them. They. or
the vast majority Of them. were ready
tn receive kerensky as Il hero and follow
him to death. Before he reached the
/ Spot Wlltlt lllt lltfAlIE was " oNNhi a
terrific ranstorm flooded the half-built
roads and blocked the progress of his
motorcar With his party. kerensky
dismountcd and proceeded OIL foot in the
face of the driving rain and flashing
lightning Thus a committee of soldiers
who had come in search OF him found
him. Overcome with their enthusiasm
for the man who would thus defy the
elements i'm order to keep his appoint
,,4ffh Ia N,lIFnH
their shoulders and bore him in triumph
10 the speaking place.
His speech aroused the greatest en-
thusiasm He could have placed him
self at the head of the army and made
his dictates equal to the law of God
But as he finished his speech a soldier
one of the sort to whom Russia owes
her present misery and disgravc-ap'
preached the platform
II am tired Of war" he said. Il see
nothing to be gained foe me by II.
long for my wife and children. whom
left unwilliugly at the cars command
You say that eGch Of us must he per
mitted TO follow the dictates of his owr
conscience and live in tho manner whicl
guarantees him the greatest content ant
happiness. | wish to stop fighting ant
, go To my home. What have YOU to say
to me-
Had Eerensky said: Put this deludet
man i'm irons. he is a traitor to our cause
and an enemy to Russia his order
would have been instantly obeyed, ant
it needs no vast knowledge Of human
nature to see what the effect of sucl
, action would have had in the ranks o.
disciplined soldiers But that was no
kerensky's way. His fatal humar
weakness interVened.
"Nery we'll" said he to the dscon
tented soldier. take off your coat an'
, leave your rifle and 60. You are honest
We must recognize that. We will pa!
YOU anyway so that your wife and chill
I dren may not suffer. even If you will no
. defend free Russia
4 ON that night there were hundreds o
= desertions from among the troops tina
| Kerensky had addressed He placed
? false dependence in the sense of duty %
] others. believing IL as great as his own
1 His ideals were too high. Thus cam
D the failure of his great CndeaVOr.
= ADVENT OF KORNILOFT'
) Kerensky appointed KOrniloff, an arls
: tocrat, chief of the armies Of Russl
= and placed absolute dependence in him
=. Korniloff played Kerensky false and ar
4 ranged with Kaledin, leader of the DO
:. Cossaclls. TO cut off the Cossack terri
4 tory. seize the railroad to Moscow an
Q establish an independent government
/. This was in September, when Kornilo'
c had become convinced that KerensSy'