New Britain herald., 1927-03-14

! chroncling the events of the mid de of March ten years ago sho" that the Russian revolution at that moment was regarded as victory for the Allies. Editorials were writ ten in this and all other papers Iaul.as the spirit Of the Russian people in throwing off the yoke of centuries Of misrule. and rejuvc- mated Russia, able and willing to fight for the Allies with increased ygor, was the well-nigh universal forecast.
 t was scarcely q week after the beginning of the Russian revolution when doubts about its trend began to creep Into the dispatches, but very gIard.dIy. The dispatches no doubt came by way Of England and care was being taken to prevent tho American people from realizing that they would have to take mp the war burden where Russia left off as if that would have made any difference 10 us where our honor and dignity as q nation was in- volyed,
 l. vas closely upon the heels Of the Russian revolution that Presi- dent Wilson set the wheels of par , ticipation in the var in motion. Meanwhile, while excitement was running high at the prospect the Russian curtain was down as far as the censors could get it.
 The immediate cause Of the Rus sian revolt. as we now know it, was the curtoiment Of the bread sup ply in Petrograd due to the de- rangamcnt Of transportation faciii- 1 ties Flour and grain arrived irregu- | larlv, resulting in the uprising Of | the petrograd garrison after seri- i oll.s demonstrations against the i government had taken place. These ] had reached enormous proportions
 for the populace was on bad rations | and where there is hunger there is
 trouble. The effort of police 70 stop . the manifestations by firing on un-
 armed crowds intensified rather than eliminated the disturbance. It
 was after the commander Of the i Petrograd garrison tried to get the soldiers to disporse the crowds that officers were warned by the men that they had no desire to kill the
 people for being hungry and from
 then on the oyerturn started, Rogi-
 mcnts deserted and occupied the
 chief artillery quarters. A general
 vas killed by the troops, and gen.
 eral pandemonium rcigncd.
 Strange 10 say, however, the out
 side world was kept in ignorance of
 the details until long afterwards.
 Even the Imperial Duma refused 10
 recognize a ukasc from the czar 10 disband, the Duma at once bccom-
 ing the center Of revolutionary
 activities. By March l3. however
 when the entire military was on the
 side of the revolution and the for
 mcr government was already 9
 memory. quiet was restored and
 business went on as usual. Else where it was described as q blood
 less, peaceful revolution" l. was sr
 peaceful that on March l5 the cza,
 abdicatcd the throne. The true na.
 ture of the revolution was not yor
 scused abroad, for the English ant
 French ambassadors entered int
 formal relations with the eAccutiy, , committee of the Imperial Duma. ; ILercnsky was the only Socialis 3 in the cabinet of the first provision , al government, and even when tn , second provisional government wa l formed, the bolshcyiks were in tn minority, The peasants had neve , heard of bolshevism and most o them probably did not know tha ? Lcnin existed. The Liberals in tn l. government, after the March revo { lulion, supported continuance of tn
 war. bat the minority bolshevilis 7 who got final control in the centc { oc things. were opposed. Then fol - lowed the wrangle for power, wit 2 Inc final elimination of the bol c sheyiks seizing the government i | November of that year.
 l In spite of the warning Of Gen | cral AleNiey. an experienced stratc = gist Of the Russian gencrS Il staff, that the fighting spir y Of the Russian army is exhausted, Q korcnsky in the beginning of Jul r announced a general offensive on a
 fronts, leading 10 the complete d. c bacIe of tho army. What kcrcnsk - overlooked was that most of tl '- Russian soldiers were illi'era' - could not understand the aims ( - the war. and were genuinely irr ? tatod at the lack of ammunitic a and rntions. Tn this frame of min It they became easy victims to bo $ shcvik propaganda for discontinI h 0aucc of he war.