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one coin! por word per Insertion when
sash accompanies order, -with mini. SAUNBOMEV BAUSAGES MAD! mum charge of 26 cents per Inser. "Bill €V9l‘y dey from selected tion. Count your words and save rnon- Willis Dork. Saunders, Newsome' at
sy by romittlng with erdar. stamps
C0.. Market, Building.
aeeepied. Ads. taken by Phono or' rEMl'r`av`oomiNioN_eXi5liE asnt_by mail will he charged at 2c.| Money Order. If lost or stolen, yas por word, to cover book-keeping char-' get your money back.
'ee ,stationery and postage on ac-
counts. - AGENTS WANTED
Assure wAN'rso.- -rol's'i=.i.i. ron
4836-3-16ME1l.
MAnl1lEo MAN wisi-las`~ro asm'
farm, or hire. Apply at Guardian
Omoo. lsal-s-lsivlll. M}i|:s:<rtAlr-nEo`i=ox"._-"i“wll.l.' P"Av
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-"the old reliable Fonthlll Nurseri-I 5' P C” 1°' m“sk"at"`ed f°" °‘° -ed. We town our men to SML Ex_| xuiltil lest of the season. J. D. Jon- perience unnecessary; highest com-I TTE'-____ 4835`31.1____.6M6l' missions paid; handsome fre'e equip- P ATOESI” FARMERS- JUST A
ment. Stone & Wellington, Toronto, Ontario. 4597-3-1MEtlMar31
WANTED-REPRESENTATIVES TO
distribute Tablets, which wash clothes spotlesely, clean, without
I word to tell you that we are open | to buy your Potatoes ever mild ‘ day. DeBlois Bros. 55-57 Wldter St. ‘ 4771-3-l3M6I.
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Tllbbllll- Ole trial makes perman-I printed adigess 50c. Guardian
ent customers. One hundred per een; proiit. Make ilve dollars dalily. Send ten cents for samples for four
waslliligs. Bradley Compan'y, Brant-I
ford; Ontario. 4707-3-sM12l
HELP .- WANTED# FE..
MALE. I
wAN'r-IE A Nunss. olitL. APPLV
Strath_corla_ Hotel. _-1759-3-12M5ipd.
wAN'rln- A'olniT|=oa osN-s"n`AT.
housework in small family. Apply at__l§8'.Fitzroy Street. 4809-3-i4M3i
WANTED-YOUNG LADY FOR
clerk in General Country Store. Ap- ply in own handwriting to "J. J." Box 98 Guardian. 4740-3-10M6lpd.
WANTID- PUPIL NURSES. MALE
and female at the Taunton State Hospital Ifraining School for Nurs- es; For particulars address Dr. Ar- thur V. Goss, Suptu Taunton State Hospital, Taunton, Mass. »
. 8191-4-1lMtf.
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FOR SALE. '
FOR §ALE_.-- 5 H. P. ' ENGINE.
chesp;\.lnbdter boat, 10 h. p., cam' 100 traps. 88 Lower Queen -St. d
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FOR SQL ye;-'_AN EXCELLENT COW due to Trellllell last of April. write or cell. J. W. M_cKenzie, Belfast Mgpg9_ ___i844-3-16ME1i
_'-"E JCE- co'r1’AeE w|1'H
stable on Pleasant St. Apply M ll Hedging Streqt. 4647-3-IiMl2i-pd.
Fon sAi.l AT A BAllGAlN A Prior-
cctograph check writbl' ` (Hlm0S'-
new). also a New El(-ia; Clggik W0- |.t . A l Guar an ce. Fc or vp y at 4070-Mtf.
FOR SALL--FARM RIEADY FOR
seeding. Good soil. barns, wood. lumber, mud. Near railway sla- tions. Cheap. Good terms sale or exchange, Mackinnon & McNeill. 90, rGelt George St. 4775-3-13M6l
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_ LOST
LOST- LONG GOLD BAR PIN.
Rcwarg if' left at Guardian Oggg-
LOST-IN THIS CITV. LONG GOLD
‘bar pin set with pearls. llcwarll to leave at Guardian Office.. - _ tsso-3-lsuzlpd.
office- 4685-3-slvltf.
-l00ENvEl.oi=Es w|'rH Pn|N'rED ' address 50c. Guardian Office -_ -~ was-:l-sMtf THE cl-iAnl_»Es r-'AwoE1'1' 'STEET I Ranges. Owing to a large order be- l fore prices advanced, I am ab/le to . offer Fawcet.t's -guaranteed steel
ranges, the New Champion and Ec- onomy delivered at your nearest
i station at before the war prices, i which is much lower than manufac- - fure's's' present prices. Write or ask ; for price and booklet showing these
ranges. M. C. McGowan, Klilmulr.
4802-3~14ME3l.'
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,To l.E'I“sTrb"n`ETl`lio oFli¢`:`£`6il
Victoria Rowi 'posses-sion May 1st. Apply Fenneil & Chandler.
4549-2-24Mtf
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TEACIIERS \VANTED.‘
WANTED- IMMEDIATELY _ FQR
North Wiltshire School, first-class male teacher. Supplement $50.
f'-E. Edwards. Sec'y. 4798-3-1-iM3i. ,'°TEACI-(ER WANTED FOR SABKA-
tchevvan and Alberta schools. Sal aries $720 to $1000. Apply for full information to Canadian Teachers' Agency, ng, Regina, Sask. or Cal-
' gary, Alllel-ta. 4509-2-zziillnlii
- ' VVl\N'l‘ED. .
-soAno wAN'rso.- voui~Io“vv'6i-
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HELP \\'.-\ N'l‘ED-MA LE.
WANTED-MAN FOR FARM WORK. Apply Herbert Mason. Southport.
4806-3-14M3l.
sossn lrvousrnious MAN`l=`oa
City milk team. References requir- ed. Apply at once. Charlottetown
i Condensed Milk Company.
- 4780-3-13Mtf.
wAN1'so- MAcl-lin-s"MAN_Fon
woodworking plant. Apply McDon- llld Rowe Woodworking Co., Ltd.
_ 4780-3-14M3l. wA'rT'rE'o, Al=nil.1s'r., A sMAn'r
young salesman, one with a know- ledge of the hardware business pre- ferred. Appiications received only in writing, P. O. Box 224.
4808-3-14M3i.
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1 (8|ld`bllI tl -The Guardian.)
PENSANOE, March 15- 'rllo slin-
lnarlne which sank the American steamer, Ailcmuin. was the U-38. Oue of-the inoimbers of the crew of
tlle'Algonquin hiya he counted 22 men ofL the-.dec of the submarine, and alsotbat 'tho -submersible mount- ed two lllns, ` _'
'* Minardfe r'Qidh|)pnt~ cures Dlatsmper.
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izpeoill to the Guardian.)
TOR N'llO..Msrch 16.-Light snow falls. not mania cninlse in tempera- ture. --
The highest temperature recorded
yesterday vs at degrees above. At
10 a. ., it wks Btlabove; st 9 ll- fl1-- a2 shouts. s coldest the vr°vi°“° night was 80 above. - 'rne tide will-be null this-afternoon
at 12.4l and millorrow at 3.42; it will be high tomorrow morning at 5:12.
and Sunday at Mall. ' - '
'rho mln a t is evsliisz at 6225'
and lmao' " lt1:lt¢ -'it rises wmv” ro; merNTn¥;t sail, and sunday It 62 5, .
The' moon files tomorrow mornlnl
sl 2:65 ' ~ ‘ =
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'rh ' of tad will in oil- I7n'Ill°}@lTfol tstll'l'i'°'?=°s=l A-
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KIIIEIIIN IIIIIIIIN
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Brlglit Young Mun. Formerly of ilhorlottstown, Makes Supremo Sacrifice. '
Among the list of -those "killed In
action," reported this week appears the name of Noel Toolier. son of Cap-
Olty. but now residing in Cowichan. Vancouver Island. Numerous friends in Charlotteown will remember "Noel," particularly those who atten- ded St. i’eto's Boys School, where "Sonny," as he was fllmillarly called ny ills schoolmates. was a arent fav- orite. After leaving St. Pdtor's he con- tinued his stutlies at Kingston. Ho, has two other brothers, Guy and Hugh, who are new on active service. Their father, Captain Tookel. WH! Ill command of the stlrveyin8 steamer "llliinor' during part of the time sho mg oh' rlottetown her headquarters 'liiiedfe wR_li he sincere sympathy for the beresyed family in 'the loss they have sustained by the with 0f their gallant young .S011-
llnsi-d’a Unialslit Ctirll Colds, lo.
confuse nvmrrs _'
A-Nsoolvonlfnms.
lfanmnos, are.
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»|n1'lllI'A|NM|N1'.- A stand
,,m,|_¢g\ and Literary Entertallllgqnt `wlll be held in the C. M. B. A. all.
Vat-non Rive; ol1”2:lill;\'¢TlY,_ _gag ru; inst. ll bros #iii so rsndergd. I-Aémileion ` .
MI l- 0'(‘0C . .' '
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tain 'rooln>r, n. N.. formerlvvf this'
Gentlemen. `
THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1917. ` With all the time-llolloreil ceremollyf
and military display the Third Ses- sion of the 38th Annual Assemblage of the Legislature of Prince Edward Island was opened at 3 o’clock yes- terday afternoon by His Honor Lieut- Governor Augustine Colin Mac- Donald. , To the accompaniment of cnlivenlng music by the Fourth Regiment Band.' the Guard of Honor, composed of some seventy officers and men from the Overseas Artillery and Infantry Reinforcelnents stationed at the Ar- mouries, left their quarters at, 2.30 ll. m. and marched to the Provincial Building. §
The Guard was in command of Ma-'
.i0r Leigh, with Lleuts. Davison and` Strong, and Lleut. Beer as Adjutant.” There have been some decidedly fine looking Guards of Honor ill rc~, cent years at the opening of the Le- fislature and that of yesterday, though probably not so large in numbers, would compare most favourably with any of them as far as smart solillerly appearance and general bearing are concerned. These gallant young men who have donned the khaki in defence of the Empire showed admi- rable precision in rifle manipulation. i A few minutes after 3 o‘clock the
coaches containing His Honor the lieutenant-Governor and his aides- do-camo. colonel, tile l-lonornllle s. R- Jollkllls. and Major Bartlett and his Secretary. Judge _/Eness McDonald, and the- Usher of the Black Rod. Mr. Dousald Currie. arrived at -tile Legis- lative Building where- a large throng of spectators were assembled. . His Honor was received with the usual nll- litary- forlll. the Band playing the Na- tional Anthem .as the military guard stood at the salute. The customary salute at Fort Edward was dispensed with this year. Preceded by -the Usher of the Black Rod His‘ Honor ac- companied bv his escort proceeded to lhe Legislative Chamber where nlany| citizens both ladies and gentlemen were already assembled and read the following
1
SPEECH FROM THE THRONE.
Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the'
Legislative Assembly:- Since last we met in parliamentary
89881011. His Royal Highness the 'Duke of Connaught retired from the Gov; ernor-geueralship of Canada, having won in a remarkable degree the sym- pathy and respect of our people. I-lis successor, the Duke of Devonshire, brings with him a reputation ‘for great zeal in the Em-pire’s service,and rare administrative ability. V ' My references of last year tc- the
war are equally applicable today.Wjth undauntcd courage the resources of tile Empire are -being marshailed for' victory against the foes of freedom' and injustice. With confident-hope `we look forward to victory In this
yeal~’s campaign. Your most earnest consideration s invoked on behalf of’ the defenders oi' our country-and their dependent ones. _ _ I As one moans oi' providing for soldi- ers returning from the war, you will be asked to consider a measure hav. ing in view the organization and- pre- paration for settlement of the unused
Thi’ D€’V@|<`/Dment Commission or-
ganized one year ago has concentrat- ed the efforts of our most progres- sive citizens in devising plans for the development of our great natur. al resources and dealing with the pru- blems to arise after the war. An ex-| tended report of their proceedings will be laid before you.
In the Department of Education`
there is evidence of increasing inter- est in our public schools. More liber- al supplements have been voted and marked improvements made in equip- ment. in every branch the service has boon well maintained. The work in many at the schools has been disor- gallized by the enlistment for war ser- vice of experienced teachers but this disadvantage, will soon pass, while the spirit of loyalty and devotion to duty shown by these teachers will ln- spire the present and future genera- tions of our scholars.
The past year has been one of abun-
dant harvests and high pl-loss for an the products of the farm. At no per- iod in the history of our Province was Agriculture so prontable and so intei- igsntly prosecuted. For the future there is no more cheering assurance of continued prosperity than' the rc- gonle made to every efl'ort"to pro-
ote agricultural education more es- pecially tllrougll the medium of Prince of Wales College and the -pub. lie schools.
Tile _Harvest of the ses has -been ll.
bandant and profitable beyond the l‘9¢0l‘d of many years. l invite your most careful consideration of propos ,sais providing for the fishermen op- portunities for technical education in their calling. \ 'lt is the cause for deepest gnu. tuds that notwithstanding the deple- tion of the ranks of workers. the trade and, commerce and the revenu-
‘rnl°dl~. and we in this Province have
lllnds or tllislldovinco. - ~ " `
,es ol, Canada have surpassed all re-.
lil-E lselstlllll E . .
A TFORMIILLY. OPENED
Lieutenant-Governor McDonald Delivers
Opening Address in -Presence oi Crowded Attendance of Ladies and
ou1~ full sllare of tllc general prosper- ity. `
Tile Public Accounts for tllc past
year and the Estimates for the cur- rent year will be laid before you.
I now leave you in the discllarge
of your legislative duties, trusting that under the guidance of Divine Providence your deliberations may tend to the further advancement wel- fare and prosperity of our people.
The Premier then introduced a bill
entitled “An Act tc- amend an Act respecting Justices of the Ponce," which was read a first time and will be read a. second time tomorrow. Mr. A. J. Mc'Novls_l.. moved that the ad- dress ill reply to the Speech from the Throne be considered tomorrow The motion was carried.
The Premier then moved that stand-
ing committees be appointed cn,' (1) Agriculture; (2) Public Accounts; (3) Standing Rules and Orders; (4) Pri- vate Bills; _(5), Printing and Binding the Journals of thc llouse; (6) the Legislative Library; (7) Bills to -be engrossed and that have been engross- edi (8) the Revision of the Journal, said committees to hc empowered to examine -and enquire into all such matters and things as may be re- quired by the House, and to report lronl time to time their observations and opinions thereon, with power to send for persons, papers and records. The motion was-tcarrled. Tile Premier moved thatanominating committee of 3 be appointed to pre- pare a list of members to compose the sele-ct standing committees, namely. Hon. Mr. Mathieson, lion. Mr. Arse- nault. and Mr. J. ll. Bell. The lllotion was carried. As Chairman c-f such nominating committee the Premier presented the following report: Standing and special (fomnlittees of the Legislative Assembly for the year 1917:
On Agriculture-Hon. Mr. McKin-
non, Hon. Mr. Wood. Mr. Dewar, Mr. McLellan, Mr. McMillan. Mr. Lea, Mr. D. A. McDt-nald, quorulll to consist of 4 members.
Public Accounts-Mr. Prowse, Mr.
McLellan, Mr. MicNevin, Hon. Mr. Mc- Ewen. Mr.-Bell, Mr. Saunders, Mr. Mclnnll-1, quorum to consist of 4 mem- bers. ,
Sfanding Rules and Orders.-lion.
Mr. Mathleson, Mr. Dalton, lion. Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Bell, Mr. l-lowatt, quo rum to consist of 3 members.
Private Blifs-Hon. Mr Arsenault.
Hon. Mr. Dalton. Hon. Mr. Mcllwen. Mr. Dennis, Mr. Saunders, quorum to consist of 3 members.
Printing and Binding the Journals
of the_i>-louse-Hon. _Mr. li/lclllwen, Mr. Johnston, Mr. McNevln, quorum to consist of 2` members.
On Revising the Journal-Mr.
Prowse, Mr. A. A. McDonald, Mr. Gal- lant. quorum to consist of 2 members.
Legislative Library.--Mr. Johnston.
l-lon. Mr. Dalton, Hon. Mr. Jenkills. Mr.. Hughes, Mr. Forbes, quorum ,to consist of 3 members.
Engroassd Bills-Mr. Dewar. Mr.
Paton, Mr. McLean, Mr. H. D. McLean, Mr. Gallant, quorum to con- sist of 3 members. (The first-named ill each case being chairman.) Tile Premier moved tilat the' report be adopted.
Mr. BELL. before the motion was
put,`,sald 'that he thought if would bc in order that thc committee of three. appoined for the purpose of nomina- ting the standing committees, should- meet. He happened' to be oil that committee and would like to -have an opportunity of suggesting the names of certain persons to compose those committees. lt would be rather unusual he thought, to appoint a com- mittee and then. before that commit- tea 'had had time to meet, that the chairman of the committee shonld take it for granted that he (Mr. Bell) was either in favvoul-_of or opposed to his nominations. As Leader of the
Opposition, he felt that it was his pr vllege and his duty to make sug- gestions as to which -members of the Opposition should be on the Commit- tees. I-ic should be in the best posi- tion to judge of the men who should go on those committees froilli thc Op- position; and he claimed thc right and privilege of suggesting their nhmesn
THE PREMIER. in reply. said that
before the House rose there would be
doubtless many questions wot-thy! of discussion slid _ he hoped' the on. Leader of the Opposition would re- serve tilst energy for which he was so remarkable to apply it to useful purposes and not putting in formal objections such as this one. _
"i have been in the House a good
many years." said the Premier, "and the records of the House go further back than that; and let me say, small as lt is, there never was an occa-
sion when the report of a govemmellt,
Committee such as this wilrbrought in in any other way than the manner in which this report is now _submit- ted. My learned friend will have to bring' this home to himself oliile for all. that in British Parliamentary Practice majorities rule. The repoi-l of the Commltteg this year nominates precisely the some menthol-s'as were
(Continued on Page "l‘llre'e.i _A
GERMI-INS RET-IRING
ON SONIIIIE FRONT
Retirement Proceeding Faster than
Anticipated. The New Line will-be
on Reverse Side Further Progress
of Bapaume Ridge. in Mesopotamia.
(Special to The Guardian.)
LONDON, March 15- Brigadier
General Frederick B. Maurice, Chief Director of Military' Operations at thc British War Office today stated that
`the withdrawal of Germans from
Bucquoy line-on the Somme_ front was taking place faster than anticipated and the' whole new line might soon be on the reverse side of Bapaumv ridge.
GERMANS WERE POUNDED OUT OF LOUPART BY BRITISH GUNS
(Special to The Guardian.)
LONDON, March 15- The British
capture of'Loupart. near Bapaume. was made with a heavy rain storm beating in the faces of the British troops. The correspondents describe at length thc positions abandoned by the Germans and state entllusiastical- ly that the evacuation was not vol- untary, but that the Germans were pounded out by British guns-. From Loupart' Bridge. which was held by the Prussian footguards, it is said that the defenders ran away leaving intact the dugouts, which British :lr- tlllery had spared. Explosive charges and detoliaiors which had been pre pared for wrecking the positions were found by the British. The Brit- lsll found the villages taken were much less d_s|nlaged` than they had ex-
always' been an exposed position. It also strengthens lilo British defence by the addition of an extra line of trenches, l~`urihc`rlnoro facilitator. additional l"liids» upon hostile positions in this sector by reducing No mania Land to the limits of a sharp sprint. (Special to The Guardian.)
LONDON, March 15- Telegraphlng
on Monday and 'l`uesfday General Maude, British Commander ill Meso- potamia, reports that our , advailced detachments reached a point thil-'ty miles up stream from Bagdad and that steps had been taken to prevent needing Bagdud.
MUCH VALUABLE BOOTY TAKEN INCLUDING GUNS LOST AT K.UT-
Tlle 8ui'k1sh small anms factory is
ln good repair. Railway works contain good s-ervicable machinery which is uninjured, also live locomotives and some rolling stock. Collsldcrablc oh- solcte ordnance including some an- tique bronze guns and masses of all kinds of ammunition were found in the citadel. The guns which were captured from us at tile’ surrender of Kut also have been recovered' in Bagdad. ‘
(Special to- The Guardian.)
PETROGRAD, March 15- A Rus'-~
sian official announcement says: “ln the direction of Sakkiz, our troops
pected, Grevlllers to a great extent| pressing the letrelltlng Turks are was not damaged. Many houses in|now approaching toward Banu, ill the Moriamont were only slightly' iniur- direction of Hnmnilan. After nn ob- ed. The Germans sacrificed consider- 'stinate battle lasting two days ollr
able ammunition and sup-plies in their retreat. Some of the 1lllK0\-its contained a-quuulity of chulnpllglle and
troops took pos-session of the town of Koimanshaw, Pursuit of tile Tprks <-olltlllues. -
other wines und cigar!-. , , I FRENCH CAPTURE PRISONERS.
(Special to The Guardian.)
LONDON, lilarch l5~- The British
lllle southwest of Dori oil the !\ln.c'e- donlan front. advanced one tllousand yards' over a frellt of 3,500 yards, says a despatch received froul Salonlkul The British 'trenches are thus brought to within two hundred yards of the German-Bulgarian advanced lines. The operation was carried out ni night and rrnet with no opposition. The new line possesses s-everal ad-
vantages over"the former which has tions.
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OERMIiNY’S VERSION OF RUSSIAN SITUATION
(Special to The Guardian.) |usual activities, Deputy Gronski was
BERLIN March 15- Wireless- via.
Ss.yville.- There has been a revolu- tion in Russia, according to the Over- seals Agency (the' official German news bureau) which says: "
“The following report- was- issued
ill Petroglad on March 14th about a successful Russian revolution. The population of Petrograd incensed by the compelte llisorganlzation- of trans- portatioll services and alinlentations had been irritated for a long time against thc -Geiicrnmeut and' had be-
(Spocizll to The Guardian.)
l’.-\RlS, lilarrcll l5- East of the
Oise, during a surprise attack \vhic‘_i was made in the region of _ Moulin Sous Toutvellt, we took prisoners. Several German attacks oil small French posts in the vicinity of Vlngeo, west of Navarin form, and ill Argonne were broken up hy our fire.
In the' region of Mulsons do (‘hnm-
pagne there was rather spirited ar- tillery fighiing without infantliv au-
chosen by the Duma committee for the provisionall management of the Pctrograd telegrapblc agency. This probably refers to the semi-official Russian news- ogolifyl-
(Special to The Guardian.)
REVOLUTION TO CLEAR OUT PRO-GERMAN ELEMENTS.
SEIIIIIUS IIISIIIIIIEIIS -
IN IIIINSIANIINIII-*II
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Turks lllscourcgsti by Fall of Bogiiod into British Hondo.
(Special fo The Guardian.) ' NEW YORK, March 15- -A wire-
less press message from Paris Says:
"Serious disorder broke outin Con-
stantinople on receipt of the nevwa of the British entry into Bagdad. Pover- ty and high prices of provisions were the pretext.”
pared to take in the lnterestlsfof his country. He demanded the right to choose his' own Ministers. and _receiv- ed assurances that satisfied' him. There were' signs that he would make every effort to clear up the political atmosphere before the reassembllng of the Duma. '
But what llas actually happened. in
llnsl:-ia during the last month? By ll. series of swift startling blows the “dark forces." so violently denounc- ed by Mr. Mllyukov last November, have regained the positions they _lost, and have suceceded in over- thlowing not only the Prime Minister, but even a Minister like Count dgns- tiev, whose honer-ty and devotion to dut'y had made him strong enough to maintain his position even during Mr. Stur-mer's regime, The first sign .of the reaction was the entrenchmont of Mr. Prowpopov in his position; lt was he who suppressed the meetings of the unions of the' Towne and Zefns- tva ill Mosww. Yet a few days later he was confirmed in his appointment as Minister of the interior, A.t the same time the resignation of Mr. Makarov, _Minister of Justice, was alu- nounced. Mr. Makarov had been chos- en by Mr. Tlepov as his right-hand man, l-le was not loved by the Duma. and has, for years past. been associat- ed' with the extreme Reactlonaries. but his resignation did him honour. It was due to a`re'fusal to counter- nland the' trial of that al*ch-intrigller. Manassevitcb-Mlanuilov, the private secretory of Mr. Sturmer, the corrupt agent of n corrupt system.
Mr. .\lllknro\j_ hos been replaced by
Mr. llollrovolaky, a man whom the llulnd will not listen to any more than
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in Russia is confirmed hero. lt -is
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como restless. The popula_t,ion‘ hela1'5F~3~I<I¥Ii;\°’§§al' Tl-L59' abdicillo- his mn* the Government responsible' for al-l'|S\lUl di ‘hN|1'I~".Th° "°"°'“U°“' 5°' "S mme,-i'ngs_ The-Goyornment °x.,cording_ to advices hcre. was by ele- pcctlilg trouble took measures on a Hivliisf 1" U10 UUH18 Bild army Mid CM- large scale in order to maintain order, l'|f‘-ll UU! WI'-I1 U10 ll\H"D0F/0 Ui' C108-fini; and among other things orde'red the Dui DY0-GGFDIHH Omclills-
dissolution of the Council of the Elll~', plre and the Duma. The Duma, how-'
over, on March llth, decided not to accept the lrmperial ukaz but to con- tinue its meetings. The Duma imme-- diateiy instituted an executive com-‘ mittee presided over by M. Rodzinn- ko, President oi' the Duma. That com- mittee declared itself to be a provi- sional Government and issued the following appeal: "Considering the difllcultlesregarding domestic trun- qulllty which are duo to the policy of the former government, the executive committee feels compelled. to take the public order in its own hands. Fully
.conscious of the responsibility aris-
ing from this decision the' conlrrnltteo expresses certainty that the people and the army will lend their aisle- tance for the difficult task of creating a new government which will accept the wishes of the eo le and enjoy
Some light is thrown on the Rus-
sian situation by the following, wllch appeared in "Tile New Europe," of February 2lld:--
“The war wlll_not wait." These
words are the key to -the' political situation- in ltussia, and are also strangely familiar to English ears. In England we are making every of- forl, the nation is capable of to or- ganise for victory, as we realize that we cannot simply muddle through ami drift into a victorious peace. Some months ago we thought we saw signs of a similar movclurnt in Rus- sia, and we hoped that the union sacrec in England and France. which has never been more emphatic than at the present moment. was finding similar expression with our Eastern All The Duma h d. in ll few days.
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their confidence. _ Iprecipltated' a poll ical crisis. and in
The executive committee rested lt- Mr. Trepov Russia had found a Prince
self upog the population of the capl-IMinlster whose one desire was to tal whlo was in fuill revolution and lead his country to victory. upon the army completdly united with| Unfortunately, Ml-_ Trepov was not the revdlutionlats. lt arrested all the' given a free hand. The changes that mlnietgi-s_-andsent them to ‘jall. The have been carried through with such Diililna diiolared that the ministeriallastonlslling vigour in England were cabi et no longer existed. impossible in Russia so long as the
Today, on the third day of the rev- principle of a "united Cabinet" was
olutioh the capital, where order is re- rejected. The Duma had demanded a
turning swiftly, is completely in the hands of the executive committee of tits nomo and of ine troops which garrilon Petrograd and numbered more than thirty thousand. which
nigga support the revolution.
put! llinglehnrd, Colonel of the
great gtllsral staff, has been appoint- ed collllllltlder by the committee. fes- tenlsy evening the committee issued a proc mation to the population. to
-lite tro=1s.'tlle railroads and the
banks, asking them to re.-limo their
Cabinet composed of Ministers enjoy- ing the confidence ofthe country; the Duma had openly denounced Mr. l’roiopopov‘ in the most scathing terms as ll Liberal regenude and the npholder of an intolerable sys-tem of government by provocation and ln- timidatlon. if Mr. Trepov were to co-operate with the Duma it was clear that the mst step must be tboellmlna- tion of Mr. Profopopov and all the “dark forces" that stood behind him.
it will to Mr. Protopopov. ,Count lglluliov. the lllost popular Minister in the Cabinet, has been Dilated by-.sl little-known reactionary. Mr. .Kulcblt- sky. while the energetic Pl‘ime..hl.infs~ ter, who had a definite programme alld the will to carry it through, has had to give place to a nlan who is a political noneutity. That Prince-Goiit» sin, with such il Cabinet, should co- operate with tbe, Duma and organise the 1,-olinily lol' vloiory is creariy im- possible. If the Duma had met on Junuslgv 25th. it would noon have inlltle this clear. The in;-me Wolllfl have been put before the country ill llnnllstakahle langtlage. _
(fan this continue indefinitely? The
people are* undoubtedly looking l~ou.lvl for hope and comfort, and the Army is' growing restive. its leaders are de- termined to win. for they know that the can win provided they l'0¢2W€ support from the rear. Matters can- not drift much longer: they canpot drift another month while the Govern- ment thinks out a new programme. There is nothing more fatal than de- lay sttlle present moment in Russia. and the shelving pf the Duma. for an- other mcnth is even wane than the diss-elution after a violent struggle.
The present revolt against the Ks”
stem of government in Russia is not confined to certain ibibofl-I parties. nor are the lefomms asked for during the war prompted by anyrdeq-irys' t0 extort ?`concessiqp._f`rom a embarrassed by.-the war. ‘- 0 _ H18 majority has been careful not to de-
'-mand any radical change in the Con-
,sfltullon of 1905;- the' reforms are mer- ely thc minimum that is necessary for the successful prosecution of the war. Liberals are willing to leave Constitutional questions till the end of the war; all they demand nowis a guarantee that the Govemment she-ll be in the hands of men that fyhogna- tlen can trust. -lt is the loya-lty._lh8 Liberal leaders to the wstcbflolde "Ali for the war," "All for victory." that has united the entire °f public opinion in Russia. Thevdecfggns of the Duma, the' Council of lim ro. and the United Nobiiity in fsV_0\lP_ Of a change of system. and the refhovsi of the "dark forces." the appearfncs or the well-known reactionary_~<,osd- er, Mr. Puriskevitch. as the" DQTIAN-IC advocate of reform, the asooplhi-|00 of men of the highest rank (limi-be murder of Rasputin. ure sufilciedtqlli- dications of-.-the attitude Ui U19, R03' sian nation towards the present poli-
tical chaos. in a. country wherarpirty feeling is extraordinarily acute. ,ib- erals and Resctlonafiss are united in a way hitherto undreamed of.
As Allies and well-winners of Rus-
sia, we hope that ti1is1;\nolii.h will not
be lost. We are not itical _ _ l- sans; we have no dssm to modtmrin Russian internal affairs. Russia- sions can work out her own salvation, and the will undoubtedly do so lib _gdlllt
of this war. But it is efltlal t she should' win the war, an we all _glee all our sympathy and support _td _asa in Russia who are l¥oter'fnfned_ to w-ln. even if drastic .c so 1 --con-
sidered necesenry. WI nyslle ~~ lo$y_ for writing openly 0 -_,; - l conditions in Russia. _ 5% e truth gives' no odenooto-~f _f Q; on the contrary. it is ,_ -- selves desire. ll.ussis't,l,fb_`acs'_ ..
[the war have been even qrol .-_ an
our own, and her rskdisess psf- tinue till final victory is v
(strong Atthes eti liirdl uul
,ties should hott igmid' in this country. ,f _ '_ "
It was this stop tha( Mr. Trepov pre-
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