Show Soviet Observes Anniversary of F all of Cz Czar r Siberian Vets Who Suffered Suffered Suf- Suf in Exile in Arctic Prisons Are Principal Heroes of Occasion MOSCOW March 12 United Press Soviet Russia's year ot of decennial decennial de- de celebrations celebrations' began beg today with the observance of of t Ilie he tenth anniversary anniversary an- an ot of the dethronement of Czar Nicholas II who abdicated on March 12 1917 Though his retirement preceding his death by sixteen months marked the end vf autocracy It did not result at once In the beginning ot of the bolshevist government which is now In power Toda Today's s 's observance vance therefore Is not actively sponsored by the government which will concentrate Its attention on next November 7 7 when Its first ten years of existence will be celebrated cele- cele The Siberian veterans who suffered suffered suf- suf exile in the Arctic prisons ot of the czars were the principal heroes toda today Their own organization the tho Association ot of Former Siberian Political Political Po- Po Prisoners had charge of the festive arrangements which were wele simple and centered about a great meeting for tor speeches Practically all the present leaders are members ot of the association having been exIled ex- ex lied to Siberia some of them many times and of them having also made dramatic escapes from the Icebound prisons I It was Alexander Kerensky set up a government to take control from flom th the e faltering hand of Czar II ten years ago today Kerensky and his Social DemocratIc Democrat Democrat- Ic government yielded to the sweep of the revolution under Lenin In October of the same year The changed the calendar calendar cal cal- when they held power adoptIng adopt adopt- lag Ing the universal calendar and abandoning the old Russian calen- calen dar Under the old cal calendar the czars czar's o e overthrow throw occurred In February February Feb Feb- and Is call called d the February revolution though It i h celebrated In March now Similarly the so- so called October bolshevik revolution Is celebrated in November |