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Show GEN. IIINDEH f PLANSCAMPAIGN Russians Receive News of De-' signs on PetrogTad With Little Fear. PETROGRAD, Sunday, March 25, via London. March 26. 11:16 a. m. The news that field Marshal von Hinder-1 burg was planning a campaign against Petrograd was received al the capital with little consternation, eoking rather rath-er a spirit of confidence in the loyalty of the troops and their ability to protect pro-tect the city. It is undeniable that during the first days following the revolution the extreme ex-treme radical and Socialist element aimed at taking advantage of the overthrow over-throw of the authority by sowing fur-J ther discontent among the working-! men and soldiers. The cloudy stat' ol mind of the peasant population, which, bewildered by tho new vista of free-dom free-dom and equality and having had little experience with liberty of any sort,! imagined that it meant relaxation of' every kind of authority and discipline, made the propapanda of the agitators easy at first. But the prompt meas-: ures taken by the government and ; duma delegations removed whatever j danger lay In that direction Army Will Be Loyal. Telegrams have been received from every portion of the front affirming that tho army can be relied upon to do Us utmost to defend the country. M. Rodzianko, president of the duma. received re-ceived a delegation from the army which declared: "All officers and soldiers will defend the duma to the last drop of their blood. They will faithfully obey the provisional government and will striko the Germans to the last man." Freedom from the censorship already al-ready has hnd a salutory effect in permitting per-mitting the truth to be published about thp new danger from a German attack without the usual accompaniment of extravagant rumors which in the past made news more alarming than tho truth itself. The result is that without minimizing tho danger to the country the press has accepted the declaration declara-tion of the minister of war quietly and without alarm. Tho Rech says, editorially: "It Is the people who are fighting the enemy and not the government Therefore, There-fore, hiding nothing from our readers, we say definitely and clearly that dancer dan-cer is threatening our northern front. The enemy Is preparing to crush our valiant army, which for two years has defended the roads to Petrograd. The Russian soldier understands better than ever before the importance of still resisting." The Russkla Volia says: "Russia a dn trial. Von Hlndenburg will try to realize his old dream of a move upon Petrograd. The army and people are facing a teat which will become be-come historical. Results can only come from an honest desire in the hearts of (he Russian people for victory." |