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Show CZAR OF RUSSIA ABDICATES THRONE AFTER REVOLUTION Grand Duke Michael Who Was Made Regent Also Quits-Monarchy Quits-Monarchy Is Abolished. ROMANOFF DYNASTY ENCS; 503 PERSONS ARE SLAIN Anti-Cormnn Party in Complete Control Con-trol of the Situation Troops Join Revolutionists and Refuse to Fire on Mo to Two High Officials Reported to Have Deen Killed. 1VIi'..lt;mI. jr.-ir.-h 1'.).- Cznr Nirh-nil' Nirh-nil' II has ; j 1 , I j . : i t - i 1 1 1 throne di' Jills.-.lll, hnth I,,,- hi:i(S'-lf il 111 I till' . lui-h,- yriu-.ilil fy.iir.-uh-h. Cntii'l ' Urollirr, uln Ii.-i.I Imtii ilr.-id.-il upon I'lll.i- .Mirluii-I Ali-xafnlr.ivili-li. his originally I" be- regent, also has abdicated. abdi-cated. This mils ill,, dynasty of I he t'uinnn-otl's, t'uinnn-otl's, i:ns-ia n,,v Is vii-l unlly a republic. Monarchy Is Abolished. The cm. cul i c i ri 1 1 i i ! 1 of the iliinia Issued a manifesto slating thai II". government ,,f Knssia will 1. handled han-dled fur lliivc iiioiiihs l,y a ( tin mil t i'c (if twelve. J.'mi- ihi' I init' being, it is slated, the iimiinnliy has been abolished. abol-ished. ( 'imiii. -its .if ii.ihiliiy in licteoii provinces have indorsed Ihi; rcvolu-' rcvolu-' fionary j,'.ivcnniii. Tin' Kussian miiiisiry, charged with . cnrrup.tion and i neoinpetence, has been swept mil cf cilice. ( One minister', Alexander I'rotopopolT, ., head of llie inleriiji- department, is re-ported' re-ported' to have been killed, and the oth-'- Or ministers, as well us the president " of the imperial council, are under ar- rust. . ivew (.aoinet Announced. -. o, Aiiiew, national cabinet s announced, ". with I'rinee Lyolf us president of the Council and premier, and the other of-. of-. ..'Hys held'hy the men who are close to ... the Kussian pewple. For sev'ohil days Petrograd hits been '"'the scene of one of die most reiuark-' reiuark-' able risings ii) history. P,oginning with ';-' minor loo'il ri.ats and labor strikes, the cry for food reached the hearts of the . .. soldiers, and one by one the regiments repelled,, until finally those troops that ... had for a lime stood loyal to the gov-eminent, gov-eminent, took up their arms ' jtnd inarched into the ranks of the revolutionists. revolu-tionists. The members of the new national cabinet are announced as follows: I'l-cmier, president of the council and minisler of the interior, Prince Georges 10. Lvoff. Foreign minister, Prof. Paul N. Mil-hikolr. Mil-hikolr. w .Minister of public instruction, Professor Pro-fessor ManuilolT of Moscow university. Minister of war and navy, ad interim, inter-im, A. J. (luchkoli, formerly president of the dunia. Minister of agriculture, M. Iehiu-garell'. Iehiu-garell'. deputy from Petrograd. Minister of finance, M. Tereschtenko, deputy from Kiev. ' Minister of justice. Deputy Kerenski of Sftratolt. Minister of communications, N. V. Kekrasolf, vice president of the dunia. Controiler of state, M. Godneff, deputy dep-uty from Kazan. Hits Pro-German Acts. -.. ,. With Czar Nicholas' reign at an end It is believed the pro-German element , . In the inner court ' circles lias been " ' q'uiefed permanently. The entire Kussian population recently re-cently bad conic to the conclusion that this element and the government were doiug'everything in their poVer to interfere in-terfere with the proper conduct of the " war and bring about a separate peace. For several days Petrograd has been the scene of one of the most remark-... remark-... able risings in history. Beginning with minor food riots and : ' ' labor strikes, the cry-for food reached the hearts of the soldiers, and one by one the regimetys rebelled, until finally ; those troops that had for a time stood loyal to the government took up their arms and marched into the ranks of the revolutionists. .Although considerable fighting took place, it is not believed the casualties are large probably not exceeding 500. Last Monday morning the government govern-ment troops appeared to control all the - principal squares of the city. Then came a period when it was impossible to distinguish one side from the other. There was no definite line between the factions. The turning point appeared to come about three o'clock in the afternoon. aft-ernoon. For two hours the opposing regiments passively confronted each other uTong the wide Lirenie Prospekt in almost complete silence. Suddenly a few volleys were exchanged: ex-changed: there was another period of silent suspense, and the government j regiments finally inarched over to join ' the revolutionists. I A few hours after the first clash this -pt hi:..' a tenia. lo to o'h.-r parts Of rh- city, win-re the S..-.-U.; was dupll-cai.-d. At fir-it it s,.,.,,,,.,i a miracle that the p-vol ur ion; -n, uiilciir pre-arranged plan. ui. I,., in !-a-'. r-liip or organiza-j organiza-j ti.'ii, coiiir! in s'l.-li a short rime with j c. in, pa ra i i ., ,. ,.ri. a.-hicve a complete victory over ihe goi eminent. Put the explanai ion lay in lie- reluctance of the troops p. ial:e sides against the people and their prompt de-ertion to Ihe ranks of U, ho opposed the n"Vl-nilli.'l. . Streets re Deserted, 'fin- sc.-n... in i;,e stn-cts were by this lime remarkable, 'the wide thor- ! OUL'ill'alVS Where C troops Were Slll-th.lied Slll-th.lied Were completely descried by Chilians except for a few daring individuals, in-dividuals, wlio, creeping along walls and ducking into courtyards, sped from one side t,, the other. Put the side streets were clinked j wiih I pie. Groups of students, easily eas-ily disiingiiislicd by their blue caps and dark uniforms, fell into step with rough units of rebel soldiers and were joined by other heterogeneous elements united for the time being by a cause greater hull partisan differences.' l'nl:einpt workmen, with ragged sheepskin coats covering the conventional conven-tional peasants' costume of dark blouse and top ho. .Is. strode side by side with well-groomed city clerks and shopkeepers. shopkeep-ers. This strange army of people, mustered mus-tered on the sireel corners, shouldered their newly acquired rilles and marched out to join the ranks of t lie deserting regiments. Put Up Last Stand. At nightfall only one small district of tlie city, containing the war otlice, the admiralty buildings, St. Isaac's cathedral, and Ihe Military, hotel, still resisted the onslaught of the revolutionary revolu-tionary forces, and the battle for the possession of Pelrograd came to a dramatic dra-matic conclusion. entire section of Petrograd, in which are located the dunia building, artillery headquarters, and the chief military barracks, passed into the bands of the revolutionary forces ;ind the warfare While the council sat in tlie last meet in.' thai Ihev were destined to hold the building was surrounded and the besiegers poured rifle and machine gun fire upon the defenders. For a few hours the fiercest battle of tlie day continued; the streets were swept by a steady fusillade, and the crowds scattered for the nearest shelter, shel-ter, some of the people being compelled com-pelled to spend the night in courtyards or corridors of ollice buildings or Wher- ever they first found refuge. Last of Troops Surrender. Toward morning there was a sudden lull, broken by exultant shouts, which deepened into a roar and was succeeded suc-ceeded by the Russian revolutionary "Marseillaise." The regiments defending defend-ing the admiralty had surrendered and gone oyer to the side of the revolutionists. revo-lutionists. Tlie ministers t'n the admiralty building were then arrested and the Russian national colors were re-' placed by the red flag of the revolutionists. revolu-tionists. Although sporadic fighting continued between small groups until Wednesday, the "cause of the people had triumphed. tri-umphed. It was on Sunday. March 11, that the dunia wis dissolved by imperial order, the ukase reading as follows' "The sittings of the duma are adjourned ad-journed owing .o extraordinary circumstances cir-cumstances until further notice. - They will be resumed not later than April." On Monday the ukase was read to the duma in regular session. On adjournment ad-journment the duma leaders, presided over by President Itodzianko, declared de-clared the government overthrown, and that a special committee, composed of the leaders of the various parties in tlie duma would submit a list of names for the now cabinet. Resume of Developments. On Tuesday revolutionary bulletins appeared in tlie streets with tlie simple sim-ple caption, "News." containing a resume re-sume of the developments. They were eagerly 'ead by all classes. Itodzian-k-Vs telegrams to the emperor and others oth-ers to the commanders of - the troops at the- front were reproduced. The first message to the emperor was as follows : "The situation is grave. Anarchy reigns in the capital. The government is paralyzed. The transport of provisions provi-sions and fuel is completely disorganized. disorgan-ized. General dissatisfaction is growing. grow-ing. Irregular rille firing is occurring in the streets. It is necessary to charge immediately some person trusted trust-ed by the people to form a new government. gov-ernment. It is impossible to linger, since debts means death. Praying God that the responsibility in this hour will not fall upon a crowned head." Kronstadt Joins Revolt. London. March 16. Telegraphing from Petrograd Wednesday. Renter's correspondent says Kronstadt, the fortress and great naval station at the head of the Gulf of Finland. 20 miles wesj of Petrograd. has joined the revolutionary revo-lutionary movement. Two deputies. Pepelauff and Taskiue. on instructions from the duma committee, proceeded to Kronstadt. where the troops placed themselves at the disposal of the duma. |