Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 16, 1917, Page 1

Result of a Successful Termination of a Rtv_pit Bureaucracy and German Intrigue DUKE MICHAEL ALEXANDROVITCH _REGE! - ‘ork- men as a Protest Against Shortage of Bread—Regiment Arsenals—There Were Three Days of Battles in the Streets of Petrograd—Imperal Palace Was in a State of Siege—Order Was Soon Restored After the Leaders of N"qui.quvme&m&fhcm. : The emperor of Russia has abdicated and Grand Duke Michael Alexandro- vitch, his younger brother, has been named as regent. The Russian minis. office. _One minister, Alexander .Pro- topopoff, head of the interior depart- ment, is reported to have been killed, and the other ministers, as well as the president of the imperial council, are under arrest. # A new national cabinet is announced with Prince Lyvoft as president of the council and Premier, and the other offices held by the men who gre close to_the Russian people. For several days Petrograd has been the scene of one of the most remark- able risings in history. Beginming with minor food riots and labor strikes, the cry for food reached the he of the soldiers, and one by one ments rebelled, until finally those troops which had for a time stood foyal to the government gathered up Mheir arms and marched into the ranks of the revolutionists. New National Cabinet. The between the factions. The the revolutionary side rods o the posing ranks and exhorted them Join the side of the people. For Wwhile the result seemed to hang i the balance. The troops appeared ir- resolute. Volleys Were Exchanged. finally over to join the revolutionists.” A few hours after the first clash this entire section of Petrograd, in which are located the Duma. builaing, artillery headquarters and the chief 1 ‘pass- ed into the hands of the revolutionary forces and the warfare swept Ike a (n}l;nndo'hw other parts of the city, Whero the scene was duplicated. .of the eity, still e ol Fro- fessor Maniloff of Moscow University. Minister of War and Navy, ad in- terim-—A. J. Guchkoff, formerly presi- dent of the Duma. ‘Min of Agriculture—M. Ichin- o inister a? T Tereschten: Ko, deputy from Kiev. ST Minister of Justice—Deputy Keren- ski, of Saratoff. 4 Minister of Communieations—N. V. Nekrasoff, vice-president of the Duna. Controlier of State—M. Godns: Duma Opposed Dissolution. The president of the Duma, Michael V. Rodzianko, was the leading figure %m deputies, who unanimously a to oppose ihe imperial order for a dissolution of the house. They continued their sessions and M. Rodzi- anko informued the emperor, then at the front, that the hour had struck when the will of the people must pre- .vail. Bven the mperial council re- 2iized the gravity of the situation and added its appeal to of the Duma that the emperor hotid take steps to e the people a policy and govern- et T dioraance Wik thelr "deetres and in order that there should be mo interference with carrying-on the: war to @ victorious ending. Emperor Was Surprised. The emperor hastened back from the mnwwflnd that the revolution bad successtaf press, who, it is alleged, has been in. fAuential in the councils opposed to the wishes of the people, is reported to aaye fled or to be in hiding. Although considerable fighting took place, it is not believed that the casu- Vities are large. Travesting on Revolution. The early period of the uprising bore the character rather of a mock revolu- tion staged for an immense audience. Cosscks chrging down the street did 50 in a haif-hearted fashion, plainiy ~ without malice or intent to harm ‘the crowds which they playfully dispersed. The troops exchanged ‘natured raillery with the ingmen and women, and as they rode by Wwere cheered by the populace. 5 Lang lines of soldiers were stat in dramatic tudes across Prospect, with their guns »mi:-u at in realistic tabl R o only to lqo:nh&mtflnch'h a endous ' theatrical prodution, which was using the whole city as a - 15. — Charles ., 58 years old and sin- and ‘architect with offices on Fifth avenue, New York, died at the humn‘otm.ngt‘harhmllgdlx He was a member of Company D, Seventh regiment, N. G., §. N. Y., and of sev- eral New York clubs. ' Besides his BoGee B h:‘velldlhr. He was e_designer the esigner of many large buildings Edward Gilbert Dickson. March 15.—Ed- ward Gilbert Dickson, 75, a retired lothier of m&m N. ¥, died at . _He had wid social connections i:fl(hcl:mmn p;me m?mom ss Mae Living- ston of v."and o daughter, Mrd orge Quackenbush of Belle Haven, George H. Frost. N. J., March 15.—George founder’ of the Bpgineering at his home here tonight & stroke of apoplexy. He was ad of the Courier-News Publishing 'y of this city. Mr. Frost was 76 years of age. He is survived by. four sons. charred ruins of the jail, which are still pouring a cloud of smoke skyward and here and there the remdins of other - police institutions and the homes of the few individuals who were ice last night from the roofs of the wrecked Astoria Military Hotel Streots Swept by Steady Fusillade. ‘While the council sat in the last o e Yol the B sul and mw;venoum poured rifle- e ours _the 2 day centin g‘““f" cuid.?‘;: swept. 2 steady fusiliade. crowas seattered for tive ne shelter: some of the people being co led to spent the t_in court or corridors of ‘buildings, ‘or wherever they first found refuge. Troops Join Revolutionists. Towards morning there was a sud- den Iull, broken by exultant shouts, wllchedt:‘eiopl;ulag’ into a roar and was P v the Russtan revolution- v rfiments de. fending the admiralty had surrendered ond zone over to the side of the rev- olutionists. i The mini: n lfinna?nx ',1‘;?:?. u:'fl.a B ussian national were b ne red fag of hy Tevohuoniste Although sporadic fighting contin- ued between unti] Wea- nesday the “cause of the peopie” haa GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. Toliing How Government Was Over- rown By Lm« the Duma. Petrograd, March 15, via London, 7.43 p. m.—After three days of battle Tt o e evanition: wWan saes c effected in Petrograd. Events Leading Up to Revolution Events leading up to the revolution began & Wesk sku with oineet demon ltr:{losllol ‘working wor Fhe gt tw of bread. and St. Isaac’s Cathedral, facing on two sides of the same square. They ‘were soon silenced by the sharpshoot- ers of the new authority. Order Speedily Restored. ‘With the re-opening of bread, sugar, tea and meat shops, queues of women with shopping bags and baskets lined UD often to the length of a block to replenisli stores exhausted by the lovg slege. The most phenomenal feature of the revolution has been the svrift and orderly transition whereby the control of the city passed from the regime of the old government into the hands of its o&ponent& Until Sunday disorders in e streets which never oot bevond auiet gatherings or mild dem. ons, could not perly termed a revolution at all. = ; 36 Hours of Street Fighting. After thirty-six hours of continuous street fighting the whole area of Pet- rograd was on ¥y noon in the bands of the revolutionists. Regi- nents called out to disperse street crowds were clamoring for bread, re- fused to fire upon the people, but mutined, sl officers in many cases, and joined the swelling ranks of the insurgents. With the exception of a Finnish regiment, which took po session of the admiralty building on the Neva, and kept up & desultory rifle. and machinery gun fire, the Inst regiments to remain loyal to the gov- ernment had capitulated after 2 s tained battle on the Morskaya, aad offered no further resistance to the revolutionists who controlled the en- city. The police had he streets, which were patrolled by_automobiles packed with soldlers and students and were wildly cheered by the crowds as they sped by. Government ©verthrown By Duma Leaders. » The government was declared to be guerthroyn by the Duma leaders, who ‘the Maveritchisky Palace after Turing Point Monday. ; On Monday, which was the turni ernment. troops of mutineers, all, the s, fagtor- Dattle cruisers, whose Tesent about $76,000,000 sum involved in today’s contracts. A fifth battle cruiser will be built at the Philadelphia navy vard so as not facilities at the ernment, making it unnecessary for the president to consider empioying authority to commandeer plants. New Types of Warships Both classes of crulsers ordered to- day are new types to naval architec. ure and are designed a speed 35_knots an hour. . The Soouts mers swarded . ou_ bids submi vesterday, prices ranging from $5,950,000 to. 35,996,000 and stipu- Jated time of delivery from 30 to 32 months. These can be * mo Zuide to the actual cost or time, how- ever, as under the emergency clause of the naval appropriation bill con- struction will be hastened to the lim- it, the government footing the bill for additional cost. Battle - Cruisers. The battle » the - fixed limit 1 per. P €x- or Ship- one ship; New Company one ship. ‘With the exception of the New York ‘company, private builder will have to ‘install new ways and ma- chinery for the lruge craft. The gov- ernment - will bear its fare -share of this expense. Already an appropria- | e fited“im'mmht'm Philadeiph expen o _equ ia. Tard for capital ShipbUNGIng. Scout Cruisers. Four of the scout cruisers will be built on ;Ifl“ two Seattle g MM “y.B’ lt.:l: two by the Union Iron Works at San Buit oy Vwilliam Ceamp and, Sens, of ui camp of Philadelphia. Cramps and the Union Iron Works may be called upon also to build a number of Torizad by the last naval svp the naval = tion bill, the dlmt.b l‘:.lpnni:t Lo construct many craft of type under the small boat emergency fund. Dreadnaughts’ and Submarines. . Of the authorized bufiding program there remain to be contracted for three dreadnoughts, 38 submarines, ‘the fifteen destroyers and several aux- iliary vessols. Bids will be opened early in April ontthese craft and at the same time will be placed for more than 100 coast patrol %l).il. A committee of small boat builders al. ready has approved the plans for these craft which will be of high speed and 110 feet in length, insuring S0od sea- going qualities. The uitimate cost to the government of the ships ordered today will exceed by many millions the figures given for hull and machinery. It - will - cost {:‘5,6’2 Er fl'l’b,;?“m and equip e 'scouts an ,810 “additional for each battle crulser. Ordés to be Distributed. ipbuiiders ' having ‘made fi- nancial MRt 1o o e aon ernment's needs, Secretary Dantels is seeking similar agreements with the contractors who supply material and equipment to !: in the ships. The orders will be distributed among the contractors so that no one w-epany will be unduly burdened. In adartton, through conferences now in progress, it s hoped to secure an agreement under ‘which a flat rate of profit will Db fixed on these materfais and gov: ernment orders be assured first con- sideration. The plans for three.42,000 ton dread- noughts ars not completed. At least two, possibly all three, will have to go to government yards, although that point has not been. finally. decided. The as the private with the work be them. retary Daniels. B i fga? g H E ] éé;g & 1 Make Important Gair IN TNI.I'ICTOR BETWEEN PE- RONNE AND BAPAUME FRONT OF 2!, MILES Have Occupied Trenches South of the St. Pierre-Vaast Wood—Germans Have Entered British Tremghes Near Arras. London, March 16, 10:12 p. m— Another important gain has been made by the British troops between Per- ronne and Bapaume, according to the officials ‘statoment issued tonight. Trenches on a front of two and a half miles, running from the south of the St. Plerre-Vaast Wood to the north-of the village of 1, have been oc- cupted. Southeast of Arras the Germans en- tered British trenches. PRESIDENT AMAZED BY PORTENDING RAILROAD STRIKE Was Confident That Some Agreement Would be Reached. ‘Washington, March 15—Word that a general railroad strike had been ord- ered to begin Saturday night was re- celved by President Wilson tonight with amazement. He had confident- Iy expected that the meeting between the railroad and brotherhood repre- sentatives in New York would result In some agreement that would pre- vent interference with transportation facilities at leaat while the nation is on_the verge of war. No statement was authorized by the White House and all officials profess- ed to be ignorant of what the presi- dent intended to do. Some thought that, baving appeaied again and agafn to both sides to adjust their dif- ference there was no step left for him ‘take. Others believed he cer- tainly would make some move befors the hour eet for the strike. The president s known to regard a strike as inconceivable in view of the international crisis, the already con- gested condition of freight trafic and the ever-rising cost of food. Appar- ently, however, he feels he is virtually powerless unless it becomes necessary for him to adopt meaeures to keep tbe ‘mails movin; 4 After a ione conference with he labor depart- no move tonight. LAW ASKS BRITONS FOR $320,000,000 MORE. Supplementary Vote of Credit Intro- _duced in Parliament By Chancellor. London, March 15.—Andrew Bonar Law, chancelior of the exchequer to- day introduted in the oHuse of Com- mons a supplementary vote of crelit for $320,000,000 for the current year. The chancellor said this brought the total vote for the year to $10,050,000,- 000, and since the war began to $18, 960,000,000, Mr. Bonar Law said it came as a disagreeable surprise to him that the $1,000,000,000 voted Feb. 12, was not sufficient to carry on to the end of the In|financial year. He said $90,000,000 were required for wheat from Australia, for advances to Great Britain's allices and her domin- lons, and the balance for additional expenditure on munitions. The Treasury, said the Chancellor, had expected the $90,000,000 for wheat from Australia would be paid in_ the next financial year. The other item of $115,000,000 for advances to Great Britain’s ailies and the Dominions did not mean that such advances were going to be on a larger scale than had been anticipated. It was simply a question of paying- the money now in- stead of taking it out of the vote of credit for the next financial year. The balance of $115,000,000 had to do with munitions and the requirements of the shipping controller in the ac- quisition of additional vessels. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO SELL STOLEN POSTAGE STAMPS. Dan. H. Russell, a Prominent Lous- ville Man, Placed Under Arrest. Louisville, Ky, March 15.—Dan. H. Russell, president of the Louisville Distilling Company, prominent lodge man and widely known in Kentucky, was placed under arrest here today on a federal indictment charging him with knowingly receiving stolen prop- erty. The arrest was made, postoffice in spectors assert, in connection with an alleged conspiracy to buy and sell stolen postage stamps. According to the inspectors, Louisville has been the headquarters of those said to have been connected With it. They esti- mate that within the past few years the government has lost $i0,000 through its operation and that stamps obtained in an unlawful manner have been sent here for sale from points as_far away as Georgla, Louisiana H . Bronger and his son August, and Henry J. Hofendorfer. a all of Louisville, have been it was disclosed today, in connection with the: project. ‘According to postoffice _ inspectors, many transactions have been traced to Grongers, who are said to have Standard Oil Co. of Louisiuna 15 of heavy Caddo on Norwegian. ships from the United States to Not- way is to be resumed. Thirteen British vessels of more than 1,600 tons were sunk during the week ending March 11. The Indian Government has prohib- ited labor emigration from India ex- cept to Ceylon and Malay States. The Third Pennsylvania Field Ar- tillery left El1 Paso for Sunbury and ‘Wilkes-Barre, Pa., for demobilization. William Francis Sheshan, Demo- national committeeman and cartic former Lieutenant-Governor of New York, is dead. The Missouri Senate has passed the bill ‘submitting a prohibition consti- tutional amendment to the voters in the 1918 Military authorities at St. John's N. B, received word that Canada is about ot recruit a unit of Serbians to num- ber from 1,000 to 1,500. Patrick Henry Callahan, of Louie- ville, offered an appointment by Pie: ident Wilson to the Federal Tariff Commission, has declined. R Six men were killed in an explosion which demolished the solvent factory at the Howard plant of the Aetna’ Ex- plosives Co. at Emporium, Pa. Neison Judd, convicted of violation of the narcotic drug law and given four years at Atlanta, filed an appeal in the federal court at New Haven. Directors of the reorganized Inter- nationa] Mercantile Marine company today declared an initial dividend of 3 per cent. on the preferred stock. John Regan has been denied privi- leges of the Cuban-American Jockey Club. - “Conduct detrimental to the best interests of racing” was the cavre. Samuel Pasco, former United State Senator from Florida, and a member of the Democratic Nafional Commitiee from 1880 to 1900, died at Tampa, Fla. relations with Germany and providing for arming American merchant ships was indorsed by the Women’s Repub- Ican Club. Twelve potato dealers from Aroos- took county, Me., arrived at Boston to give testimony before the Federal Grand Jury at its inquiry into the hig! cost of foodstuffs. A The British Government has received| formal cation from the State De- partment at Washington of the deci- sion to place armed guards on Amer- ican merchantmen. Hollahd has protested to Great ain against detention in British ror'_- of more than a dozen steamships load- ed with foodstuffs and suppli for the Dutch swlnmment.z The Senate Naval Affairs Committee ordered a favorable report on the nom- ination of Dr. Cary T. Grayson to be Medieal Director of the Navy with the rank of Rear-Admiral. Governor Edge of New Jersey an- nounced that the states of New Ycrk and New Jersey have agreed upon a co-operation plan for the developmert of the port of New York. Representatives of 40,000 Alabama ‘Woodmen of the World, in convention at Dothan, Ala., unanimously pledzed their loyaity and support to President ‘Wilson in the international crisis. Fifty thousand dollars is to be rais- ed in Chicago by public subscription to provide uniforms for high school ca- dets ,under a scheme adopted by the Chicago Association of Commerce. Heraings on transportation prob- lems suspended during the last session of Cony will be resumed in Wash- Tagton. March 19, by the Newlands joint Congressional committee on In- terstate Commerce. Thirty thousand public houses in Great Britain ill probably be closed during the next few months. ‘The. ‘measure is proposed as a solution of the difficulty arising from the compul- sory restrictign of the beer output Former Senhtor William E. Chilton of West Virginia, who was defeated for reelection to the United States Senate by Howard Sutherland, filed with the Senate a formal request for a senatorial investigation of the elec- tion., . Editors of New Hampshire news- papers have been asked to join the New Hampshire League for National Defence in its arrangement for pre- paring the State for its part in the meneral plan of adequate national de- fence. Ambassador Elkus has informed the State Department that at his request Turkey has again sought from Berlin and Vienna safe conduct for the Amer- jcan cruiser Des Mones and the collier. Caesar now at Alexandria Egypt to Jafta and Beirut. GRAYSON NOMINATION 1S CONFIRMED BY SENATE. an Becomes a Rear Ad- ent Wilson’s Physi Director and for Ottawa, | | lnmrvonfhuby Pfocildkl ' leson Apparently Only fli';‘yqfiavlt»wmvert Strike STRIKE AS PLANNED OF “PROGRESSIVE” NATU terday Afternoon. March between New York, confererice brotherhood chiefs and manage; Journed at 5.15 o'clock with the an- nouncement from W. G. Lee of the brotherhoods, that there would not be another conference. He refused to say at this time what action had -been taken. ; 16.—The joint the iroad ad- A “Progressive Strike.” A “progressive strike” of the 400,080 members of the four grea: rallroad brotherhoods, te begin at six o'clock (centra]l time) . Saturday’ on eastern roads, was ordered here late today. The walkout will extend to all the railroads in the country within five days. Chiefs of the workmen’s organs izations set the machinery in motion within a few minutes after an ulti- matom delivered to the conference committee of railroad managers had been rejected. A compromise propo- sal offered by the managers was de- clined without debate. 3 Only Intervention by President "Wilson Can Avert Strike. Only successtul intervention - hy Bresident Wilson, it appeared tonight, can avert a strike. The brotherhood leaders gave no indication that even an appeal from the- nation's chief scutive” can_change their 'purposs 1o obtain a basic-eight hour rata’ tinfe for overtime through the use of the “protective feature” of their or- €anization: They -refused atly . to submit their case to the eight hagir commission beadea by Major General George W. Goethals or to await:the decision of the supreme court on the onstitutionality of the Adamson law. A Definite Program Arranged. A definite programme for.a “pro- gressive strike” of freight yard men and engine hostlers, it was learned, was submitted to the rallroad manm: gers by the brotherhood chiefs. The strike will begin, it was declared, at 6 P. ‘entral Time, Saturday, March 17, on the Now York Central lines east and west, the Nickel Plate. Baitimore and_Ohio, in the vards of the elghteen roads in Chicago_represented by the Brotherhoodof - Railroad Trainmen'n switching committee, in the vards of the St. Lout# Terminal Railroad As- sociation and in the Merchants Bridge and Wiggins “Ferry yard. The strike will extend on Sunday afternoon to the following road: Group of Northwestern roads. South- ern Rallwa. orfolk and -Western, Virginian and Chescpeake and Ohlo. The time when the walkout will ex- tend to the other lines was uncertain it was. said, but the men will be call out in groups every ewelve or tweni tour hours. ] Those First to Strike. Freight employes, vard men and ‘en< gine hostlers on the New York Cef: tral lines, cast and west, the Niekel Plate and Baitimore and Ohio. rai- roads, and in the great:vards fn Chi- cago and St. Louis, will be the fivet to leave thelr posts. They Wil bs followed on Sunday by - the same classes of workmen on_the Southern Railway, the Norfolk and Western, the Virginian, Chesapevke ‘and Ohfo and on a group of northwestern roads. Freight Yard Men and Engine Hostlers Are to be Called Saturday Evening—Should That Not Prove Effec in Forcing a Surrender by Railroads the Employes Passennger Trains Will be Ordered Out Wednesds Announcement Made After Brotherhood Chiefs and | agers Had Failed to Come to Terms at a Conference No formal outline of the hoods’ programme, beyond for these®two d: was to the managers o the was sald, however, that employes on the other country would be called at 12 or 24 hour inter day. Extends to P: nger Service nesday. It the paralysis of thus caused does no render by the railrc time, - the employes on trains will be ordered The railroad managers s they expected that men would_remair them to operate a s most roads. The ma ago caused a cen to be taken to would refuse to go on sulted, it was said, in Centages, ranging from o some roads to from 50 t on others. The managers estimated tween 30,000 and 40,000 mer ploves on the roads on strike s to begin Seturda Statement of Manager ¢ members of the mar mittee_will remain here row. If the men ask anotl ence it will be granted they would make every effe erute thelr roads in spite of t Preference will be given to ments of trains carryin When the managers, ter-proposition at the tous conference, offere any decree of the Goetha sion if the Adamson act we unconstitutional, W. of the Brotherhood of Ral men, spokesman for the e vlared: “That would be only a of arbitration and ou n and tired of arbitration.” Confention of Brothert The brotherhood ch! demand for the ba for all classes of work time for overtime, wc only what they would provisions of the have abandoned their for time and a half fo; . Declaring_that the brotherhood come impatient and wo! further delay in enforcing mands, Mr. Lee said court might adjourn with ing down a decision on th Act. ' In that event, he d would be no decision unt ter and the men would n Mansgers Return Ultim The managers’ al ¢ with the ultin hoods was based on that they must “await the decision of the suprem. the Adamson act. The: Com membersh um (Continued on Page Two—8 THREAT TO INTIMIDATE ARMED .GUARDS ON SHIPS Says American Gunners Should Let Submarine Have First Shot. Berne, Switzeriand, via Paris, March 15, 9.4 p. m.—The crews of armed American merchantmen who venture to fire _upon German submarines before a state of war exists between the Unit- ed, States: and Gefmany must expect to’ meet the fate of Captain Fryatt, warns the Muenchner Neueste Nach- richten, a_copy of which has reacifed Berne, in commenting o the announc ment 'of the’ state department ~ that American merchantmen will be armed. The Captain Fryatt referred to In the above despatch was Captain Oharles Fryatt of the Great Eastern Railway steamer Brussels. He . was tried before a German naval® court- martial in July, 1916, and septencesl to déath on a charge that he had at- tempted to'ram the German submfarine ‘Washington, March 15.—Dr. Cary T. Grayson, President Wilson's naval ajde and physician, was confirmed by the Senate today as medical director and rear admiral in the navy after a long fight against him by republican ‘sena- tors. A motion-to put Grayson’s name at the foot of a list of 1,800 other nom- inations has been beaten, 35 to 28. The vote on confirmation was 37 to 26, republicans lining up solidly against Dr. Grayson, but no democrats support- ing them. The confirmation has bean fought for several months and failed at the last session of Congress. Re- Publican senators who opposed it Je- clared they had no personal objectio to Grayson, but contended he was n high | entitied to be jumped over 127 other officers. Empress of Russia Placed Under Guard March 16, 2. m.—A Pe- m—nuh to' the Daily Chroni- dated Wednesday, says the Em- has been e U-33. The sentence of the Eourt- martial was executed L) GERARD MAKES PERSONAL | REPORT TO PRESIDENT WILSON Believes Germany Has Staked Every- thing on Subsea Campaign. ‘Washington, March 15—A ' perdonal report on conditions in Germany. agd the events leading up to the break he- tween that country and the Urited States was made to President Whson today by Jamss W. Gerard, fofmer American ambassador to Berlin. (Aft- erward it was learned that theres was nothing in the report to change the situation from the viewpoint of th: United States. The former tmbassador- expressed his bellef that Germany is staking ev- erything on her submarine campaign an dthat faflure of this would bright- en the prospects for peace. P e feshs 2 A Fourtesn ‘blocks of the town of Ko- komo, Indiana, have been destroyed by i COMPLETE VICTORY FOR ANTI-GERMAN SENT How Overthrow of Russian A cy is Regarded in Washin ‘Washington, March throw of the Russian a accepted In all g complete victory for t sentiment in the empire, re tually all chance of drawn away from he {#tand what the separate peace. The sensation created of the successful revolut tng out of the mink of pro-Germans was another more profound despatches announced the of Emperor Nichol T tlon was not_wholly before noon today the ment received meagre offi mation about it from Petros the abdication of the emper ed_both official dnd diplom cles. 1t has been gssumed that | the bellef that the empero ed by his German wife ar tonic_advisors, was not w Iy supporting his ailies, he permitted to coatinue nomina head of the new government. officials nor diplomats co revolution éxpected to accomplish by & crown. According to one formed diplomat, the chael Alexandrovitch, proc gent, has been a pitter pe nist of the emperor refused to recognize hi t0'a’ divorcee some years ag usual Grand Senate Discussed Colombian Tt ‘Washington, March T talked for three hours behind doors. about - the Colombiar without reaching a vote. Sev ntors are expected to speak tom and after they have concluded be an agreement for actior