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BY TWELLS BREX.

For the first time in your life you are face to face with ultimate issues For all you know this may be the last day of your life. What have you done with your life What__________

At this moment hostile arcraft pass overhead and the Pekingese dog barks and growls angrily.

"ONE OF OUR MEN IS MISSING"

WHAT IT MEANS.

When a raid begins and we all sitede together in my auburban bouse a very Beveral times within the last few solemn feeling assails me.

months the British communique has con- I review my past life; I open the captained the statement: Last night board of my conscience; I lug out the German raiding party attacked one of our old skeletons and the now skeletons the small posts. One of our men is missing."" skeletona that still have a good deal of To the unsophisticated reader there is solid flesh on them; I talk to myself E

something puzzling, almost cryptic about somewhat as follows

reference to one of our men.” He cannot understand how it comes that: in this war of millions one man should receive mention in the extremely brief resume of the events of the day's warfare A raid, however, although a compara tively amali operation, is regarded by both sides us carrying a great significance, It is an operation which is in, the nature of austan indication and, if inccessful, it is the outward and visible sign of a higher degree of efficiency, or 6 more general superiority of one opponent over the other, in the particular part of the line where the raid is made. Generally speaking, the bumber of prisoners cap tured in a raid may be described as the coefficient of its success", hence, this number has an intrinsic importance of its own, and so it is customary to mention the actual number, however, small, of prisoners taken or lost in raids, in the same way as Agures are given relating to actial engagements.

Shut up! I shout to the Pekingese dog. Shut up! Lie down.

All other raidera will agree with me, that nothing during raids ie more up setting than when the dog barks

Then I start talking to myself again Yes: That's typical of you. You're rattled so you are taking it out of the peor dog. The dog is only doing his duty, the duty you yourself trained him to, barking at the approach of sinister strangers

I interrupt the Voice within Come along, come along, old boy," I say to the Pekingese There, then, muggle in hers, old chap, under here with the

family,

"

The Voice continues: "Oh, it's all very well. But is it only the Pekingese that has ought it sometimes when you are rattled? What about your wife What about that little woman whom you promised at the altar to

95.

RUSSIA TO DAY. EXPLOITING THE REVOLUTION

THE COMMITTEE SYSTEM.

BY THE TIMES PETROGRAD

DOURESPONDENT Tanko hoped till the inst that the

But

army of apies and the gendarmerie, the ordinary Protopopoll bad made them impossible-

polico had also disappeared. when he converted them into amateur gunners. All the sober minded elements. Looked for guidance to the Duma, which had made itself the spokesman of tho

in demanding reforms. Preaident.

It was a cry for "more bread” that Thar would give ways he waited too started the Kevghstion. The Petrograd immediate predominacce to demagogues The revolutionary outbreaks have almost

working men had grown tired of going of extremist views. Amid the turmoil dinnerless while their wives and children obrajensky Guards, rallied to the support and confusion one regiment, the Fre waited the whole day in the bitter cold, of the Damn. This encouraged Rodzinako forming long, interminable queues at the to form a Provisional Government. For Committee representing all provision shops. High wer wages ooch this purpose &

parties in the Duma was elected. not atill hunger, the gramophones, already a rival organization known as the

Council

of Workmen's and Soldiers

Serates had arisch

The piacos, and other unwonted luxuries that graced their homes, the expensive hats Socialist Terre

omen telli, one a Georgian serf who had become and clothes that bedecked their women-

a lawyer the other a

noble, and Georgian Kerenaky, folk could not blind them to the fact

then an inconspicuous

louous lawyer, that food was being withheld from them were outwardly in control of the Soviet

behind them loomed an anonymous array through culpable inefficiency on the part of extremists None of these men were of the Government. Everybody knew that either workmen or soldiers (When a there was food in abundance in the coun- | the

Home Predirectingot was afterwards formed,

spirits were also found

to he Boviot did: not object try. The newspapers did not attempt to conceal the fact. Three successive har. to the formation of a Provisional Govern- vests had left enormous residues of grain ferred, indeed, that the

ment by the Duma.

1

Tchkheidze

Pre which formerly provided the staple of old assume all the respons wets

non-peasanta.)

The

whille

M

have

Russia's export trade. It is true that the the Soviet wielded all the power peasants had consumed more broad since Kerensky alone entered the Ministry. the Edict on Temperance, but in the past Such were the circumstances in which the this additional loaf bed in reality been Lvoff-Guchkoff Miliukoff. Kerensky Conli- consumed by them in the form of vodka. tion came into existence, and such they

in Ministerial combinations: that angry working men found ready have remained throughout the numerous sympathizers among the troops Petrograd. Many of the soldiers enrolled followed. quartered in the metropolis had issued the reserve regiments and battalions from the working class. Moreover, their rations had been reduced. Even the Commucks, who in 1906 had ruthlessly put down an incipient Revolution, were on the side of the working men. Who indeed, could remain callous to their grievances 1-

Yet, however well founded the resent ment of the poorer classes may have been and it must be remembered that the severities of the Petrograd winter, coupl

abdicate in favour of big brother, and Meanwhile, the Tsar had been forced to Kerensky had compelled the Grand Duke Michael to waive his rights. The auto- cracy, discredited by the Okhrana and by the Rasputin scandal, left fow to regret it. The Provisional Government, dominated by the Soviet, tried to accomplish a hope less task Mob rule asserted itself, in The workmen wanted every direction, enormous pay and little work the troops the rout were enjoying themiseleys, plundering, idling, undesirous above 10kg politics. all of going to the front the peasants, surfeited with money enforced sobriety, were forward to a general division of property and looting when co inclined. The Soviet maintain and con- solidated its power by constant appeal to the instincts of the masses. Programmes of universal spoliation issued from its representatives in a steady stream

Local attacks and raids have, as their I shiver and interrupt the Voice direct and material results, the harassing "Are you quite comfortable, dear of the enemy, the infliction of loss, and Iontreat of my wife Is there any the ascertaining of information; but thing I can do for you? Another they have an fadirect function of vastly cushion? Is that cock's boot sticking into greater importance. It is frequently said your side la Cook, could you give any by those in despair at the casualty lists inch? Justab, banks, cook. You're that the British, having established very cool and brave, cookmarkably ground up at the ed with greatly increased prices and so. When this is all over it is the inter- should carry on the war Huore exclusively scarcity of fuel, aggravated an unnecessaved during tion of your mistress and myself tople yet by dinistry. In de wat part sary situation there is good reason to looking

played the a war, of believe that outside influences, the Ger The Voice starts again. “Oh, it's sil trition such as this that view at first sight man propaganda, coupled with revolu very well, but why have you ever lapscil appears sound. With a superiority in tionary ferment, had much to do with from this gentleness, this chivalry, this shells of six or seven to the, as the the sudden outbreak of bread riots in the thoughtfulness And then look at your British had on the Somme, the suggestion carly days of March. It may be noted life in general-leaving alone your that we could win the war by bombard that the disappearance of the old régime domestic life a ment alone, until the German Arniy was has not led to any improvement in the The Pekingese growls again I softly sufficiently reduced in man power to give food crisis; on the contrary, it has become slide my hand over the Pekingese mouth. in, certainly arises in varying degrees, more acute, In this food question, as in It is a large mouth; I can only subdue

all other State problems, the Russian a portion of it The Pekingese goes on

Revolution did not differ from other growling. Oh, stop it deaz eld thing,

national cataclysma say tenderly to the Pekingere

Yes, resumes the Voice, your life

The exploitation, to the fullest advan tage, of strength in artillery is, perhaps, the most dificult and delicate of all the problems the military expert bas to face,

: 1:

TEKDING HUGE ARMIES, UN In common fairness it should be stated that the food problem imposed upon the enlarged

DISORGANIZING THE WAB.

From the Soviet also came the notorious

Prikaz No. 1 (order of the day) to the troops enjoining upon them as free men to render no respect or obedience to their officers. This prikaz converted the Russian Army into an undisciplined mob.

do so WITH COLLAR, - -

It was intended to in general. Is it all you intended it the number of casualties caused by shells

What cared dreamers in the Soviet or the. TWO BUTTON FRONT. be when you set out upon it: When is not merely dependent upon the number

pigher agents of Germany who cou SAXE, NATT, BROWN, you were a young, enthusiastic, ingenu of shells fired, but also upon method and during the half year preceding the Retroiled, Russian affairs for obligations Colours

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a good thing out of the Revolu Voice...** Have you done your utmost it is known that in quiet sectors of the tomed though we have become to think in tion,

by sending a wireless Have you saved every penny Hase you front the trenches are only lightly manmillions. All this host, distributed massage appealing to their German knocked off every luxury? Have you

brothers to lay down their arms; they zed.

bed among the towns and oities of the arm then incited the Russian soldiers to

had to be fed, clothed, housed, and

and dis failing Boom!

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These enemy

schemes Fill you reform?" demands the

tribution of food, already so complicated

to attain their object, they next Voice

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Oh, yes, I answer. Now at once. After to-night I'm going to be quite dif-

going to get up at 5.30

The

The Germans frequently disclose they strength by lightius dug-out fires that smoke, the streams of smoke being visible by the inrush of over ten millions of invented the theory of no annexation,

to fight about, and

ferent. Indeed, I assure you am. I'm spets at might. Our Intelligence Depart breaking point, That the Tenured panacea for all

“No-8 regularly. Redly——"

And I'm going to put in at least on other hour a day's work-—— **

BOFF

No Two hours. Really. And half the tobacco. And ever so much more kindness to the family. Ever so much more devotion

#BANG

to my wife WHOOP

and my home—~—” CRUMP!

and my work ——" BOFF

«and a much greater control over my moods, and my tempers, and my tantruma-**

CRUMP

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All clear.

when we

long 1a marvellous

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tho

at reguler intervals along their front line refugees from the western border taxed no indemnity hoping thereby to impress and also by firing Verey lights from fixed the central and local administrations to upon the Army the belief that there was

ment ;knows the strength of their posts would fall was to be expected; that it and can ascertain from these observed managed to hold out so facts their distribution. It is also clear- especially

that the remember that the number of men they put in their Okrans was there, constantly, interfering local demagogues assumed control. All front line depends solely upon the likeli with any sound statesmanlike effort to forms of authority--the Zerostvos, hood of attack, and infantry attack alone, deal with the crisis is the only way that Law Courte, the governors, etc. were

superseded by th

committees, owning and that if they are subjected to continual could assure success with the help of the bombardment, but without attack, they people in the closest touch and harmony nominal allegiance to the Soviet, but refractory to the Provisional Government. with the farmers,

These innumerable committees were com would gradually reduce this number to a minimum, and a large proportion of our

Had the bureaucracy enjoyed freedom posed of workmen, peasants petty enthusiasts. betion; had capable experienced states. Inwyers, partly 'shells would be wasted.

sincere men as Krivoshein, holding a great record The main object of shells is to kill men. rural legislation, enjoying the con

rogues. They drew sell-appointed from the local Treasury or levied It probably costs more for the shell that idence of the Zemstvoe (County Councils) contributions from the propertied class, destroys & dug out than it did to make been placed in full co other ills of share in this mock administration.Tha Russia might which was studiously excluded from any But Krivoshein had lost Soviet in Petrograd appropriated over

other

PAA

the dug-out in the first place; and the have weathered all tho dug-out can always be repaired. But by con Okhranadoni. stautis making raids and small assaults alpinistrators, he had left office, to make enemy is kept continuously apprehensive room for adventures of the type the coffers of the State; such revenue as

Stuermer or Protopoport

at different and unexpected places the

fof future attack and is therefore camere the order of the day could be collected was absorbed by the

pelled to place substantial numbers of The menial task of collecting foodstuffs men in his trenches to safeguard his posi entrusted to local government bodies tions, thus giving our shells their desired The war had necessitated some concessions. and municipal councils were to help

suficiently large to justify their oxpendi

Every

700,000 roubles a month for salaries to its members. Practically no revenue entered coul mittees were not satisfied with plunder; local Soviet or committee. The com they hampered rural labour, forbidding the peasants to work except for pro hibitive wages. Having done their utmost

chance of killing a number of Gorman form unions (rough) to the dinning room. The cold" "tupper

We switch on the electric light We go ture, and so ensure the exploitation of the Government in all kinds of war wo to terrorize the landowner, they made it the usual cold supper of the London our gun superiority to its fullest extent. The Okhrana saw therein a deadly peril possible for the stoutest hearted farmer to continue his loyal task of producing impediment bread. It has come to pass that the front line awaits us. It is an extra Even if the actual casualties sustained for the autocracy Erdinary effect of air raids that they by ourselves in these raids were greater was raised, funds were doled out Exchequer being empty, Russia is print- make you ravenously hungry The steak than the immediate loss inflicted upon the ed on the condition that things should daily to pay her way and that the print mengrely public co-operation was tolerating: 50,000,000 reables of paper money pie is excellent. And just this once enemy, yet this indirect result, of making return to their former state immediately ing prosa is not able to keep up with surely a stiff whisky and soda is, as the the enemy man his trenches, still brings the war was over Itistead of frank the demand for notes, owing to a constant doctors would say, indicated to talk. Sheads in the Daily Mail

matters decidedly in our favour: GEORGE co-operation between the Government and depreciation in their value

• After supper the Voice again. But it has changed. This is what It Lays

GERMAN INTRIGUE IN ABYSSINIA

offer to help Lid Tangen, the deposed Emperor, to regain his throne.

immediate

roligato

brought out at the Moscow Conference.

the people, which would have mitigated die evils of var and strengthened the The committee system bus been most country, the var intensified the curse of disastrous in its effect upon industries, I'm sorry, old fellow, that I let you

lisunion where it might have proved a Workmen are too busy with politics to bave it so I accused you of being

blessing in disguise,

attend to their duties. Locomotives and * rattled, but I'm afraid that it was f

rolling stock sre not repaired. The com When the bread riots began the plate paralysis of transport, the stoppage tast - was rattled We're all like that →

grad the Government resorted to the of all industries, owing to the all of us Consciences--up and down like

expedient of Bix months ago the German Minister usual bureaucratic

of fuel and raw materials, is a question Tack-in-the-boxes We're full of aerres Adis Abeba, Herr von Syburg, sent a announced the formation

OT weeks, Just forget what I said, there's good

perhaps days. The fellow Forget all about the German aimed Holtz, burnt committee, of special of months

named Carmelitch, with dispatches to the measures. But nobody had the slightest output of munitions has declined by 80, right. Oh, yes, I sasure you you are. Hish Army in Arabia, asking the Ger faith in this discredited method of solving per cent. All these facts and Ogures were Not a better husband, not a better father, man officers in command for arins and sacks being largely unreliable, ProtoThey do not constitute a State secret.

difficulty

The soldiers and not a better citizen in all the Garden

pupoff, foreseeing, a crisis, had organized In the Army the committee system has Suburb and you can chuck in Hamn stead. You're a man, my boy, with all

te police into machine-gun

been attended by a sweeping decline in achine-gun comp fighting value. a man's faults, Good faults, most of About the middle of September Holtz to be posted en p

in case of on public edifices

The food problem, upon which the them, to my mind. Just an ordinary, and Carmelitch, with Arab and Somali an emergency The narrative of events

followers, arrived at the frontier between that occurred,

is too well-known to re- mismanaged under the Revolutionary It has involved colossal milos from Jibuti. Their object was to quird recapitulation. Soldiers sacked the régime. captura a small frontier fort where only arseast, and distributed arms to the work expenditure of something like 700,000,000 about 10 Frenchmen were generally men Th adstationed, and after that to destroy the

was sporadic fighting roubles in the organization of locsi food tween the ganized troops armed committees, mostly composed of people railway, hoping to create trouble and mobs were

the who had not the remotes connection with disorder:

amateur polk

syed their the business but were mostly revolution Wespons indiscrimi tely and

This organizati

tion has entirely without

failed insite parrain, nor has its I has not induced gud

peasant to sell his grain,

fair and just distribution of into the hands of theorists or ekerk, the Russian Revolution want far beyond the desires of the nation and under their inexperienced or culpable guidance has assumed forms that are alien. to the character the development DF the Russian people

decent venial manBetween you and me French Bomaliland and Abyssinia, the Rounds during the great days of antocracy came to grief, has been equally

you're better than most of them Your wife is lucky to

with grea Daily

And so, ne Pepys said. content to bed, and slept

THE EMPIRE'S MINERALS:

The Times understands that, as the gut, come of the official inquiry into the matter, & decision has been reached

armachinery for create the neces protection and

and winerent of the meta

of

For this purpose a-body

dnersi

the Imperial

is to be formed, and it will Live of the dinerent parts

of ammunition

The Farach Government, however, had been watching the two men lately, and sent

two French oflcers with exper ders, who kid in the fort. loss of life, not more than 200 people lled. And amid the din and confusion duly

And

The the old regime disappeared almost with

The fort

with a machine-gun, in out a struggle

altige on the enemy rmelitch sur

the rema

818TH OF THE NEW ORDERA The popular desire to be rid of the Okhrana had been satisfied. The Okhrang

seed to exist. Together