Photograph by Elisabeth Randolph Shirley 

 GEORGIAN WOMAN IN COSTUME: TlEEIS, CAUCASUS 



one!, "to have five or six other men of 

 our regiment accompany this soldier to 

 the rear ; we have not many of them, but 

 they disgrace the regiment." 



"No," said the Minister, "in the mean- 

 time one is enough." 



"And you comrades," continued Ke- 

 rensky, addressing the other soldiers, "can 

 it be possible that you share the opinion 

 of this soldier?" 



"No," thundered the soldiers in reply, 

 "we do not agree with him. We will up- 

 hold you. We will all die if need be." 



"I do not doubt it, comrades," said 

 Kerensky. 



kerEnsky's order to attack 



Kerensky 's efforts were not in vain. 

 Inspired by his exhortations, having full 

 confidence in leaders like Brussiloff and 

 Korniloff, reorganized along new and 

 democratic lines, the Russian army as- 

 sumed the offensive against the enemy in 

 Galicia. 



On the eve of the attack Kerensky gave 

 the following order : 



"Russia, liberated from the chains of 

 slavery, is firmly resolved to protect, at 

 all cost, the rights of honor and liberty. 

 Having- had faith in the fraternal feelings 



of nations, the Russian democracy has 

 called the warring countries with an ar- 

 dent appeal to cease the carnage and to 

 conclude an honorable peace, securing 

 tranquillity for all nations ; but, in re- 

 sponse to this fraternal appeal, the enemy 

 has proposed to us treason. 



"The Austro-Germans have offered to 

 Russia a separate peace and tried to blind 

 our vigilance by fraternization, hurling 

 themselves at the same time against our 

 allies with the hope of crushing us after 

 their defeat. Being now convinced that 

 Russia will not allow herself to be tricked, 

 the enemy is threatening us and cdi-Lcen- 

 trating troops on our front. 



"Warriors, our motherland is in dan- 

 ger. Freedom and revolution are in peril. 

 The time has come when our arm)' must 

 accomplish its duty. Your commanding 

 general, beloved through victory, pro- 

 claims that each day lost adds new 

 strength to our enemy, and that only an 

 immediate decisive blow can disrupt the 

 plans of the foe. 



"Therefore, being fully conscious of 

 the great responsibility of the country, in 

 the name of the free Russian people and 

 its Provisional Government, I call upon 

 the armies, strengthened with vigor bv 



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