Photograph by C. S. Stilwell 

 GENERAL SCOTT, TWO SIKHS, AND A GROUP OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS AT AN ASIATIC 

 WAY-STATION ON THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY 



The character and the stamina of the American officer and of the Russian soldier are 

 familiar to the world, but neither is the simple Sikh of the Punjab to be despised as a fighting 

 entity. Inspired by a militant religion, he is acknowledged to be the finest soldier of the East. 

 Hardy, brave, and obedient to discipline, he is said to be steady in victory and unyielding to 

 the death in defeat* Note the large military caps worn by the Russian school-boys in the 

 group. 



number, which acquired such power and 

 influence that it came to dominate the 

 original committee of the Duma, the lat- 

 ter having adjourned and exerting no in- 

 fluence whatever on the situation. The 

 Soldiers' and Workingmen's Delegates 

 forced reorganizations in the govern- 

 ment and at every crisis have directed 

 the changes in the Ministry. 



The great committee at once split into 

 many groups, the most objectionable be- 

 ing that party of extreme radicals calling 

 themselves the Maximalists or, as the 

 Russians say, "Bolshevik." It is impos- 

 sible and unfair to brand these people as 

 German agents, but it is a safe assertion 

 to state that they have always played the 

 German game. From them have ema- 

 nated all of the crazy ideas which have 

 reduced Russia to confusion and de- 

 stroyed the morale of the army. The 

 Maximalists would have division of the 

 lands, immediate cessation of the war, 

 friendly relations with Germany, entire 

 destruction of government, and in fact 



almost every form of radical idea that 

 anywhere or at any time has preyed upon 

 the civilized world. 



These few at once created a split 

 among the Socialists, the sounder ones 

 going in support of the new government, 

 while the old element continued to preach 

 doctrines which, in any other time, would 

 have been branded as sedition. This 

 group, which has been making most of 

 the trouble, has been reduced in strength 

 until it now comprises probably less than 

 15 per cent of the whole body and can be 

 discounted save for the damage already 

 done. 



KERENSKY THE POINT OF FOCUS ON 

 WHICH TO RALLY 



The coming to the fore of Kerensky 

 has given the government a point of 

 focus on which to rally, and it has now 

 become a question as to whether or not 

 the army at the front can maintain itself 

 in being, as a whole, while the men at the 

 rear with Kerensky organize the govern- 



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