Chapter 130 Dramat Changes

" On this day, millions of Russians set their heads to commemorate the "Bloody Sunday" for 12 years... There is sufficient information that this commemorative march was launched by the revolutionaries who incited the march 12 years ago. They are taking advantage of the dissatisfaction in Russia to incite the people to govern. The dissatisfaction of the axe, and then seeking a coup... We have reason to believe that in the next ten months, Russia will enter the most critical period. As soon as the revolution is generated, everything in Russia will change..."

The Imperial Intelligence Agency's Intelligence Station in Russia * 01256 Telegram (Top Secret) When the people of Russia were incited by the revolutionaries and their dissatisfaction with the Tsar, while the people of Russia were turbulent to commemorate the "Bleeding Sunday", Umyanov, who was exiled in Zurich, gave a speech at the youth conference held at the National Assembly of the National Assembly. . He made a straightforward statement at the youth conference.

"There is no doubt that this revolution in the future can only be a proletarian, social...ism revolution. This future revolution will further show that, on the one hand, only the harsh struggle, that is, the civil war, can liberate mankind from the oppression of capital; on the other hand, only the proletariat with class consciousness can and will become the leader of the vast majority of the exploited.

At this time, due to the serious dissatisfaction with the tsar, the fighting spirit of various interest groups and the people in Russia was driven by various reasons, such as floods and turbulent. On January 29th, Menshevik member Ye? Mayevs drafted a declaration entitled "[***] The system is strangling the country" for the workers. The declaration said that it is necessary to establish a temporary political axe to "get the country out of trouble and avoid deadly collapse, strengthen domestic political freedom and sign a peace treaty on conditions acceptable to the proletariat in all countries." The left-wing constitutionalists are also increasingly dissatisfied with the "pure office strategy" pursued by the party's leadership and advocate more resolute action.

In a leaflet issued on February 27, the Bolshevik Petrograd Committee called on: "The working class and the peasants in military uniforms join hands to fight against the whole Tsarist group and end the humiliation suffered by Russia forever. It's time for an open struggle!"

At this time, most of the opposition leaders in Russia were exiled from the border and exiled abroad. Despite this, there were still a large number of opposition and revolutionaries in China who mobilized direct confrontation between the people and the tsar's political axe. They launched marches, launched strikes, and printed anti-war and anti-tsar leaflets.

And the Russian Empire's spy bureau also responded to these [***] behaviors in the first place. First, on the night of February 8, most of the members of the "workers' group" including Gvozdev were arrested, and then these people were imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress. Then, in retaliation, on February 21, the police in the Putilov factory were attacked by a hail attack of "iron pieces and iron slag", when everything seemed to be sliding towards a more dangerous edge.

On February 27, when the Russian State Duma opened, more than 90,000 demonstrators in Petrograd flocked to the State Duma and petitioned the parliamentarians of the State Duma. In the face of petitions and large-scale strikes, on the same day, General Khabalov, the commander of the Petrograd Military Region, issued a notice to maintain order and prohibit demonstrations. At the same time, an open letter from Milykov was also published. He warned the workers to beware of the "bad and dangerous agitations" from the "dark source".

Although the atmosphere on the opening day of the National Duma was tense, the opening ceremony of the Duma was quite calm, and people had high expectations for the National Duma. However, the Duma fell into the mud of endless debate on the issue of food supply from the beginning, and most of the parliamentarians of the State Duma were also extremely disappointed with Tsar Nicholas II. Their words even had some offensive surnames. It can be said that at this point, many parliamentarians and demonstrators outside the door were the same. In words, some legislators even gave verbal support to the outside marchers.

On March 1, due to the tight supply of food in Russia, the political axe decided to adopt the method of limited distribution of bread vouchers in Petrograd. This new method hit people's nerves more fiercely: the already insufficient rations will be reduced again! On March 3, a blizzard that lasted for several days interrupted railway transportation, and Petrograd's food supply was out. Many people gathered around the bakery, especially the women who took care of the house. In the face of the merchants taking the opportunity to raise prices and stop selling, the women shouted and then robbed the bakery. The next day, there were many robberies of bakeries in the city.

There is no foreforesight within the grim situation of the mountain rain. In fact, as early as a month and a half ago, General Globachev, the director of the Russian Empire's spy security bureau, warned the political axe.

"The mood of all walks of life in the capital is particularly anxious. The political situation is like the eve of 1905."

In order to report the dangerous surname of the situation, he made a series of secret reports to the political axe on February 1st, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 26th, and directly pointed out in the report.

"Residents openly criticize all the measures of the political axe with intolerable sharp words, and there are also remarks involving His Majesty the Tsar." The report says that when it comes to the resurrection of revolutionary slogans and the dangerous surnames about the increase of terrorist acts, it is likely that the political axe is "not to fight against a small number of insignificant members of the Duma, but to fight against the whole Russian people". He is worried that the growing dissatisfaction of the residents will not end here, but "the most The beginning of a revolution that fears and ruthlessly destroys social order.

In late February, Luo Jianke, the chairman of the State Duma, directly recommended to the Tsar:

"Your Majesty, we are on the eve of a great event, and the result is unpredictable. It seems that you have chosen the most dangerous way to disband Duma. I am sure that in less than three weeks, there will be a revolution to overthrow your majesty, and your majesty will not continue to rule.

Luo Jenko's straightforwardness surprised Nicholas II and asked:

"Where did you know?"

"From all the established facts. We can't ignore the people's self-esteem, people's will and people's self-awareness in this way, just as the appointed ministers did. It can't be believed that only Rasputin-style characters are the most important. You, Your Majesty, are harvesting the bitter fruits you have planted.

But Nicholas II did not pay much attention to the warning of the President of the State Duma, but casually said:

"God will bless you."

In the face of the tsar's indifferent, Luo General Ke replied:

"God will not bless you and your political axe have destroyed everything, and revolution is inevitable."

Although he didn't seem to care, Nicholas II was still influenced by some of Rozenko's words. He summoned the newly appointed Prime Minister Golythen and authorized him to study the establishment of a cabinet responsible for the Russian Duma. In Nicholas II's opinion, if necessary, he must show his attitude in some way. Of course, there is a premise, that is, to maintain his rule.

But what happened afterwards changed everything.

On March 1, the U.S. press announced the "Zimmerman's secret telegram, which was sent to the minister in Mexico City by German Foreign Minister Zimmermann at that time. The general meaning is that if there is a war between Germany and the United States, the minister will propose to Mexico's Caranza to form an alliance, and Mexico will join the German side. In return, Mexico will receive generous financial assistance and restore lost territory in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Callanza should also mediate between Germany and Japan, which were in a state of war at that time, and request Japan to join the alliance. The secret telegram was intercepted and deciphered by the British. They sent it to the U.S. Ambassador Page in the United Kingdom. The United States shocked the whole country. The content of the secret telegram even aroused the mood of participation in the people in the central and western regions that had a relatively indifferent response to the war in the past. At the same time, the Germans were attacking American ships with torpedoes, and many Americans were killed as a result, which greatly angered the American public, and the call to join the war in the United States became more and more fierce.

Nicholas II, who was originally ready to make concessions to the people, in view of the fact that it is a foresight for the United States to join the Allies to participate in the war. At the same time, China also promised to send expeditionary troops to Russia in the next six months to further increase the number of troops. Nicholas II decided to return to the Mogilev base camp to continue this. In his opinion, it may be time to "welcome the victory" and recover the losses in the war after victory. Any consideration of withdrawing from the war is undoubtedly extremely inappropriate.

In the evening, Golitsen was summoned to the palace. After Nicholas told him that he was going to return to the base camp, he said bluntly to him:

"I changed my decision."

This is the result of his discussion with Alexandra. She firmly opposes the establishment of a political axe responsible for the Duma, but wants to leave a complete monarch [***] country to her son.

In the evening, according to the traditional method, the Fyodorov Church rang the bell and sent the Tsar to Alexanderov Station, from which his sky-blue special train entered the Nikolayev railway line.

During the Tsar's dinner, two workers' representatives of the Putilov factory were entrusted by the masses to visit the two representatives of the socialist party group in the State Duma, Kerensky and Zikhze respectively. The workers' representatives believed that it was their responsibility to remind the two Duma representatives of the serious surnames of the situation that had been formed.

At noon on March 8, the tsar's special train arrived in Mogilev, and the tsar held a luncheon to entertain the heads of the [***] delegations of the Allied countries. Subsequently, the Tsar held a military meeting. The Chief of General Staff Alexeyev and General Gurko had just spread out a map on the table to report the situation on the front line to the Supreme Commander. The minister and the Duma's emergency telegram flew to the table like snowflakes:

The people's chaos shocked the capital, and the revolution began!

(to be continued)