A Moscow politician registers his disdain, on the day that Nicholas II gives up the throne of Russia. The czar has signed the abdication decree in pencil.
A young American diplomat, James Houghteling, enthusiastically anticipates the outcome of the protests in Russia, after the formation of a Provisional Duma Committee to assume power from the disintegrating czarist government.
Mikhail Rodzianko, president of the Russian Duma, telegrams Czar Nicholas II to warn him that demonstrations in Petrograd have gotten violently out of control. He urges the czar to form a new government.
A railroad trade publication fumes over the prospect of a nationwide railroad strike that would tie up the United States just as war is impending. The main issue is the demand of railroad workers for an eight-hour day.
Florence MacLeod Harper, a Canadian journalist, watches as a seemingly unorganized protest that had begun the day before grows in numbers until thousands have taken to the streets of Petrograd. The chief slogan is “Down with Hunger!”
