RUSSIA'S CAVALRY.

Taihape Daily Times, 23 May 1918, Page 6

RUSSIA'S CAVALRY.

FADED DREAM OF A GOLDEN AGE PETROGRAD, March 12. The first anniversary of the Russian revolution was celebrated in Petrograd to-day, quietly, without even the customary brass bands parading the Nevsky Prospect. The only suggestion that there ever was such a thing as a revolution was conveyed by one or two bleached and tattered red flags drooping listlessly in the pale March sun. The fleeting triumph of the Russian democracy is eclipsed by other thoughts, as It is slowly recognised not only that the golden age has not dawned for Russia, but that hopes of Russia's freedom have sunk under a

blow far heavier than any dealt by the darkest forces of the old regime. Russia, in fact, is on the way to her hour of Calvary.. Her crucifixion, is nigh. We find Russia actually reduced to the condition of the ancient Muscovy under the Tartar yoke, deprived of an outlet to the sea, ringed in and at the mercy of invading hosts, no longer a nation but a community of people straining their eyes anxiously as they try to catch a glimpse of light amid the darkness of their ruined hopes.

The exodus of Government institutions and working-class families continues, leaving the bourgeoise at the mercy of the Germans, who, firmly entrenched on the fortified line of the Narva, 100 miles away, can present a pistol at the heart of Petrograd at any time.