RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

BY

ALEXANDER PETRUNKEVITCH
SAMUEL NORTHRUP
HARPER FRANK ALFRED GOLDER



THE JUGO-SLAV MOVEMENT

BY

ROBERT JOSEPH KERNER



PREFACE

Whatever may be its final outcome the Russian Revolution of 1917 bids fair
to remain one of the great events of modern history. Its consequences are
still immeasurable and today to many they appear as fraught with menace as
with hope. They have within less than a year led a mighty empire to the
brink of dissolution and no man can foretell where and how the process
will end for worse or for better. The Russian Revolution saved the Central
Powers at the moment when their prospect looked darkest, but on the other
hand it facilitated the entrance of the United States into the war as one
for liberty and democracy. Time has yet to show whether the loss or the
gain has been the greater for the Allied cause and for mankind. It will be