“Extremist Rising in Petrograd” runs a headline on page 5 today as the first news of the October/November (depending on whether Russia’s Julian calendar or the West’s Gregorian is used for dating it) Revolution reaches the paper, but news itself is actually thin on the ground. “It would appear that a real trial of strength between the Russian Provisional Government and the Maximalists has become inevitable” writes Our Petrograd Correspondent. Either this was sent before the events of the day before, or he is unaware that it is already won.