"I decided to seize this occasion for a press campaign, so far as this is a possible thing in Russia. I organized delegations to present petitions to the proper authorities for the prolonging of this new sobriety for the duration of the war. This step found favor with his Imperial Majesty, and an order was issued to that effect. Another similar campaign to remove the licenses from privileged restaurants and clubs was successful, and strong liquor is no longer available anywhere in Russia. "The second month of abstinence made the manifold advantages so clear to everybody that when we called upon his Majesty to thank him for his orders, he promised that the vodka business of the Government would be given up forever. This promise was promulgated in a telegram to the Grand Duke Constantine. "There remains only now to find elsewhere the revenue which up to the present time has been contributed by vodka. There has been introduced in the Duma a bill offering a solution of this question. The aim of this bill is not the creation of new taxes or an increase in the present taxes, but an effort to render the Government domains and possessions more productive." [Illustration: decoration] [Illustration: ADMIRAL SIR CHRISTOPHER CRADOCK, Who Went Down with His Flagship, the Good Hope, in the Naval Engagement Off the Coast of Chile. (_Photo from a Kodak Negative._)] [Illustration: ADMIRAL COUNT VON SPEE, Who Went Down with His Flagship, the Scharnhorst, in the Battle with the British Squadron Off the South American Coast. (_Photo_ (C) _by Brown Bros._)] Influence of the War Upon Russian Industry [From Russkia Vedomosti, No. 260, Nov. 11, (Nov. 24,) 1914, P. 3.] _The Russian Ministry of Commerce and Industry has lately published the preliminary results of an inquiry into the changes in industry which have occurred during the first two and one-half months of the war, Aug. 1 to Oct. 14, 1914._ Altogether 8,550 of the largest industrial establishments, excepting those of Poland, have been investigated. These employ 1,602,000 workers. Of those investigated 502 factories employing 46,586 employes had to be closed down entirely, while 1,034 establishments with 435,000 wage-earners have cut down their working force to 319,000. Thus about one-third of the total industrial wage-earning force has felt the effects of the war either through total discharge or through diminished output.