In calculations are based upon the supposed demoralization of the soldiery, or more than a transient defection of the troops at the front from their usual discipline and loyalty to their commander, these calculations are plainly in error. It is undeniable that during the first days following the revolution, the radical and Socialist element aimed at taking advantage over the overthrow of the authority by sowing further discontent among the working men and soldiers. The cloudy state of mind or the peasant population, which, bewildered by the new vista of freedom and equality, and having had little experience with liberty of any sort, imagined that it meant relaxation of every kind or authority and discipline, made the propaganda or the agitators easy at first. 