[The following is in regards to the Russian Revolution and, more specifically, the critical disconnect between Tsar Nicholas II and the events that were engulfing him.]
Nicholas still had no idea of the gravity of the situation. He was, therefore, understandably annoyed in the evening of February 26 when shown a cable from Rodzianko, so much at odds with the reassuring messages sent by Khabalov and Beliaev:
Situation serious. In the capital anarchy. Government paralyzed. Transport of food and fuel completely disorganized. Public disaffection growing. On the streets chaotic shooting. Army units fire at each other. It is essential at once to entrust a person enjoying country’s confidence with the formation of new government. There should be no delay. All delay is death. I pray to God that in this hour responsibility not fall on the sovereign.
Nicholas chose to ignore this warning, convinced that Rodzianko spread alarm to extract political concessions for the Duma.
Source:
Pipes, Richard. "The February Revolution." The Russian Revolution. New York: Knopf, 1990. 282. Print.
Original Source Listed:
Revoliutsiia, I, 37.
Further Reading:
Николай II Алекса́ндрович (Nicholas II of Russia) / Nicholas the Bloody
Михаи́л Влади́мирович Родзя́нко (Mikhail Vladimirovich Rodzianko)
Sergei Semenovich Khabalov (TheFreeDictionary.com)
Damnit, Nick, this is why you and your whole family was murdered.