Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-01-15 | Page 5 | No Peace without Victory, Says Czar

r t '-: Vi ? i - a- ' r i hi i I " Elisa Cansino, Spanish dancing star, next week at the Orplieuni. i PEACE WITHOUT IIOPWS CZAR Text of an Imperial Order to Russian Army and Navy New Year's; LONDON, Jan. 14. Renter 's Petro-grad Petro-grad correspondent f-ays that Emperor Nicholas in an imperial unir-r to the Russian army and navy on the occasion occa-sion of the Rnfsian New Year's Iay, proclaimed that there can be no peace without victory. The order said: On the threshold of the year 101 i I send to you .my greetings, niy brave warriors. In heart and thought I am with you while you battle in tho trenches, imploring the aid of the most high on your work, your valor and your cou;--agx Remember this: Our beloved Russia cannot be assured of her independence aud her rights, cannot can-not enjoy the fruits of her labors or develop her resources unless a decisive victory is gained over the enemy. Let us, therefore, impress upon your minds and consciences that there can be no peaco without victory. vic-tory. However great the sufferings suffer-ings and however numerous th victims the struggle may cost us, we must bring victory to our mother country. Latterly I nave had occasion to greet certain regiments on the fields of ilolodechno and Vileika (south of Vilna), which had become be-come famous because of the battles bat-tles fought there in September last and I realized how warm was the ; heart, how high was the spirit and how firm was the determination of all to do their sacred duty in defense de-fense of the country. I enter oq the new year with firm confidence in the grace of God, in the moral power, in the unshakable resolution and fidelity of the whole Russian nation and in the martial valor of my army and navy.