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Show Caw sees analogy between russ and french outbreaks LONDON. March 22. Andrew Ronar Law, member of the British' war council, on moving in the house of commons this afternoon a resolution of greeting to the Russian duma. said: What happened in Russia, reminds us of tho early stages of the French revolution. It Is too soon to say all danger iw over In Russia. It is too soon to feel confident that', the new government already has laid a foundation foun-dation upon which, in the language of Burke, "Liberty will have wisdom and justice for her companions, with prosperity and plenty In her train," but it is' not too soon for the mother of parliaments to send greetings to the parliament of our allied country. Tt Is not too soon to send a message mes-sage of good will to the new government, govern-ment, which Is formed with the declared de-clared intention of carrying the war to a successful conclusion and which has undertaken the arduous task of driving out the foreign aggressor and establishing freedom and order at home. It is not for us to judge or condemn con-demn those who have taken part in the government of our allied coun-trv, coun-trv, but T may be permitted to express ex-press a feeling of compassion for the deposed emperor who for three years was our loyal ally and had laid upon him by birth a burden which was too heavy for him. We cannot forget that one of the great issues of this war if whether free institutions can survive against the onslaught of the military despostlm. We cannot but rejoice tha.t in the final stages of the conflict all the p Hied countries will be under the direction of governments representing: the people. Former Premier Asquit h seconded the resolution, saying: Russia has taken her place by the side of the great democracies of the world. We here in the first and original home of parliamentary institutions in-stitutions feel it our privilege to 'be anions: the first to rejoice in her emancipation and welcome her Into the fellowship of free peoples. The resolution was carried amid loud cheers. The Irish party gave Its support to the Russian resolution In a speech bv Joseph Devlin. "The Irish party," said Mr. Devlin, "regards "re-gards the Russian revolution striking, noble, dramatic, well nigh bloodless as a message of hope to all oppressed peoples peo-ples and all freedom -loving nations. But it is something more. It is also a warning warn-ing and a portent of doom to autocracies autocra-cies and tyrannies everywhere. "We might draw a moral therefrom, but we do not desire to avail ourselves of the opportunity, preferring to let the voice of Ireland join in the united harmony har-mony of rejoicing at Russia's emancipation." |