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Show OUTLOOK IN RUSSIA. An American who has been in Europe for the last ten years and who has just returned froru Petrograd to Stockholm, takes a decidedly pessimistic view of the situation in Russia. The fighting spirit is. waning, ho says, and the interior in-terior cities and towns are filled with troops who refuse to go to the front. ! Brave young men are afraid to become officers, since the common soldiers have taken to butchering their leaders, and tho great country lies prostrate. Per- i haps the view of the American is too gloomy, but unless the radicals, who are now in session at Petrograd, are prevented pre-vented from seizing control of the government, gov-ernment, the picture of the Russian situation sit-uation will be painted in still darker ' colors in the near future. As it is use-i use-i less to atempt to reason with nu an-; an-; arehist or extreme radical, no one will ! be surprised if the Russians begin i fighting among themselves at any mo-j mo-j ment. Even should this occur, the ! situation could not. be much worse than I it is at present, and should the sane ! element happen to win it would be a ! whole lot better in the long run. |