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Show CALMNESS- t IN RUSSIA- ' ilcCormlck Says ' People 1 Have Faith in the Government.' Gov-ernment.' PARIS. Oct Mr. McCormick. the American Embassador at St Petersburg, - sailed from Cherburg for New Tork on X the steamer Deutschland Friday. Before his departure Mr. McCormick talked with a representative of the Associated Press concerning the general conditions in Russia. He said: . "It is difficult for any one not living in Russia to reailxe the complete calm prevailing pre-vailing notwithstanding the- tremendous struggl In which Russia is engaged. St Petersburg has the same outward appearance appear-ance as before the war. There is the same social activity, and theaters, cafes and other publlo resorts are flourishing; buelnesa is going on as usual and the people peo-ple do not show any deep anxiety as to the progress or results of the war. "There are some elements of agitation . and opposition in Russia, as In other countries, but the great bulkNpf the people are devotedly loyal to the Emperor and government and they have Implicit confidence confi-dence that the ruling powers will take the steps necessary to bring the war to a successful conclusion. Therefore the early Japanese successes were accepted as mere incidents of a slowly maturing plan where- ! by the Russian arms evidently would become be-come triumphant" |