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Show Facts Concerning Russia It 4 And The Present War I- (The great war In which we are en-wed en-wed can nerer be fought so as, to won by theoretical considerations. can only be fought and won by : V11 nd powder and men in the Btt platje at the right time. A Bf thought aa to the inception or B struggle may be of Interest as vlew the" Russian situation to-B to-B We know that Austria served i i&Umatum upon Serbia, no doubt V do so by the Empire of J V0?- Russia promptly mobll- M her army to defend and help sister country, Serbia. Bhe German Kaiser, Issued an ul-VKtum ul-VKtum to the Czar of Russia stat-that stat-that unless Russia demobilized BBediately war would follow. The slan Czar, Apparently with r. , velous display of courage and of Bigth, said that he pledged the soldlor and the last kopeck of Russian Empire to the cause for . Bb the Slavic race had determln-6 determln-6 ,Bjb fight, This was high sounding .splendid. It was the rallying HSor the Slavic people of that sec-HSof sec-HSof Europe. The Great Empire BBttsala, -was coming to the aid of I the hard pressed and about to be destroyed little country of Serbia. The world properly applauded. The I Russian Government, as we know, during the early years of the war was' under the control of a feeble Czar a part or the time. The rest of the timo and between times It was under the control of rogues and traitors within the Russian Empire whose deeds paralyzed the Industrial lire or Russia; paralyzed the military operations or the country. We are not concerned, however, today with those early events. Wo are concerned concern-ed with the situation as It exists now and its application to the things that confront the United States. I heartily indorse the Bplendld words or our President used In his message, wherein ho offered hope and some confidence and much sympathy sym-pathy for tho Russian people in their present predicament. It was proper that he should use such language, because ho was talking talk-ing for the great American people the thing that was within tho heart of 'every American sympathy and the hope that the Russians would yet bo able to do something. I3ut at this moment I speak only for myself; my-self; I represent only my own thoughts. Therefore I can tell the naked truth. One of the things that any member mem-ber or this Congress or any person In our government or those or the ullles ought to endeavor to learn the truth about is Russia. I made a special effort to learn all I could while I was in Europe. I had such opportunities of Information as cama to me and to others situated like me from official sources In France and Iq England and the truth was plainly plain-ly and freely told. In addition thereto I had the good fortune to spend some days In company com-pany with a gentleman who was a member or tho Root Commission, but who did not return to this country, staying In Russia for seven months. His heart was in sympathy with the Russian people and had been for many years. For many years he had known Russia and the Russian people Intimately. In addition addi-tion I was able to get the thought of all the correspondents of one of the greatest newspapers In tho United Unit-ed States, mon whose business It Is to learn facts and report them accurately. ac-curately. Theso correspondents gathered gath-ered from various parts of RusbIb and reported to their chlof while I was there the exact conditions in various parts or the empire. In addition ad-dition I bad the good fortune to meet a citizen of this country from Ohio, Whom 1 had formerly mot In Minnesota, Minne-sota, who had spent the last seventeen seven-teen months on business In Russia, traveling throughout that country. I clto theso things so that you may know upon what I base my conclusions. conclu-sions. 'My first conclusion, my friends, Is that there Is absolutely no hope, none whatever, that Russia will ever again take any part In this great struggle In behalf of tho allies. That Is the unanimous report of over ov-er man who has studied conditions Ht first hand. The revolution which occurred nl most a yov ago was JusM -! If ovo-one ovo-one wan, but unfouuriately those who came Into power were not possessed pos-sessed or that tolerance and self t respect and self control and knowledge knowl-edge or conditions In the world necessary nec-essary for them to have to enable them to lead their country aright. Their country has been led wrong. Its face has been turned from tho light and they have Journeyed helplessly help-lessly Into utter darkness. It Is all wrong now. It stands In a raise position beforo humanity and before history, and there Is no hope, none whatever, from the presont government govern-ment or Russia. Yes; we must say, though the saying Is with deep regret, re-gret, Russia today stands a nation that began a struggle, summoned nations na-tions to her aid, and In the hour or peril forsakes her allies, abandon, her cause, raise to every principle I honest nations and honest men ro-M'ect. ro-M'ect. Why? In the Hrst place, those In whoso liniuls tho Russian government govern-ment rests correspond exactly to the Industrial Workers of tho World In America. Their principles are tho same. While government In Its essence es-sence Is control, to thorn It la Hcoiiro. They are abandoned to all lusts of tho flesh. I, W. W. operations and I. W. W. thoughts nre In control. We now look back upon tho reign if Kerensky If I may call It a lolgu, i na he was practically a dictator as one of ultraconservatlsm. And yet at : the time he was extremely radical, i Prom Iho time when tho people representing rep-resenting tho soltllorsnnd tho workmen work-men came Into control of Russia there has been nothing but chaos, murder, starvation, slaughter, with nil the attendant evils th.it tho inlii'l I omi think nf. In tho first place, Russia could not participate In this great war now If she wanted to. Why? Tho truth Is, they have murdered practically nil tho offlcors In the Russian Army capable of leading a command Mo battle. Today there exists hardly a captain or a colonel or a general, outsldo of a few that nro left, qualified quali-fied to lead tholr mon to battle. Wo remember reading with much glow In our hearts that Russia bad sent 50,000 men to Franco about two years ago, there to bo trained and put Into the firing lino on tho side of the allies. Did you ever wonder what became of thorn? I will toll you. They aro now near a port In France, the name of which I will torego to mention. They murdered all tholr ottlccrs this last mimmor, and they aro now held pnnctlcnlly as prisoners, surrounded by French bayonets. bay-onets. Every clement of discipline has disappeared. Tho units aro disorganized. dis-organized. The armies have reverted revert-ed back to a purposeless, unwieldy mob. Tho Russian people stand with Jaws open and eyes staring, drunk with liberty. Army and govern- ment have betrayed their lountry, betrayed humanity. Russia Is a bear no longer, but a blatant, bleating lamb. And tho German wolf Is mak ing a feaBt of tho Russian lamb; tho Russian peoplo nro blind to the necessities ne-cessities ot oxlstcnco. They have stopped stop-ped the production ot crops on their I farms, and every roport Indicates ! that before another fall comes the i gaunt specter of starvation will j stalk throughout Russlu. Never wor- I ry about Germany obtaining much I rood from Russln. Little Is there I none soon will be. They have been I living Tor a time by stealing plain- ! ly stealing. They have confiscated I tho estates and nearly all tho Im- I portnnt business enterprises In Rua- I sla. At first thoy began to demand I jhorter hours and greater wages and I they continued those demands until they positively confiscated and then I closed up the business enterprises. i They have taken the money In tho I banks, not only tho savings but the I capital of tho country, and are us- I lng It, no matter to whom the mon- I oy belongs. They have actually tal:- I en up the paving blocks In the city I ritrebtM and are burning them for I fuel. Soon buildings will bo torn I down and the looting of stores, long I ugo begun, will soon become unl I versal. Their transportation 'facill- I ties have been worn out and wreck- I ed, and Russia remain:! at thlf. , time without facilities for transport- Ipg food, even If sho wanted to. It would bo physically Impossible for her to mobilize or transport an army. There was a time, my friends, when wo thought and we had a i'iUHo i for the thought that the iiviic.it Russian government waa but ho p-.Id agjnt of tho Kaiser. It scorns that thought was not o-iclly o-iclly Justified by the facts. It now appears, If wo can Judge from tho tidings as wo get thorn from tho papers pa-pers and from vague reports of the peace conference thut reach un from time to time, that this attempt to find a peace between Rjssia and Germany Is sincere on tho pait of the present Riasian government. Uut that makes no difference. Who thor paid by tho Kaiser or not, th-Russian th-Russian Government's work today lc perfectly a betrayal of tho allien cause and pto-Qeriuan In Its effect. And what a apectaclo It presents', i Here this great nation, the one that started this great war because It rose to bid defiance to Germany-has Germany-has turned itself against Its friend and nllles, against those that have olcd and aro bleeding for her. abandoning aban-doning them to misery and woo. Little Roumanln, that came to her aid, has been treacherously betrayed twice first, when the Invading tier-man tier-man hordo caino, right after Ron-mania Ron-mania declared war, and Russia promlKod but failed to give her any support. Now once moro, whon she fraternizes fratern-izes with Gertnany and leaves little Roumanla to atand there, Isolated but defiant, outiaged but true, all ll but conquered, yet valiant, and there T J H she will stand true to the faith, tho ti M sho prlsh from the earth, I H I have no sympathy whatever with ' 1 the present condition In Russia, and we can not expect any help fiom her. The truth Is a truth France, Kng- ' H laud, and Italy all know to tholr . bitterness ami sorrow that had Run- slu remained In tho war that war would he over now, with a complete ll victory for the allien. Mad Russia ' jH not betrayed the cause, that causo H would have been won urn now. The Bfl men that must die from now on. Hfl the treasure that must be spent, would havo been saved to the world had Itussla not betrayed the allied ' H |