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Show AMAZING THINGS SEENJNJUSSIA All Internal Grievances Forgotten For-gotten and People Rise as One Man to Fight Germans. HARD FIGHT EXPECTED Bitterest Enemies Shake Hands Even Jews Fight Side by Side With Russians. London, 4 -'0 p. m.. Aug. 10 "It is Impossible to relate a tithe of the amazing things that have happened In Russia during the last ten days ' says a letter to the Dally Chronl. -le, written in St. Petersburg on August li' it continues: Russia is not recognisable, or ra ther that haunting beauty of Russia, which those of US who live here grop ingly and often sadly feel and love has suddenly shone forth radiantly from out of the heavy clouds of fail lire and defeat that have hidden It for so ma n v j ea rs "Russia is full of moral energy. She has never displayed It with the same v igor as now at an period of her historv Russia feels herself for once to he morally in the right." Internal Troubles Forgotten "Russia's internal condition was de plorable." says the correspondent "The Roles, Finns and lews were embittered em-bittered by i he government's polic of oppression The Duma was divi ded and helpless Strikes were spreading There were serious riots in St. Petersburg." The writer adds: "Few Russians wanted to fight for the sake of Servia but when it became be-came clear that the Austrian move. ' was only the prelude to (jerman at tack on an apparent 1 helpless and demoralized Russia, the feeling chanced chanc-ed in an instant "The general mobilization made all Russia realize the situation The peasants, the workmen and the stri kers of the week before, clerks student?, stu-dent?, teachers and lawyers, all dropped drop-ped their work without a murmur and joined the ranks. Russia Rises As One Man. "I had half expected mobilization riots in the country districts like those which occurred during ihe fa panese war. but friends from the south, the west and the east declare that all Russia is as one man. Kv-erywhere Kv-erywhere the people are going to war "to die fcr our country.' as the peas anls sav "The drink shops were closed and all went soberly and Bternl expect ing no easy ictories and prepared for a long and hard struggle. ' For the first time in his reign, the Russian emperor is cut off now from ! those German Influences that epged him on continually to ruinous reaction reac-tion His Majesty came out on the balcony of his palace to greei an Im mense throng of his people Even Jews Lay Aside Grievances. ' The Duma gave stirring expression io the nation's feeling The fanatical fanat-ical reactionary Pourishkevitch actu ally shook hands with his bitter enemy, ene-my, the cadet leader, Milloukov. Representatives Rep-resentatives of arious nationalities, the Poles, the Letts the Lithuanians, the Russian Germans and most striking strik-ing of all. the Jews, stood up and declared de-clared whatever they had suffered they would la aside their grievances grievan-ces In this hour of great trial and righl Bide by side with the Russian people. Many deputies were moved in tears ' Will the government be capable of seizing this splendid opportunit for making 8 permanent peace with all Its peoples?' |