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Show LOOK IN THE DIRECTION OF RUSSIA. All the talk of late has boon on the sending of American troops to France. A division or tvro might serve tho purpose pur-pose of enlivening tho spirits of tho British and French, but tho Standard Stand-ard holds to the view that, if we aro to seriously consider tho transporting of any largo bodies of troops,' Uie course of least rcslstanco is across tho Pacific, -where thero aro no submarines, subma-rines, and thence over tho Siberian lino to the Russian front where an American force could greatly strengthen strength-en and encourage tho soldiers of tho new republic The Americans could be fed in Russia Rus-sia and maintained without regard to tho submarine peril. In France, our troops might serve only to embarrass the hungry men and women. |