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Show II HAS FAITH IN j RUSSIA If In Salt .aKe yesieraay a jn-ubaiau (! commission, escorted by Major Wash- ti burn, U. S. A., was entertained at I; luncheon by the Commercial club. Major Washburn, In introducing the ij Russians, paid tribute to the courage l and stamina of the great majority of ( the Russian people, saying: k Ail through the war, Russia haB started on the offensive handicapped I h by the lack of supplies, and to this he j; attributed the fall of Warsaw. During 'j the great battles which preceded the I occupation of that city by the Ger- n mans, he related how the Russian h armies had delivered thousands of j shells into the enemy's ranks and after jr the last shell had been fired they had j! stood by their guns for hours, waiting ij for replenishment of ammunition, only giving up when capture was on their If very heels. Nearly all of the Russian I army's reverses have been due to a If lack of ammunition and supplies, not I' to any moral turpitude on the part of Ij the Russian people or lack of faith. K Let us hope Major Washburn Is m right, but at present there Is little I;) faith placed by Americans In the Rus- (' elans. x K no |