The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-05
Are the United States and Russia Friends
or Not s-Wh0 Says Noe

Are the United States and Russia Friends
or Not s-Who Says Noe
Russia has ever been our friend. We are at
was morally arrayed against us, when England
and France cast defiance in our teeth, when
the very people in our midst were dubious or
rejoicing at our calamities, Russia, of all the
Powers of Europe-Russia alone cheered
us with generous sympathy. Some people
are given to despise what is generally called
''moral support" We are not of those.
Moral support seems a very intangible thing,
and yet to a nation, amid her trials, it is some
thing to have the comfort of encourage
ment and of good wishes when tread
ing the thorny path Of disaster; chiefly
SO when that encouragement happens
to come from one of the greatest
Powers in the world What killed the Paris
Commune? The strategy of MacMahon and
the numerical superiority or better organiza-
ton of the Versaillsts? Not altogether. These
did much toward attaining the end, but want
Of moral support did more. The Commune
had no rallying point of sympathy without.
Wherever Paris turned her agonized look she
met with nothing but dreary GOODNESS. No
sympathy from any foreign nation or recog-
nized organization. Nothing but one solitary
demonstration of the London mob, and very
poor at that The case of the Great Western
republic in her troubles and that of the death
doomed Commune are not exactly alike, still
they are near enough to invite comparison.
This is the reason why we should not forget
what we owe Russia the Emperor Alexander
and his righthand man, Prince Gortchakoff
GLORIOUS old man, heD. Now we owed old
England grudgc. History and but very re-
cent events taught US so. But we have done
with our grudge against England. Joint
High Commission has healed all soreness
between England and America. England is
our friend now. So is Russia, and therefore
those who say that our reconciliation with Eng
land has been the signal for GOODNESS or per-
haps hostility between the United States a nd
Russia are wide of the mark What is the
use of flashing forth lying kilograms to the
world, saying that because Gentleman Fish
had not invited Dplomatist Catacazy to an
official feed Diplcmatist Catacazy had flung
n casus bell into Gentleman Fishs face. Do
you know friend, what casus 6cli means at
full length? 1t means rivers of blood and
tears. Therefore We'll have no casus be,S.
But what says Minister Catacazy ?-sly,
facetious man he, and fond of his joke, too !!
Said he TO our representative, "Cdsu 5eIE /!
Casus belly, say !. have missed good
dinner by being away from Washington.
Now, my dear friend," adding TO our repre-
sentative, 81 credit you with sense enough to
know, to see, to comprehend that l couldn't
be at Fishs dinner and rusticating on Long
Island, as you see ] am, both at the same
time. Fish and are the best friends in the
world. Russia and the United States love one
another. Alexander II.-God bless him and
President Grant--may he be President
again would be shaking hands now but for
the intervening space between them. Be not
alarmed. Russia knows better than TO fall