The Washington herald., 1914-08-31
To the Car Of Russia.
By EMoRY J. HAYNEs.

In this republic any respectful address to our
chief Official the President is permitted In the
same respectful way and illustrative Of our
American political life, this expression is addressed
to you.
Do you know that we can never forget your loyal
friendship in the time of fratreidal war5 In
deed there has never been break in friendship be-
tween Russia and the United States All the more,
therefore il is pleasure to congratulate you on
your proposal to Poland You could long ago, have
done this same sublime thing 1t is always the set
time to do right 1t is not always that we feel
like doing it.
1t is reported that you will invest the Jew with
his full liberties You look to his loyalty in this
your hour of need We venture the prophecy that
ne will stand by your colors the field Of battle
with the bravest and the truest of your soldiers.
That is the history of the Jew in this republic
There is something in the Jew that has never
known decay for thousands of years 1t is the love
of his country. His own people partakers of
his owr personality under every sky, and through
long centuries far beyond the existence of any other
race. And in America we have been the gamers by
his love tor his own. He has conducted himself as
if this republic was his own home land He fought
bravely under its flag He is capable of hardship
in marches and sacrifice on the stricken field. He
will prove all this
The agonies of war have rarely been in vain.
Such seems TO be the determination of the Ruler
cf the nations. By the rigors of war emerged
Abraham Lincoln But for that would not
have known him. Lincoln, the emancipation of the
black man-the al-patient soul who carried the
rows of his people The slave by him became the
freeman That great Gar who freed the Russian
serfs was speak with admiration of our
Lincoln They both were permitted to do the same
glorious deed. You too, seem destined to belong
to that illustrious twain May nothing stay your
pen till it has written the full liberty of your peo-
pie worship God according the dictates of their
own consciences.
In America, these fsteful days. is much distress
of mind. Here is excitement of endeavor We
are forced to be onlookers We are in tears Our
sorrow has none Of the relief that comes from ac-
ton There is nothing that we can do Our friendly
wishes for you all on both sides of the field
Our grief is alleviated when we see some social
reform political benefit. however small emerg-
ing from this of troubles. Will not you mon
archs, possessed Of a personal power unknown here,
do many things like the emancipation of the Poles
and the rghting of the Jews? II is time OF
many changes Change many old wrongs By
proclamation decree education Proclaim the rights
of man. Appeal to the hearts of your people by
granting the hopes of many weary years You ad-
dress their affections in your call to arms Reach
their hearts by DEGREES of liberty and personal rights
The civilized world stands amazed at the exhi-
bitions of absolute political power that you hold dis
played If it be thus with you that your word
is law, to what heights of benefaction could you
not speak your subjects Read again the words Of
a great prophet who said that he was empowered
TO proclaim liberty to the captive and the opening
OF prison doors 10 them that are bound"
An educated, religious man. living in the dawn OF
the twentieth century and possessed OF the personal
power. would think would exut at the time
that gave him justification in making this old world
over Such displays of good would go far TO Justify
the distresses of war so vast. Like sunbursts
through the clouds OF a dark dav