The Washington herald., 1914-10-04
WAR MAY MAKE
RUSSIA GREATER
Cars People Believe They
Will Be Greatest Nation of
All After Strife Ends.
ARE RUSHING TO ENLIST
Soldier Tells How HIS Colonel Bore
Himself After Only Son Was
Killed in Battle.
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| Special Cabls to ms WGshtnEtoa Herald.
| Petrograd. Oct. 3-Russians are ike {
people awakened from ? long coma. Tn,
enthusiasm Is almost unbelievable. EverJ
man. woman and child thinks Russia Il
about to take her place at the head
| OF the nations Of the world. The faith
| in the future OF the country is in II.
self a good guarantee for realization Of
! the peoples hopes.
Russian national aspirations are espe.
| cially aroused by the prohibition order
tainable. This Is a great sacrifice on the
part OF the government, but its loss of
revenue from the monopoly will undoubt-
edly be made up in other directions. Rus
slams / talk with say the productivity
OF the nation will now be trabled- /
am not sure it is too much to hope. The
curse Of alcohol has been dreadful
Russians areA also greatly elated over
the treaty agreement Of the three lead
ing allies TO stand or fall together.
"IrOn Man" EnIfstH.
The rush to enlist continues. Russia's
millions have not been overestimated-
An old soldier, one Of Emperor Nicholas
is iron men" has tramped a hundred
miles to Kostroma to ofrer his services
at the front as a volunteer.
Inns veteran 70 anu NAlEc
years of age, hale and hearty, wearing
proudly a. row OF medals gained in the
Crimean campaign, the Turkish war and
other conflicts.
Colonel Loses Only Son.
The papers publish the following letter
from an officer to his father
when the fight was ended our colonel
received a report that so many men had
been killed and wounded. How many
privates?' he asked. He was told. How
many officers?' One cornet,' was the an
swer. 1t was his only son.
II glanced at the colonel, and saw that
the muscles of his face did not quiver.
He sat on his horse like a statue. After
a brief pause-'Where is the dead cor
net? The spot was indicated. He rode
up to his dead son, bent down over the
body raised the head and gaZed long into
his sons face. Then he kissed his lips
and brow, made a sign Of the cross,
remounted. and rode on to attend to
his duties"
The privates speak in glowing terms
of the courage and fine example Of their
officers, who are always to be found in
the most dangerous spots.
Would Not Abandon Guns.
A wounded gunner sent to the hospital
at Vladimir YolynSk describes an attack
by a greatly superior force Of the enemy
which resulted in the virtual extermina-
ton Of those serving a battery. They
had sworn never to abandon their guns,
and they kept their oath.
The extent Of the losses suffered placed
all previous casualties far in the back
ground. mot less than 10000 dead Ger
mans were counted in the trenches after
one engagement IN Eastern Prussia. On
the fateful day, September l. when two
Russian corps came to death grips with
four German corps north of Soldau the
losses on both sides totaIed between So
900 or 10000 the majority of which were
Germans.
The results of the Mini Novgorod Fair
provide conclusive evidence Of the com
paratively small effect Of the war upon
internal trade Business was suspended
fer only two or three days at the begin
ming of mobilization; afterwards il was
normal There is a brisk demand for
goods from Central Asia, Persia the
Caucasus and Volga regions, and Kama.
The majority Of firms are ready to ex-
tend credit to regular customers The
state bank. by active disccunting, sup
ports the fair. Furs alone suffered be-
cause OF the interruption of foreign trade.