The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-07
RUSS|A'S VIEWPOINT
OF WAR CONTROVERSY
Men Lay Aside Their Personal Griey.
anccs in Desire TO Strike Blow
at Germany.
ALL PARTIES JOIN IN TRUCE
Rapid Evolution OF Present Forms
OF Government in Every Country
Of Europe Predicted When Com
bat Is Ended.

Especial Cable 70 The Times Dispatch
PETROGHAD tST. PETERSBURG.
September s--Much has been said and
written since August 81 OF the causes
Of the great European war. and the at
! titudcs. aims and ambitions OF Ger
many. England and France In the
struggle. but little has been heard of
ltussias side OF the affair.
Sasha kropotkin, one of the best in
formed Russians. and man who
knows whereof he speaks. has written
the. following article on the war from
the Russians viewpoint:
ITO say that tho present war is
war against militarism is to be guilty
cf platitudc. For days past every
leader writer in the country has been
saying so. Yet the attitude on this
subject of great number of people is
extremely curious. They seem to he
orr. sscd by the thought that they
may nave to cry. whcn Inc war is
over, lie roi est mort. Nive lie roi.' AZ
ter Ccimany--Russia
England cannot crush German mill
tarism alone. All OF us who have fol-
lowed the lead OF Germany for forty
years must strike together Belgium
has struck her blow. France and RUS
sia will strike harder; perhaps the
heaviest blow will come from Russia
And there is the rub. For what IL
Russia. having helped to crush Ger
many, develops psychology analogous
to that of Germany after 1870, and af-
Ter tasting power. decides to become
the greatest of all--fosters the spirit
OF militarSm. which we are now ar
raycd against"
Let ms picture Russia victorious
Then, so argues Mr.. Bernard Shaw
tand in the given case he represents
not only himself. but quite a number
OF other pcoplcl. the Russian govern
7 lT1l r4-
VIII be crushed the balance OF,
power will incline in favor OF Russia
After that the situation becomes too
horrible to contemplate
Alr. Shaw might hc reminded that
there is another Russia--the Russia OF
Iolstoy, Borodine and Cork But for
the time that is forgotten. or pcoplc
refuse To realize the extremely i'm
portant fact that. if Russia is instru-
mental in defeating Germany. II Will
that other Russia.
RUSSIANS SINK
! THEIR DIFFERENCES
Russians have sunk their differ.
I enccS; they arc showing a united front
/ y month ago there were barricadcs in
- Petersburg; the day the war was dc
clnred tho harricadcs disappeared, and
4 tho men who had held them were tho
/ irst to join the army. They were will
| ING 10 lay aside their personal Gri"v-
4 atc'S ~ the desire to strike a blow
! at Germany; and il is military Ger
many At which they are aiming the
i blow. For those men and women owe
! an enormous debt to the culture c:f
/ Germany They know more about it,
1 too than the men and women of many
other countries. having studied II more
4 closely. eager TO aSsimilatc what WAS
\ best III II. At the same time they
/ realize perfectly that the first culture
| to droop and withcr In the sitting
atmosphere of German militnrism is
\ German culture. From supplying the
1 world with tho best music and litcra-
turc and philosophy Germany has be.
come mn authority ON uniforms and
| decorative dinner ware. The Germans
may have fashioned great cmpirc
but they have become small people.
7 Now AT last. they may bccorno n
| great people. If Europe succeeds in
! bursting tho bonds OF militarism. tho
| first I" benefit by tho change will 10
Germany. How much remains to he
seen; hut /, Is Interesting 10 rcmcm-
| Dor Ecbcls words: "Bchud every war
! Of The future there turks a revolu-
! ton Many. on tho other hand. EXPECT
| revolution In Russia. II Is too carly
! to forsecc what exactly tho war viii
! bring. and 10 not say iaat l,uSsia
VII necessarily have a revolution wi,nn
! tic var ends; but what d. aGirn Is
| that III i,ussia. just ms in tNct, other
country In Europe. there wiz hc -
rapid evolution or the present f"r,us Of
! government
since tho ,doclaration OF tho war in
/ Russia there has boon tho most extra
/ ordinary spontaneous truce between all
! parties I'm the puma. Mons flourish
| keNtich. most rabid Of rcactionarice
/ has openly rcpcnted, aud has rucanttd
l hts antiscmitic views, Announcing his
| heliot that all should have equal rights
as Russian citizens. What is more i'm.
/
/ the Noroc Nrcmya, has procluimcd
! the beginning OF new era. the new era
/ bong. Of course, tho DEVELOPMENT and
! regime ~
AS one Of The meagre proofs 90 Rus
! sias nefarious ultimate intentions IL
| was inevitable that the DOGGY OF "a
| RUSSIAN invasion of India should nc
| rcsuscitatcd. But that poor DOGGY is
/ fast losirg it's saw,ust
The greatest Russian politicians and
/ military authorities, notably General
] Nourapatkin. hav" repeatedly affirmed
! that tho conquest OF India would he the
! beginning OF the end OF tho Russian
4 empire owing To Tho aimoet insur-
Z mountablc difficulties, and the eNtrav-
J aEaut expenditure which tho campaign
/ alone would entail. such an undertake
/ inE is altogether outside the range OF
possibilities. Tho worll has changed
since the day when General Shobclcff
/ declared that the road TO CONSTANT
norle lies through lnd;a'
CoNsTANTINuPLE WILL
LOSE IT'S IMPORTANCE
Certainly Russia will not allow Con
Ftantinople 10 be taken by any one
that is why she did not aflow bulgaria
10 advance beyond Tchatal,a Hut
Constantinople will lose its Importance,
IN the eyes of Russia ms soon "a the
question or the opening OF the Oar
dauelles is settled favorably When
that has been arranged Russia's anbi.
tons no longer concern Europp po-
iticaiiy
MI shaw talks elibIy Of the ncces.
/ SIT! Of conserving Germany's eastern
| frontier. Why? Against whom and
! what? II IS not Ciermanys eastern
I frontier that has tnattcred one iot In
the European balance of civilization.
III is that Russia lay beyond that from
! tier and served as the buwark not
! only Of Germany. but OF Europe against
! the TartarE. who overran her. and put
back her civilization by couple 81
centuries. " is idle spcculation, but