The Nome daily nugget., 1915-08-23

stone age. I1ere IS st Iilail, stIaIsnl, l upstanuing, Iearles anu conscious oI mlsnty strength that lie Wen AIIows non u use No longer ls lie the eoMeu oru.lsn ,nlns 1nat Has crlngeu uetore u supenUr mnd, WHO mas Iougnt tne oa1ties oI nls race Mltnout spllll anu Mltuout ueslre Tor cenlurIes-a mlser ap.e creature, @eompanlon to the OK arlNen Iorta aIraIa al the wall o1 ms 4lnperlal masters ana nsnting anu uy- 4na w1tn nlIIe lnteres, ln 1ne cause or 1ne result Anu certes II IS that the nnssian ot today IS not the same as he | IS VerltabIy d new, u regeneratea Rus sla that is facing the Teutonlc forces on The hard-tought European paltie nelds. These are not of the same stamp of men who Battered at Auster- litz ana He'd at lnkermann. Nor are they the same who battleo with little
 
 III sullen panIc at Mukden anu liar pm before the assaults of an inferior foe. AS the artist has pictured, Il is a new man, this kusSla that Is stuD- l oornly contesung' every toot ol the German advance across Jne western plains of ttussitt aitnunsn snor1 oI everything to gain success, save nun bers. Inrougnout 1ne present great 1 cu.ilest ttussIa mas reuevInea nerselI does she appear in tae eyes ol nunan- l Il. Us an awAwIru, DeaiIsn creature, more beast Inan nnman d cowed and DeslIen tnlns Lnat uareu not anu could not stand ln the lace oI adVersity. .ydIlIls tne var InS perlous ol tne pre- sent coninct, l.ussIs. ntts truis uemon- slrateu tnat sne no IonSer to De aesplseu. AleI rlineu anu wIIilnS eulupers ale uo lonaer .lIe crlnSlnS
 D..tuce ul d so4uIer dSaIasI wlii ana len, u mhllaIS aspect oy ,le aduIGon ol d silUre anu d coat. InrouShout tne Wal lie nas norne nImsen wItn many eoA4ase t,s n ne Aliew anu realized at 4as, .nstt ne Was Inoeeu u man wItn d 4na4 strength anu aspirations.
 Ine mighty struggle ne mas dlsplayeo et~IS quall1y o1 Wilen d natloH can De proud anu mas borne the Duneungs or war with u supreme courage. aced Dy the mignuest armies that history has known anu beset by every force that years of thought ana foresight could provide, while he himself pos sessea D,l lew Cl-ecuVe powers wItn which ~ oppose the forays of ms mighty fos. he has nevertheless face tDv Uuds witn d glorlous Naior anu is signaly great even though at present llsnting losing nght. Slep by step 1t mas been forced backward from the nard fought fields that had previously yielded to his conqueroring arm. Day Dy day he has seen the results ot his efforts torn from his grasp because of the failure of iiis superiors to provide | him with effective means to fight. Week after week he has been com pelled to see the hard won conquests that he has achieved given back to the foe whom all his strength could not oppose unaided by the mighty tools of war; and yet he has not faltered and even in retreat has soaked with the gore of his enemies every foot of the ground over which they have ad- vaneed. Blinded by the fury of a mighty force and crippled by his own l lack of effective means of defense, he has fought steadily and manfully and proved to the world that he is indeed new being-one who can stand the buffetings of diversity without losing courage and can continue to fight when the day seems lost and the cause hopeless. Even in defeat he has demonstrated that he is great.