The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-10

states on the Austrian pattern. For
the Austrian pattern is a good II in
racial questions, wlilc perhaps the
American example is a better working
out of the purely political phases of
the question.
In fact forty years ago the first
efforts Of the revolutionary movement
in Kicff resulted in the sending of II
committee to America to study our
political institutions. an: the federal
list movement, that i. the effort To
attain self-govcrnmcnt for the vari-
Gus races within the empire. being a
movement Of 100. 0OO. 900 nom Mosco-
vites in Russia. opposing the central
list tactics of 10000. 900 Moscovitcs.
who wish to retain sole control of the
Government. IL naturally already l
very strong one. TIL we'll known Rus
sian publicist Naronin has contributed
a lumber OF illuminating articles 10
Austrian periodicals ON this puestinT,
clearly ~eXpoundinG the rival prctcU-
sions Of the Muscovite and tie nom
Muscovitc clements Of the RUSSIAN
population.
The American people MAY hr SLOW
~ 81 iil'- '''N Ih''T. WV
once the facts on the tkrainian uiic,-
ton have been put clearly before them
they will 500 what tn" ambitions %.
this people mean for the d~ovclorme3,
OF Europe. Tho breaking NJ of i.Is-
STA into a group of nations, core
spending to the natural. racial ana
cconomico-geographical units Of the
empire. such as Finland, tho Baltic
provinces. tho Ukraine. the Caucasus.
and Great Russia together with s.
heria-this is one Of the possible ont
comes 81 the European war. On" tina
will become more likely as tn" va: -
prolonged to a greater duration. IN
fact. Of this n b~cSinn,nG has alr"td,'
been made in tho cutting off "r Poland.
The next step may lie the separation
Of the Ukraine from Russia: already
tic armies Of the central Powers have
reconuuered Gallcla from Russian COW.
troll. and occupied CONSIDERABLE, arcus
Of Russian Ukrainiau territory ,es-
pccially in the Government Of VOL
hynial,
But il the division of Russia should
not result, there would still hc ~"
extreme likelihood Of a Russian fed
Grafton, as outlined above. and in
that case also We should wish t" Sc
the Ukraine achieve a full mehslr"
OF autonomy. At n rate. whether
II central European Pow rs or III"
Allies are victorious. il will he up I,
h dominant low Of the victorious
group. let JUS say, therefore, England
or Germany, to formulate some lin
~ action u.tth yaoayl 90. pn-st.fa f,-
ture. and therefore to the future ~
the Ukraine.
Americans Will naturally prefer 81,
nave this task performed lay Eng
land. and while England * not AT this
mUnent scliishiy Interested ia the
freeing of the Ukraine. A. is the case
viii Germany, there is absolutely No
doubt that E~nsldnd's ultimate inter-
eSts reQuire her to cak a Nic-
torious Russia. The erection of a
l'krainian Stat" would achieve this
object by preventlng In" presence -:
u russian navy in The Black SCI an!
thus-and this is Of far greater inn
p~ortanCe-it would shut off Eu~S.l's
access to the balkan Peninsula, which
might then have freedom To- develop
without fear Of Russian interference.
Constantinople would not then be Il
Russian naval port Ia menace the
peace of the entire Mediterranean.
We are looking far INTO tn" future.
p'rhaps. The Ukraine, once a nation
or an Independent State in a l"se
federation, would begin to have duties
toward the outer world, and one of
them would be To protect the Balkan
states against any attcmpt At AUS
trian or German domination ~ them.
But how different would he tho p,o-
lection Of the Ukraine from that which
Russia would grant"
While he Ukraine would hc like a
big brother shielding his younger
| brothers and sisters from turciGn IN
reference, Russia has offered them
hitherto merely the protection that
the lions frame affords the ltml, ar-
ter he has dcVouicd il. fuv Russia
All weaker Slavic nations are 4 sort
OF Russia irrclenta,' and Russia
must conquer them al all costs. What
their atti'ud" is toward such ,,sorp-
I tion bN Russia II noWrcrc better Illus
tNtcd than in the history Of Finland,
| Poland and the Ukraine