South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-03
FUTURE
OF SLAV PEOPLE
]. @. AmeS Speaks on Russia
at Round Table
Banquet.

Hardsbips that the sla1s have had
20 endure n the past AMI the great
future that is before then were por-
trayed Dy T. q. Amey IT the meeting
81 the Round Table last night held
az the oliver hotel un the theme.
what OF the fIave" Air Ames
present secretary OF the 81. 81 g. g..
Mas forr- ~ secretary of the y. ST..
q. A. ir MOSCOW cuul requested 10y
tfbe. government To- leave the coun-
try
10 summed up the wrongs of the
eountrg In the treatment of the
Jew, Hs prison. system the dismem-
hermont Of Poland. the conquering
OF Finland the dissemination OF its
color les. its greed for. territory. It's
eOvs fnment ills such as initeracy.
s shackled press. censored mails, its
bureaucracy and car. It's lack of
morals and its passport system
IA speaking on the present war
affecting the country ne said: The
bonds OF superstition viii soon have
Esen broken. Before the war Rus
sia was bound by chord of steel OF
traditions ana supcrstitiOnE OF the
4ast The bulwark of It's church has
aeen It's superstition Many Of the
common soldiers under the guidance
81 that church went into the war
depending upon their cod and their
sacred icons t0 overcome the Ger
mans. At the close of this war To-
100000 Russian soldiers viii go bac1
10 their homes knowing no sacred
ICONS can charm a modern equipped
army and the slaekles of supersti-
ZION will fall by their own weight.
War viii Prove Educator.
IF the allies win. jhe Russian peo-
ale viii construe it as "a triumph of
Democracy. because who can doubt
mat aspect OF the present war. And
this fact viii stimulate that latent
instinct which is born i'm the Slav.
As 10 the future OF the race the
present war is sure 20 be the great
est educator of the Slav race I'm his
cory. Her haIghuness viii be
Knocked out of her. even though she
be victorious. anG she will not he I'm
position TO pursue her hitherto reck-
less course. The war viii lead her
people TO demand their just ne. It
has been an object lesson TO every
peasant engaged in the war, and "a
IFS constituency at home. in relative
Values. There viii Zee "a united ma
ton. All classes have merged their
differences in a great common peril
.fhe supposed revolution has not de-
NelODed. and probably viii not. Di-
Nergent elements have been blended
and are united for "a fight 20 the lin
ish. An autocrauC ear may deny
y Jew who has died at the front she
right TO an obituary eulogizing deed.
but the common people who have
stood beside him i'm his peril VIII
rot be so minded. The Car may re-
fuse the children of "a Jewish sold
Ter the right 10 an education. but
heroism will have its reward fro1n
those who grieve with his FAMILY
in great common grief
Must Hit Worlds Pace.
..The DAYS of great cruelty are un-
auestionably over; men may stlIl
~ exiled and imprisoned, but not
the old kind which sent men into
exile for a slow but certain death
The reigning house must have learn
ed some lessons It must realize how
IL has come Co disaster Russia is
today entering upon new industrial
era. Her forces are being modified
and i'm a short time she VIII ne IN
- position to- Manufacture an OF he.
military supplies. After the war IN
austrial plants VIII probably be
used I'm the eternal development of
her country. III Russia is 20 endure
she must strike the pace or the
world. which means increasing farm
ing efficiency the introduction of
modern machinery of O. greater de
Tree the building of railroads The
promotion OF thrift and % contentec
people.
There are those who dare Ven
ture 90 speak OF a new Russia. which
some DAY. with It's mighty empir,
securely grounded upon the Nedlter'
ranean at the south. the Arctic at IA,
north the Pacific at The east an'
with it great people throbbing viii
n new lie and Cnter-rise born OF ar
Intercourse which reaches from Con.
stantinople 20 \ladivostok VIII
modern railroads with it's people
enioving universal education an,
Its fruits. with its industries now be-
ine modified turned into channels
oil upHft with it's great scieuui
caUv farmed and producing more
wheat annually than is grown al
over the world. Russia viii stan,
forth as the great storehouse which
rr~le che world 'f