Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-06
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| from Russia, where the results OF in
ternal disagreements were evident be-
fore they left Pttrograu, the members
OF the American mission TO Russia,
who are accompanied by special en-
VOWS sent to the United States by the
new government OF the Russian de-
mOcracy, gave out statements for pub
LEGATION Yesterday All agree that the
outlook for Russia is Frightening, but
that the whole cause Of democracy
and World freedom depends greatly
upon the determination shown by the
United States to bring Prussian au
tocraCy to its knees
The American mission has return
ed from Russia firmly convinced that
the United States, in espousing the
cause of the Russian people has
aligned itself on the side of demo
craCy in a war that is nothing more
nor less than democracy against au-
tocracy," said Elihu Root, who head
ed the mission.
Into the Valley
America is entering into q con-
N.Ct in which there VIII be deaths
for many Americans, widowed homes,
suticrings and needs for sacrifices.
Tie DAY may come when America
will almost despair but even should
that day dawn, in the end America
will rise as a greater nation, purged
in freedom and remade in the spirits
Of our fathers.
America is competent to accom-
plish the divine mission to which we
as nation have been called, to car
ry liberty and justice to all the world.
No Time to Argue
DO not waste time now in argu-
ment as to why We are in this war,
but simply realize that the time has
come when American liberty, Amer.
lean justice, American independence
and American freedom is at stake"
Equally emphatic in his declaration
that America today faces a struggle
in which her future is at stake is
Charles Edward Russell, the leading
Socialist Journalist, who was a mem
Der Of the mission.
Democracy In Balance
I'VE should cheer up in regard to
the Russian situation, however black
it may appear" he said, because If
democracy wins in this war the Rus
sian people will emerge as their own
rulers. If democracy should lose, then
the flag is endangered. Today, de-
mocracy hangs by a thread
THE existence of democracy de.
ponds upon this Union and the de-
termination of America to win in the
war upon which we have involved
ourselves against Prussian autocracy"
Commenting upon the Russian re-
volution and its far-reaching effects,
he said: What the American wo-
men have been trying for years to
get, the women of Russia obtained in
a minute That is, the right to VOTE
Where Labor Belongs
James Duncan, another Of the mem.
bers of the American mission, urges
America to remember that this is
not the time for squabbling over in
cidentals. The place of the American
workingman today is back of the
president and back of the cavern.
ment."
Basil Soldatyen Kouff, one of the
Russian ENJOYS who accompanied the
American commissioners back from
Petrograd, issued statement urging
the people of the United States to
show a confidence in the future Of
the New Russia. The Republicans
of the newest democracy need time
and the patience of their friends, he
coid