The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-06-14

%~~g ing away from
tyranny nnd IL
noranCc and to-
ward liberty and
full manhood, DIR. Hills chose AZ his
text 1Sa. For Il nation shall bc born in
n day"
N"nd"il Phillips once pronounced the
French rCvolntiO the greatest political
event of the last thousand years OF his
tory. Concerning the American Rcvo-
luton, Edmund BUrkc spoke of the new
republic "as nn event as amazing us if
Il new planet had suddenly appeared
in the sky" Could these two lovers of
humanity return to our earth Burke
and Phillips alike would confess the
unipUUncSS of the hlOodl"SS revolution
in Russia tha: has uShrrCd In dcmoc-
racy for 1lN,Wn.""O of people. When
long time has passed, perhaps the
year 1917 will hc chiefly remembered
because of the fact that tn" Russians
achieved in n single fortnight political
| d"m"'raCy, liberty of the press. with
federation and charity in religion for
Greek and Catholic, Jcw and gentle
alike. Tho other nations OF the world
over 5000 battles To win the four forms
of democracy now achieved by one
hlo"dlCSS urr"avnl.
Causes of tho Russian Revolution.
Above all else were the writings and
endless agitation nf the Russian rcvo-
luton 10y professors in the university,
students in cOllc-c-. writers like Toll
| I
| get the Influence from without of more
thrn 10000 Russian cXics, some of
whom dwell In our own midst. No one
need he surprised, therefore. that one
OF In" paragraphs In the cable dis
patches spoke of tho people carrying
away ns mcmcntOcS fra "mcnts of the
political prison of PcIrogrnd that Ind
been dynomt"d. In spite OF stone walls
and cannon, this iron citadel of royal
| tyranny was demolished. and the news
OF the fan Of this fortress must have
fallen upon the ears of the kaiser OF
Germany and the emperor OF Austria
like II thunder clap.
Magnitude of tho Revolution.
The magnitude Of the revolution for
the human race hccOmcS clear when We
remember that Russia now owns one
sixth of th" good farming land Of the
globe ana must therefor" always con-
troll on" SiNlh or the human race ana
in th" coming parliament OF mankind
ami federation of the world always he
| largely d"'idinG factor III tn" inter
national movements. Russia X hum
dr"d times !ar""r than Great Britain,
| fifty times laT:-rr than Germany, Nv ice
as lar," ~ al Europe: but. what is
vastly NOR" Important, Russia Is n
compact i1nd. W'!.l" lnGhndS colonies
Is ''' 80, .,, 90 80
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ada r,u. Nryi.,. tbru nu in tho At
Iau,.r ocean from Florida +, North
\rr.ro mud from Maine +, denmark
for the last third and Won have fine
land named Russ'n. 70 ,Lr north of
Pciroyrnd and to the Snqth lie the
great whcaIliclls. Of wheat that nrn.ls
to hHv" It's roots damp and chill while
tn" nrud is hHihrd i'm fire. In the south
q" Russia near the Ca~r!an sea, are
NV '"''"' '''''''>' win '"''''.'"' l'''.-"
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Siberia black corn land equal to four
times all the corn land Of th" United
States and six times rs much wheat
land as there iS Ia hr fOuud in Canada
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