New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-25

sheathed before the complete victory OF
right over wrong.
at is that spirit which anlmates
your nation in the present as IN the
past. You looked across the sea ana
saw liberty struggling in the grasp or
autocracv, that hideous monster, the
enemy Of mankind You came to hor
aid, and by throwing your mighty
sword into the scales YOU have insured
that right will prevail, and that the
world will be made safe for III honest
nations-the small as well as the great.
"You have done what Washington
would have done. And therefore. in
paving homage 10 the father of your
country, offer tribute of devotion
and gratitude TO the whole American
people,
Russian Envoy Presented
Secretary Daniels then presented Am
bassador Bakhmeteff. saying;
at is the peculiar privilege OF the
oldest republic of the New World TO
welcome the accredited representatives,
Of the newest republic of the Old
World 10 this sacred place, made holy
10 US as the home and resting place
of the illustrious Washington. II is
my honor TO present this afternoon the
spokesman of a nation whose long
friendship with this country was
strengthened when il became repub-
lie"
Ambassador Rakhmeteff said:
"With feeling of deepest venera-
ton have we approached this sacred
tomb. In the life Of nations there hap
pen to be times when the trivial every
CAV facts of existence, with all their
common interests and petty strife,
shallow feeling and routine activity are
replaced by epochs Of blazing and i'm
retuous development. unrestrained dis
plav of creative genius; epochs when
customs. habits and national interests
are swept away in the irresistible flow
OF events; epochs when the days count
for ages; epochs Of historical cata..
clvsm, turning points of history of
mankind. Such epochs carry the great
est calamities and the greatest bless
ines.
of war and civil strife, all the miseries'
sorrows. all the suffering Of expiatory
sacrifice. are with US.
but great is the burning idealism
Of individuals and nations, luminous
the display oil human nature III 10
primordial beauty, splendid the stately
progress of victorious humanity, ma
iestic the great sonorous footsteps OF
history.
Washington Hero OF His Time
"Such epochs breed their own men,
heroes and symbols of grand feats.
George Washington lived at such an
opocb. he was the hero and spokesman
of his time. Fate has bestowed on US
the blessing TO be witnesses and par
takers Of such an epoch from the hor-
rors and ruins OF heroic Belgium and
Poland. ruins soaked by blood of name
less martyrs
From the cries Of sorrow and misery
of innocent victims there is rising the
dawn of new life, life of peaceful
prosperity, justice and humanity grow,
ing out of the conquered and smashed
remnants of militant autocracy.
"To US Russians this epoch has
brought emancipation, has set op-
pressed nations free, has abolished the
| Injustice of racial prejudice, and nearly
two hundred million human beings have
got the blessing of freedom which more
than one hundred years ago George
Washington had consecrated IN this
country.
with a feeling of solemn venera-
ton and overwhelming emotion | be-
stow on this immortal tomb this wreath
as tribute to the hero, 70 the knight
of liberty and democracy, from rhe
messengers of Russia's freedom