Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-04-06

tho wonderful and heartening things
that have been happening within the
last few weeks in Russia?
Russia was known by those who
knew it best to have been always in
fact democratic at heart, in all the
vital habits Of her thought, in all the
intimate relationships Of her people
that spoke their natural instinct, their
habitual attitude towards life.
"The autocracy that crowned the
summit of her political structure, long
as it had stood and terrible as was
the reality of it's power, was not in
fact Russian in origin, character or
purpose; and now it has been shaken
off and the great, generous Russian
people have been added in all their
naive majesty and might to the forces
that are fighting for freedom in the
world, for justice and for peace. Here
is a At partner for league of honor.
Prussia Not Our Friend. .
zone Of the things that has served
to convince us that the Prussian autoc-
racy was not and could never be our
friend is that from the very outset of
the present war it has filed our unsus-
pecting communities and even our Of.
fees of government with spies and set
criminal intrigues everywhere afoot
against our national unity Of council.
our peace within and without, our in
dustries and our commerce.
Indeed it is now evident that it's
spies were here even before the war
began; and it is unhappily not a mat
ter of conjecture, but fact proved in
our courts of justice that the intrigues
which have more than once come per-
ilously near to disturbing the peace
and dislocating the industries of the
country have been carried on at the
instigation, with the support, and even
under the personal direction of official
agents of the imperial government &C
credited to the government of the
United States. @
Even in checking these things and
trying to extirpate them we have
sought to put the most generous in
| terpretation nossible upon them be-:
cause We knew that their source lay,
| not in any hostile feeling or purpose
| Of the German people towards US
(who were, no doubt, as ignorant Of
them as we ourselves were), but only
| IN the selfish designs of a government
| that did what it pleased and told it's
people nothing. : .-....,. ~ :.
"But they have played their part in
serving to convince us at last that that
government entertains no real friend
ship for us and means to act against
our peace and security at its convent.
ence. ="
Stern Repression for DisIoyaI.
IF there should be dihloyalty, 1t
will be dealt with with firm hand OF
stern repression; but, if it lifts its
head at all, it Will lift it only here and
there and without .countenance except
from a lawless and malignant few.
! 1T is a distressing and oppressive
duty, gentlemen of the congress, whicl
l have performed in thus addressing
you. There are, it may be, man!
months Of fiery trial and sacrifice
ahead Of US. " p go t.zzs......-'-z =
1T is q. fearful thing to lead thi'
great peaceful country into war, int
the most terrible and disastrous o
all wars, civilization itself seeming t
be in the balance. ~:-.r~..,e- A. ~.
"But the right Is more preciou
than peace and we shall fight for tn
things whichs we have always CARRIE
nearest our hearts-for democracy, TO
the right of those who submit to q,
thority to have a voice in their oWl
governments, for the rights and libel
ties of small nations, for a universe
dominion of right by such conce1
of free peoples as shall bring peac
and safety to all nations and max
the world itself at least free:
ITO such a task we can dedicat
our lives and our fortunes, everythin
that we are and everything that "
have, with the pride of those VIII
know that the day has come whe
America is privileged to spend he
blood and her might for the principl
that gave her birth and happiness an
the peace which she has treasured
God helping her, she can do no other.
TWIN LAKES
April g. Those who were in Littl
Falls on business Saturday were JOSEPH
Cimenski, Anton Shulz, Joseph Domish
Frank Pieharski. John Schippirtt, F'ran]
Krickler, Bill Larson, Joe and Pau
| Stoltman.
August Larson left for Duluth Sat
urday, where he will be employed.
Many from here attended the funera