Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-17
NeJO Russia Allies
Hope, Says ENJOY
Continued from Pare One

'"'hued from PaEe One
he said Millions and millions Of dollars
nave been spent in preparation for this
dash and men have been in training for
months and months"
diton?"
Right now our fighting men are in bet
yer condition than at any time since we
entered the war. The men have some
tnlhg 10 hight for now. Their goal Is n
greater Russia: Russia that will be a
democracy for all time; Russia in
wmlch they can live in peace and good
U U"oSWsnlp a Russia where there will be
.. Have the armies Of new Russia plenty
Of supplies?"
;, Ample" replied the Ambassador I'VE
mINe Nv, more than ever There seems to be
'tiS'dkeh idea about Russia and her sup
pies for her fighting men.
some persons think we are almost wholly
uUpeHoeht upon the United States for mu-
.luohs and other equipment This Is far
from correct We have enormous factories
.less days, The wheels of the vast indus
u'e' are running day and night The out.
~ - enormous; and I am glad | can
,aN' II VIII be greater as time goes on un.
- something comes TO end the war, and
mat as far as | can see into the future. is
not i'm sight"
What is your view Of the visit Of the
Root mission to Russia ,"
splendid ~ said the Ambassador ut
CeIn'hted friendships, gave a wonderful op-
10 ,uHIly 10 exchange views on MANY sub
Jects pertaining to the war and was a d.
rect evidence to the Russian peonIe Of the
sincerity and strength Of purpose Of this
great Country--America
Al RUSSIA welcomes the United states
INTO the war We know the resources Of this
Iou"'IE We Know the firmness Of the Amer
lcan people; they never turn back. Thev
n
their purpose, and now. side by side with
our allies, in the trenches in the marts OF
ttade' IN the office, in the factories and a
thousand other places, we will fight on for
our Just cause and victory we know well.
tull well, will he ours
SCORNS SEPARATE PEACE
What were the foundations for the
rumors that came to this country concern
ing Russia and n separate peace?" | asked
There never was anv real foundation for
such rumors We were holding back, watch
ing, working and waiting for our time to
strike.
That peace talk was largely German prop.
aganda II was sent out in carefully dis
guised dispatches from Norway and
Sweden. German agents did it. But what
did it avail them? Nothing then nothing
now and nothing in III, days to come
Russia wants nr separate peace. Russia
lives and hopes and prays for the dawning
of the day of peace. But when that glori-
Gus day does come it will and must come
as the day Of victory for Russia and her
brave and ever-faithful allies in the cause
of the freedom Of the world"
woRKINGMEN LOYAL
What of the unrest among the working
men in Russia and their demands for
higher wages"
The workingman in Russia is better off
today than at any time in the history of
the country His wages are better, he has
more money in bank, and strong drink long
a curse, has been taken from him.
nope the people of America will not
oeIeve these stories that our men who toll
are dlssatisfed. These men are forging
ahead with their duties They realize thai
they are as necessary to the success of our
arms as the man who goes to the front
Inc heel that crushed the workingman
OF Russia has been removed. Kindness has
come where cruelty reigned In no land
VIII the men who labor have brighter or
more prosperous future.
BUSINESS LIVELY
Have you any late information regarding
business and financial conditions in new
Russia?"
Yes; my late advices tell me that bust
ness is hNely in many lines, Every one is
AT work. Financial affairs of the nation
are in the hands of earnest and capable men
and the outlook in all lines of endeavor is
splendid"
Then I asked the Ambassador to tell me
of Kerensky the Russian Minister of War.
who has been hailed far and wide as the
Saviuor of Russia"
clerk brought in letter for the Am
bassador. He read it, excused himself and
l sat there wondering what he would tell me
of the man-of'the-minute in Russia
Kerensky, who has become a world-fgure
in the redemption of Russia