The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-09
THE DAILY msSouLlAN
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FRIDAY. novEMsea .. 1917.
THE RUSSIAN BLO.v-uP.

Poor Russia, going from bad t
worse, seems to have dropped
into a plumbless pit Of anarchy
kerensky. the one hope Of all tha
is left Of the patriotism and In
tcllect OF the Russian govern
Inent. has failed to hold his reo-
pie and none but a di,lnely APP
pointed seer may prophesy the
future.
The change that has come to
The people may be illustrated by
an anecdute told by Dr. Hills.
.Aftcr the rcyplntton last April i'll
petrugrad, cab driver started
down the street driving at gal
Top and OH the wrong side Of the
street ran into an approaching
carriage Arrested because he
had broken the laws regulating
the traffic. the poor man eN-
claimed. And what i The use Of
the new lihcrt, if We cannot do
rs VIZ plcase9" That. We take it,
indicates The ~plrit Of the thou
sands Of Russians who have late
~ emerged from the chains OF
autocracy to democracy that
has but a vague aud generic
meaning 10 them.
One must be all optimI>t indeed.
to predict that there will be any
thing like order established IN
Russia before The end of the
worlds war II may be that kcr-
cnsky will organize form OF
government to make war on the
radicals who have deposcd him.
but we cannot believe that he will
succeed to the point of offering
u determined resistance TO the
Germans who are at the doors.
The money and munitions that we
have furnished to Russia may be
counted in the waste Of war.
The failure of Russia to take
its part in actual combat is. how
ever. of small moment, compared
with the disaster Of a Russian
peace with Germany such as the
Maximalists in control seek, and
in all probability, will secure.
That would moan that Germany
would have at its disposal all OF
The resources that Russia pos
sesses. The pressure would be
lifted from the food strlngency.
and there would be considerable
encouragement to the German
people.
= Thr-tesson uf this depressing
: disaster is PLAIN. Russia has
failed not for lack Of men. or mu-
nitions. or aid from its allies. but
solely because Of the breakdown
Of the morale of its people IT
HIS a great. mixed aud unwleldy
population. which, breaking away
from the restraint OF Years OF
official scrfdom. hu, been unable
to find itself
Is there not in this situation
the sterne,t warning to Amerl-
cans that IL win We must have
unified spirito That unless we
act together we are LOST Amer
lea is d sa~t eounlry with many
clements in il population aud If
the nlurale Is to Le kept unl,ruken
W. must work constantly Ia re-
press the d>curslau' groups aud
Ia strike hard at all evidence of
treason or resistance to the Nur.
out Of this melting pot of ours,
We must fuse a strength that will
- Oh iii .rG~lnEls@ ,n'tl| the n1r
has been won,
There are some fine >7.He. II
industrial rrlltcr> where twenty
or more dialects are spoken, II Is
noticed that there has emerged a
strong American spirit, ready and
eager to fight HE krannN Of
GERMANY.
II becomes nnfs necessary
than ever nuW to deal III a strong
WAY With men lih, la iolIrtt. aud
all III ht> Kind, The growth Ia
power If the element IN I;u>>ia
which rr~cn1blc~ our l. W w is
likely IT, hr followed bN n,W ur-
tisitlc~ and rnrrjlru cement with
ti1t clemens III tti, country. In
deed. already w ~,'r -igll1 pt that.
New It = nipl" Inlpr!t1ni than
ever t." handle tilcSr p"vllH" With
unHl"ltiUg hands. Th"rr must
be 40 ia"h ri decision gu the rart
IF pubic Officials. for every hour
ri 'le)yN u,cau- added danger to
our r;tU~p