Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-06
i. 5. Mission IS
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t"r.ai Disbursements were evident -.
fore trey left Pet-Ograd the mem be-s
# NE American mission 70 Russia
"Ho are accompanied by specia, en-,
'Ols sent To the United States Uy the
new government OF the Russian de-
MOcTaCy. gave out statements for pub
LEGATION yesterday All agree that the
| outlook for Russia is Frightening, but
that the whole cause Of democracy
and world freedom depends greatly
upon the determination shown by the
| United States to bring Prusslan au-
tOcraCy to its knees.
! The American mission has return
ed from Russia firmly convinced that
the United States, in espOusng the
cause Of the Russian people has
aligned itself on the side of demo-
CraCy in a war that is nothing more
nor less than democracy against au
| tocracy," said Elihu Root, who head
cd the mission
Into the Valley
America is entering into a con-
flict in which there Will be- deaths
for many Americans, widowed homes,
Sutlcrings and needs for sacrifices.
The uay may come when America
will almost despair, but even should
that day dawn. in the end America
will rise as a greater nation, purged
IN freedom and remade in the spirits
of our fathers.
America is competent to accom-.
plish the divine mission to which We
as a nation have been called, to car
~ liberty and justice to all the world.
No Time to Argue
DO not waste time now in argu-
ment as to why we are in this war,
but simply realize that the time has
come when American liberty, Amer
lean justice, American independence
and American freedom is at stake ="
Equally emphatic in his declaration
that America today faces a struggle
in which her future is at stake is
Charles Edward Russell, the leading
Socialist journalist, who was a mem
Der of the mission
Democracy in Balance
We should cheer up in regard to
the Russian situation, however black
it may appear he said, because If
democracy wins in this war the Rus.
sian people will emerge as their own
rulers. If democracy should lose, then
the flag is endangered. Today, de-
mocracy hangs by a thread
The existence of democracy de-
Ponds upon this Union and. the de-
termination of America to win in the
wa upon which we have involved
ourselves against Prussian autocracy."
Commenting upon the Russian re-
volution and it's far-reaching, effects,
he said: What the American wo-
men have been trying for years to
get, the women of Russia obtained in
a minute. That is, the right to vote"
Where Labor Belongs
James Duncan, another Of the mem
bers Of the American mission, urges |
America to remember that this is
not the time for squabbling over in.
The place of the American
today is back Of the |
president and back Of the cavern.
ment"
Basil Soldatyen Kouff, one Of the
ENJOYS who accompanied the |
American commissioners back from |
Petrograd, issued statement urging |
the people of the United States to |
show a confidence in the future OF
the New Russia. The Republicans
of the newest democracy need time
and the patience Of their friends, he
said