The Detroit times., 1917-12-06
WASHBURN
MAKESPLEA
FOR RUSSIA
Says Past Aid To Allies
Should Not BE
Forgotten


ent and iu tte countrys faith .n
the cause of democracy. Major STAN
icy Washburu. As touring with
the representative of rfc Russian
embassy. spoke Ncdn day after
non in the Board ot Commerce audi
,orium 90 capacity audience,
Major Wastnun was Tor three
years Lord Norhclres representa-.
live on the Russian front as mill
tarv correspondent tor The London
Times and as military observer is 4
vereran OF more than so of yhc
worlds greatest battles
A . Sack. director az the Rus
sian information bureau, ANA Lieu'
-tr-ftastt t-f;tffte, ft-sr-- f3-t-tt fiNoaehtR-
sky. bedecked With medals for per
sonai bravery. were tho other speak
ers.
lone OF the most impressive fea-
lures today S me attitude OF the In.
dividuai American toward the war,
said Major Nashhurn Il hnd ln
This country am alarming lack Of
understanding Of The great phenom-
ena OF war The people of this
country think that u men and mon
ey and supplies enough are sent
10 France the war ultimately must
be won But this is nor true The
most potent factor in winning g w5I
rs morale The morale .Ct those
who remain az home is as important
as the mcraie ~ The armies
we must learn The moral values
of war and must have faith-faith
In our homes, in our soldiers and ip
our allies And in cur allies Russia
is one of our greatest assets.
THE winning ol "a war does not
necessarily mean q string Of cor.
secuiye victories or a crumhing of
the foe over night It means that a
nation must bear with forufude the
ebb and flow OF yicissitudes and vic
tories In this respect the provin-
cialism Of the American mind is
appalling
The kaiser is not a hypocrite
n he were the war would have been
finished by now The difficulty is
tha, be IS sincere and that he has
hypnotized onehalf the German en-
pire 10 his extraordinary views Of
autocracy.
God has given Us a new weap-
on said the kaiser, describing the
poison gas.
II have seen men die of poison
gas II is the most brutal and ter
rihle OF deaths ! have seen eight
men try 70 hold one Russian soldier
down while he fought the agony on
its effects II a man is given enough
morphine or other narcotic 90 as.
suage the agony. the morphine kills
him. And that is the kaiser idea
OF a God-giyen weapon
German intrigue. treachery and
spies at the base of Russian mill
tary operations wrought untold mis-
cries on the battle fronts The dam
age done 20 The Russian army by
Sukhomlinof. the arch Ger
man plotter now serving a life-sen-
tence for high treason cannot be de-
fermined
"Forts under his orders We're
abandoned TWO years before war was
declared Others were designed by
Germans. and one " the strongest
forts iu Poland. which We were sur.
prised 80 hear fell after a few hours
OF battle. was designed by a man
on Won HlndenhurR's staff who knew
every secret passage and every line
" communication into The place
When the Russians were retreat
ing into Warsaw they blew up a
bridge which ordinarily would mean
that heavy cannon would be stalled
there for Eve weeks OF more In rs
hours the Germans were crossing .
hat bridge with their heaviest field
pieces General Sukhomlinof order
ed that bridge made in Germany and .
when it was blown up by loyal Rus.
sian soldiers q duplicate bridge on
fat cars with every bolt and rive-
necessary. was less than two hours
away from The bridge head
The Russians fought with prac
ideally nothing when the war FIRST
struck them During that irving
summer or 1918. there was Ime
when there was buf one rife 20
every 10 men Reserves were kept
waiting In tho rear until their com
fades in front We're killed in order
10 get their rifles
Before We condemn Russia for
failure $50 must consider what she
has done for us already When he
ka.ser's armies hammered at Yer
dun and The spirit and manhood ~
France and England were called
upon for their utmost effort. Rus
sis's attacks on The eastern front
diverted 100000 OF the kaisers best