The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-20

fought because they were enslaved
to the Car, and they fought be-
cause he ordered them. Today, the
armies represent the people OF RUS
STA The people are the sole power.
''Since the revolution in Russia, a
network Of German agents has been
I thrown over the land. They have
gone everywhere, and they have been
working diligently. Telling lies
about the United States has been one
Of the most effective weapons.
The Russians, when they attain
ed democracy, naturally looked to the
United States. the oldest of the re-
publics, for guidance. And German
agents misrepresented the United
States. German agents told the Rus
slams that the United States was
divided. That the United States
wouldn't fight.
"And to clinch their arguments,
these German agents produced clip
pings from papers quoting some dis
loyal statement by speaker, q peace
copperhead, a congressman or a
senator.
And so you see the Russian
situation pivoted upon the United
May Strike France.
But Of this Italian situation, with
the Germans overrunning Northern
Italy, as they are today. there is the
chance to strike France from the
back. The Germans may batter open
a way to Southern France. across
Northern Italy. And France is with.
out protection there. She has no
forts. France. on the south, is a
level plain, and If the mountain
passes fall to the Germans, the way
Is opened. And so Germany would
strike France on the south, and place
her between two fires. In q giant
claw, as it were.
To-day. only the Belgian line
stands between the Germans and
Paris. If they are able to strike
France from the south, the British
and French would have to weaken
their Belgian lines to form new
army.
France successfully on the south,
Paris might fan into their hands.
The British would be forced back to
their island, and the United States
would be left alone to meet this
Teutonic force.
Thanks to the PaeiFists.
"And the United States stands in
no position to do so with immediate
success. Thanks to the pacifists, the
United States has no tools, no army,
no guns, no rifles, no ammunition.
And no matter how great may be our
courage, the task of fighting with
bare hands against an armed ma
chine such as the Germans possess,
would be one of tremendous odds
that would tax our energy and
capacity to the extreme.
I'VE, having undertaken the task,
L. h.
lies, but must fight until we win.
Peace today? Is there any man
so dull, so stupid, as to talk Of max
ing peace today. If there is any so
stupid, he is too stupid to be allow
ed to run at large. Or he is Ger
man agent doing the Kaiser's work,
whether he knows it or not.
IF peace is made today, Germany
has won. If the nations sat down
about the peace table today, they
would be confronted with the Ger
mans playing their pawns, the lands
they have conquered, and demanding
OF the allies-what have you to Offer
for these?
Peace today would fasten upon
the earth this new German concep-
ton Of ethics.
And these German ideas would
be stamped on the world with the
eternal seal of success.
with the life Of this Republic at
stake, no man can place foremost his
own comfort his own interests, his
own life. The Republic must come
and does come first.
Democracy in Russia hinges upon
the outcome Of this war. If Germany
wins. one of the first acts Of the
Kaiser would be the restoration Of
this Romanoff person, now in a 81
berian exile, which he so roundly de-
serves, to the throne. And the mobiles
and parasites, let the old regime come
back, would also come back. And
they are bitter, and they would ex-
act such vengeance. You would hear
Of things in Russia that you could |
never. conceive"
The speaker dealt with the restora-
ton Of the Italian as q free nation in |
their 40 years Of war, the story Of |
which has appealed to him as most
beautiful.
More Beautiful Story.
"But the story Of the Russian rev.
olution is even more so. For so years /
the revolutionary forces have been at |
work. And, when you consider that /
their work had to be carried on in /
whispers, in cellars, where a work
man had to suspect his next door
neighbor, or the workman at the next
bench, fearing that he might be a
Spy, in the employ Of the government,
one appreciates something OF what
he revolutionists faced. They fac
ID worse than death-Siberia.
But so great was their faith, they
nave persisted, and in so years, $685.
700 persons, condemned to exile,
passed through the gates of Siberia,
condemned to exile-worse than
leath. To prison camps where the
principal duty Of the guards was to
the prisoners from commit
ng suicide. To camps, where condi-
ions were so horrible that half the
population went crazy every year.
Faith is Absolute.
"But the faith Of the Russians in
democracy is absolute and thorough
y founded. Why, IL required Just Is
seconds to grant suffrage to women.
And we have been lighting for it AS
years, and haven't got Ii yet. Furth-
II, they opened all offices to women,
IN the same terms as men, and at
he same salary"
The Story of Two Women.
MIR. Russell related the story Of
Mother Kathryn, Mother of the
Revolution, who escaped a Siberian
prison camp and came to the United
States, but who. In the freedom Of
America, found her great work lay
n Russia, and returned there, only
o be detected within a few months
md once more sent into exile. The
eturn OF THE Mother Kathryn to
which occurred while Mr..
RUSSELL was in that city, as q mem
Ter of the Root commission, was pic
ured in most graphic terms. Miles
Of people, witnessed her
eturn.
And the story Of Marie, the saint
Il the Revolution, who was liberated
Lfter IL years in Siberia. Her assas-
ination Of the governor OF her prov