Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-06-17

democracies. And the mission is sent
to express that telling.
See No Glass In Russia.
The American democracy sends to
the democracy of Russia greeting
Of sympathy, friendship. brotherhood,
God-speed. Distant America knows
little of the special conditions of Rus
sian life which must give form to the
government and laws which you are
about to create. AS VIC have deyel-
oped our institutions to serve tho
needs of our national character, and
life, so we assume that you will de-
velop your institutions to serve ths
needs OF Russian character and life.
AS we look across the sea we dis
tinguish no party, no class. We see
great Russia as whole. as one Nigh
ty. striving. aspiring democracy. We
know the solf-controi, essential kind
liness. strong common sense, courage
ana noble ideaiism u the Russian
lcharacter.
| We have faith IN YOU ALL We
! pray for Gods blessing upon you all.
We believe You will solve your prob
TENS, that you win maintain your lib-
city and that our two great nations
Twill march side by side in the tfiuu1-
plant progress of democracy until the
old order everywhere has passed away
and the world Is frees
Danger Threatening Both.
One fearful danger threatens the
! liberty Of both nations The armed
forces of n military autocracy are dc
the gates of Russia and the allies. The
triumph of German arms will mean
the death of liberty In Russia. No
enemy is at the gates Of America. but
America has come to realize THAI the
triumph Of German arms means the
| death of liberty in the world; that we
who love liberty and would keep it
must fight for II, and fight for it now
when the free democracies of the
world may be strong in union and not
delay until they may be beaten down
separately In succession.
so. America sends another mes
sage to Russia--that we are going to-
fight and have already begun to fight
for our freedom equally with yours
We would make your cause ours and
our cause yours, and with a common
purpose and mutual helpfulness Of a
firm alliance. make sure of victory
over our common foe.
Reads Presidents Address.
You will recognize your own senti-
ments and purposes In the words OF
President Wilson to the American
congress when, on the second Of last
April. he advised declaration Of war
against Germany. He said:
We are accepting this challenge
of hostile purpose because we know
that in such government (the Ger
man governmenD following such
methods, we can never have a friend:
and that in the presence of its organ
lied power. always lying in wait TO
accomplish we know not what pur-
pose. there can be no assured security
for the democratic governments OF the
world. We are now about to accept
the gage of battle with this natural
foe to liberty, and shall, IL necessary,
spend the whole force of the nation 20
check and nullify its pretensions and
its power. We are glad. now, that we
see the facts with no veil Of false pre-
tence about them, to fight thus for the
ultimate peace Of the world and for
the liberation of its peoples. the Ger
man peoples included; for the rights
of nations great and small, and the
privilege of men everywhere to
choose their way OF life and OF obe-
d7ence.
tcclin: Toward Russia.
Tho world must be made safe for
democracy. Its peace must be plant
cd upon the tested foundations of po-
ilical liberty, We have no selfish
goods to serve. We desire no con-
quest, no dominion. We seek no In
IDENTITIES for ourselves, no material
compensation for the sacrifices we
shall freely make. We are but one or
the champions of the rights OF man
kind. We shall be satisfied when
those rights have been made as secure
as the faith and the freedom of ma
tions can make them.'
And you will see the feeling to-
ward Russia with which America has
entered the great war in another
clause of the same address, President