The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-09
U. $. IN SLAVERY
 IF GERMANY WINS
That K Prediction of Elihu Root, 1usl Returned From Russia SSmpathixes With Sla,
 Nation

< pauiic Port. Aug l. As sure ly as the sun shall rise tomorrow, if this war ends with the triumph of Germany. this country will be- come subject nation
 This flat declaration was made here today by Elihu Root head of the American mission to Russia which has just returned to the United Slates. at mass meeting held Co welcome the members of his party While voicing the warning however, Mir. Root expressed no fear Of such an outcome.
 While keeping away from any concrete statement as to conditions m Russia. Root said in tho course of his speech
 We bring back an abiding faith that this great, free, sclf-governing democratic government shall be maintained intact.
 Sympathlzcs With Russia.
 Mir Roots address follows.
 This special mission is returning from a long and fatiguing journey e new sister republic This is a diplomatic mission and it is not feasible until we have delivered our message to the State Depart ment that We shall talk about what we have seen and what we have found 1 cannot refrain, however, from saying that we bring back from Russia the greatest sympathy and the greatest admiration for that young democracy now struggling to solve problems within few months that this country has been struggling lo solve for 10 years and not yet solved We bring back the kindiest feeling and the great est respect for the Russian people; for their high degree of self-con- trni. their ability for concerted ac- ton. We bring back an abiding faith that this great, free, self-gov- erning, democratic government shall be maintained intact.
 Nearer to the Truth.
 Tn Russia, almost within the sounds of the guns. 1 think we get little nearer to the truth in this great war upon which our country has embarked. a deeper realization than the people of the United States appreciate. We see now why all the world is at war. We see that for centuries we have been building Gp a structure for civilization, we have fondly believed that the old, dark days of tyranny and cruelty were passing away, and that the na- tons of the earth had entered into solemn covenant Go keep alive these divine principles under which we propose to live We see now, more clearly than ever. a great mil- itary power, a great military autoc- raey, proceeding upon the princi- ples Of tho dark and cruel past, throwing down the gauntlet to the liberty of our day We see Germ many repudiaie the rule of moral itv among nations the abiding faith Of treaties without which the so- clety 0f nations cannot endure We see these principles east aside with cynical indifference Tho principles of liberty and slavery, or good and evil are locked in mortal struggle We see that the principles of our fathers must go down before the march of this German moloch. un- less the triumphant manhood of our renuhlie gives support.
 Defeat Means Subiection.
 As surely as the sun shall rise tomorrow, if this war ends with the triumph of Germany this country will become a subject nation, for the temperament of the German ruling power will turn to these pur- pie fields, these rich and vast spaces of the Western hemisphere
 Leave your wealth on the side walk and trust that the passing thief will not touch it: send forth your richly laden ships and trust that the pirates will let them pass as well as trust that security will come with German victory.
 There will be orphans and there will be widowed homes There will