The Detroit times., 1917-12-06
WASHBURN
MAKESPEEA
FOR RUSSIA
Says Past aasstt Aid To Allies
Should Not Be
FORGOTTEN


RUSSIA ahNtv to remain teliiger
cnt and In ife country 8 iaiih 10
the cause of dewOcracy Major stan
les Washaurn S A. touring Nfo
The represent OF the Russian
embassy. spok "Wednesday after
non In The Board of Commerce altr
torium 20 capacity l.e1te
Major Washoura v for three
years Lord N0rhcl'ffe representa-
tive 0u the Russian front as mills
tary corr spoudrut for the London
Times and as military ubsen r. is a
vereran of more than 5J VI the
worlds greatest battles.
a j sack. director ~ the Rus
sian Information bureau and Lieu
lenantC0mmandcr Basil hvoschln-
sky. bedeCked with medals for per
sonal bravery. were the other speak
ers.
one of the most impressive iea.
lures foG9s is The attitude OK lhe in
diyidusl American toward the war,
said Major Nashblrn u ind in
This country an alarming lack OF
understanding OF the great phenom
ena az war The people OF This
country think that u men and mon
ey and supplies enough are sert
10 France the war ultimately must
be won But this IS not true The
most potent factor in winning a war
is morale The morale ~ those
who remain az home Is rs Important
as the morale OF the armies
"Wc must learn the moral alues
Of war and must have faith-iaith
in our homes. iu our soldiers and IN
our allies And in our allies Russia
is one OF our greatest assets
THE winning otSl war does not
necessarily mean a string OF con.
secuuye victories or a crumbling 81
The foe over night It means that a
nation must bear with fortitude the
cb5 and aow of vicissirudes and vic
tories. ln This respect the provin-
cialism OF the American mind is
appalling
The kaiser is nor a hypocrite.
II he were the war would have been
finished By now The difAculty is
that he is sincere and that he has
hypnotized one-half the German EN-
pire 70 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
rible Of deaths have seen eight
men Try 20 hold one Russian soldier
down while be fought the agony oi
It's effects II a man is given enough
morphine or other narcotic 10 as
suage the agony. the morphine kills
him. And that rs the kaisers idea
OF a God-Riyen 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 10 the Russian army by
General Sukhomlinoff. the arch Ger
man plOtter now serving a life-sen-
tence for high treason, cannot be de-
termined
Forts under his orders were
abandoned two years before war was
declared Others were designed by
Germans. aRA effe off tf1e strongest
forts in Poland which we were sur
prised 10 hear fell after a few hours
Of battle. was designed by a man
on Won Hlndenhurg's STAFF who knew
every secret passage and every line
Of communication into the place
When the Russians We're retreat.
ing into Warsaw they blew I'D a
bridge which ordinarily would mean
that heavy cannon would be stalled
there for I'VE weeks or more In rs
hours the Germans were crossing
that bridge with their heaviest field
pieces. General Sukhomlnon order
cd that bridge made IN Germany and
when 10 was blown up by loyal Rus.
sian soldiers a duplicate bridge on
fiat cars. with every bclt and riret
necessary. was iess fhan two hours
away from the bridge head
"The Russians fought with prac-
fically nothing when the war first
struck them During that trying
summer of 1918 there was o time
when there was but one rife TO
every 40 men. Reserves were kept
waiting In Che rear until their com
rades IN front We're killed in order
to get their rifles
Before we condemn Russia for
failure We must consider what he
has done for us already When tho
kaiser's armies hammered at Yer
dun and the spirit and manhoqA OF
Franc and England were called
upon for their utmost effort. Rus.
sia's attacks ou She eastern front
diverted g-Hlnf rr fhc Fafrnr'e host