Bisbee daily review., 1917-07-07

! MT. Roosevelt then welcomed the Russian commission.
 Asked if he would make state ment when he was leaving the hall, MT. Roosevelt said:
 'I meant everything said, stand by it."
 How about the slap on Mir. Com pers' shoulder"
 That was not hard blow" he re- piled. Tt was only a gentle touch. I i did that to emphasize my point. have no personal grievance against MT. Gompers.
 When Mir. Gompers was asked to give his side of the controversy he said:
 ''I was very much surprised and pained that the colonel acted as he did. He misunderstood me. made no apology in the name of labor. I simply explained the situation as il | had been reported to me- 1 further mere think the colonel could have re- served his charges-for that's what they were-until an investigation had determined the cause for the riots.
 "He Was Only 8Iuffing."
 fBut I know the colonel" concluded ILr. Gompers. He was only blufing."
 Mir. Roosevelt in welcoming the Rus sian mission, said:
 q am sure that I express the feel .ngs Of my fsllow-countrymen when I say that it is a matter Of heartfelt re- joicing among all the people of the United States to greet and to welcome this deputation from the new Russia, the great Russian democracy. As a nation we have for many years felt a peculiar sympathy with and admira- tion for the mighty Slav people of the forest and the steppe, for the young giant among nations which as yet has half developed it's tremendous strength.
 Tn the past ardent sympathy with and hope for the Russian people in America has had to struggle with shocked disbelief in autocracy and with the whole policy of reaction and obscurantism.
 "We held as our ideal. the hope that ultimately the mighty Russian empire might stand as here we at least try to stand, so that Jew and Catholic and Protestant might feel their conscience as free as the conscience of the ortho- dox and a self-government so that Finland or the Caucasus or Armenia may enjoy within the empire the liber- ty that New York and Texas enjoy within this union.
 Congratulstes Russians.
 "Therefore we hail you, men and women of the new Russia with heart felt rejoicing. Now at least We can wish all success to Russia without any misgiving or mental reservations. Now we feel that the mighty Slav republic has blazed the trail of freedom and has won in legitimate fashion the right to stand in the forefront of the onward movement of mankind. Now we have the right to expect that you will grant the men of other races and other creeds the rights to government, in- tellectual and religious liberty which you so justly demand for yourselves.
 "In congratulating you and earnest ly wishing you Godspeed on the path of national greatness. do not under estimate the grave dangers that rise before and beside you.
 No liberty can be permanently se- cured unless it rests on foundation of order. No people can permanently es- cape control from without unless the practice from within and civil strife within nation invites ultimately and ensues aggression from some other nation. Self-control is the surest safe guard against alien control. It is be cause we Americans so deeply desire the permanent triumph of democracy in Russia that with all our hearts we hope for moderation in the use of your victory.
 "Now For Ourselves"
 All of us who love Russia are thankful beyond measure for the re fusal of the Russian people to avenge past wrongs by the commission of present wrongs; We honor them for the steadfast turning away from that