Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-22
TUESDAY, MAY %, 1917.
RUSSIA.
Galveston Tribune.l

Galveston Tribune.)
While the favorable sentiment. as well n
the potentiality of the military force Of
Russia, are not to be Underestimate by
the allies, the assurance prevails that vic
tory over the Germanic forces can he Sc
cured without the aid of the big nation on
the eastern battle front. Ii will prove 4
very much easier task. however. and gne
calling for less expenditure of men and
money, if the new Russian government will
give hearty cooperation in the efforts now
being made 10 bring the struggle To an end.
Evidently Germany appreciates the ire
mendous man strength Of Russia and real
lies that properly Differed and amply pro
vided with ammunition the Slav army i
likely to prove a most important factor in
the throwing pack Of the German invaders.
AT the same time, Germany i heavily han
dicapped in her effort to pacify the Rus
SLAMS by her wanton disregard for those
agreements between nations that have hith-
erto been supposed to be a sacred as the
flag or the person of the nations ruler.
As has been frequently pointed ont dur
ing the past two or three decades. Russia
has grown in intelligence until today the
Slav peasant has begun to reason for
himself and now has his visions a. well as
has the poet and the statesman. The rev.
olution which has marked the overthrow
of Russian autocracy was made possible
by the better knowledge of Statecraft that
had been gained by the masses.
Russia has more reason to desire peace
than any other of the nations in league
against the central powers, for Russia has
suffered most. Entering the war poorly
equipped, scantily provided with ammuni-
ton, the soldiers were slaughtered in every
battle without attaining any semblance of
result; they were captured by the thous-
ands and made to feel intensely the differ
ence between their own organization and
the perfect military machine Of the Ger
man empire. 1t appeared to be 4 part of
the German generals duties to impress
upon the Russian the hopelesSness of
lighting against an army 80 superior IN
every detail. No thought Of the dislovalty
OF the Russian government for which he
was fighting came to the soldier in the
f 'H' n.y. ihiN mas nttH suUtU ltH
his other experiences, he knows not which
way TO turn, for he j. not permitted to for
get that England has time and again
blocked the way of the Russian in his en-
deayor to reach the open sea.
That Russia has not vet yielded 10 the
persuasive arguments of the German dip-
lomats l. probably because of the entrance
.f the I-,.,aI N+...- 90 Al. %.
If Russia can be persuaded Ia keep her eve
fixed on what i likely to take place after
the war. rather than the pleasant prospect
of the present being held before her vision
by the Germans, 1t may be believed that
Russia will hesitate long before concluding
a peace that merely gives her 4 breathing
spell. After the war Germany will bc IN
no position to lend her material aid. nor j.
1T to be expected that those nations that
have fought Germany To the finish will be
oversympathetic toward the people bv
whose actions the struggle was made an
the most costly 10 them. To remain friends
with the United States will be worth much
to Russia, and this country should make
all speed in hurrying the commission
across the ocean that people OF the worlds
newest republic might be made acquainted
with the effect it will have upon the Ameri-
can people for Russia 10 fail 1T this NOM
entous hour.
While the United States desires Russia
to remain in the war and to lend such aid
as her political condition will permit. il
is probably as much for the benefit of the
Russian people themselves a. for what
this country may hope to gain from the
decision that out efforts are being invested.
Despite some slight difference of opinion in
political matters, there exists u strangeI
feeling Of friendship between the Ameri
can and the Russian governments, and this
feeling it j. desired to strengthen rathcrI
than lessen. Russia needs what we canl