Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-02

Germany would never have
dared to withdraw troops from
the Russian front to drive 1t
Italy, II Russia had been in good
fighting trim.
Russia would have continued to
fight in dead earnest II her people
had willed to fight.
Russian people had no stomach
'forwar va because they had no ?
confidence in the United States.
There were two chief reasons
why they had no confidence in the
United States, FIRST, the work
OF American pacifists, German
sympathizers and tho German.
agents sent from this country to
Russia to bring about exactly this
condition. SECOND, the attitude
OF . large part Of the American
I have from the beginning tried to
warn o that the work Of the Amer
ican pacifists and Of copperhead per-
sons here that arc helping Germany
to win was far more deadly to you
than all the German troops and all
judge now whether I had good reason
for the warning.
GERMANY AIMING AT
FRANCES BACK DOOR
If Germany shall succeed N ever
running northern Italy, she will have
France between two fires. The whole
complexion Of tho war will be chang
ed in an instant.
The French and British offensive on
the western freat will be changed to
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allied forces will have to be withdrawn
to defend France on the south, where
there are no forts. strongholds or
troops!
There is hardly a limit to the dis
aster that might follow. We might
see q situation in which this country
alone would have to bear all the fight
ing and strain every resource to win.
It would mean an American army of
100000 men, two-thirds fighting in
Europe. N@-
It would probably mean Ave years
All this growing primarily out Of the
fact that Russia did not. understand
the United States and the United
Safes did not understand Russia
How could Russia think the United
States was sincere in the war when the
Russian public was told every day
that this country was ruled absolute
~ by its muniion makers, who had
driven n government into the war
to get Fat contracts, and having secur-
ed these, were about to make peace
How could Russians believe the Uni
ted States was in earnest when they
heard on every hand assurances that
he American people were opposed to
n war and had been forced into It
by their despotic rulers?' What i'm
preston would Russians naturally get
when thousands Of agents ran about
quoting the words Of .t%raitorous Amer
leans as the real voice of the Amer
c people, and when all these lies
went without refutation7
THE HELIxSHNESS OF THE
PACIFISTS.
The thing to inspire Russia was the
spectacle Of the American republic.
absolutely united. absolutely deter.
mined to wage to the end this right
eous war, her unselfish motives under
stood, n fact well known that she
had nothing to gain but the liberty
Of mankind.
Instead Of this. ninety-hine in every
hundred Russians believe that the
United States entered the war merely
to make money and will quit It the
she thinks she has has mada
money enough. Almost az many Rus
siam believe that the people Of the
United States are divided about the
war, the overwhelming majority be-
ing against It. !
On the other hand. two-thirds OF
the newspapers Of the United States
nave pictured Russia AZ in a state Of