Weekly journal-miner., 1917-08-01

RUSSIA
RUSSIA.

Never in all the history of Russia nation have her soldiers under behaved dsgraceuy they doing this time Never brilliant daring soldier the Russian has always been brave his dogged and poddng Back the days of Peter the when Sweden world power under George XI military genius of the first order the Russians again great slaughter. The very existence of Russia threatened the Charles But the end the Russian orud and staying prevailed and Sweden crushed forever at Pultowa
 All through the centuries of her existence Russia has been She has spectacular victory umphed daring campaign Ability stand punishment and back for has been her asset Her place of the worlds great powers buded upon this foundation alone
 Her soldiers always been steady and stubborn and stupid Always they reached the empires goal through defeat They have their enemies and then had enough left deliver the final blow.
 notable of all these that of the with Napoleon The great French emperor destroyed the Russian Austeritz Later hammered the of this fresh pieces several smaller battles The Rus soldier fought brave encounter but always with misfortune When Napoleon led his nvncble armies into Rus 1 he opposed Borodno of the most stubborn bat century. The Russians fought here with the courage of despair Their infantry regiments simply refused yield Napoleon himself sick of the slaughter and ordered bayonet charge dspee these determined grenader Suffering of fifty per of their forces the Russians fought while in Later in the Russoapanese although beaten the Russians disgaced At Port Arthur Muken and the Yalu they fought like brave long and well.
 During first years of this the soldiers of the poorly equipped and ouassed artillery and of ammunition fought with stubborn courage They great AuStr1anS although Germans, they offered determined resistance in
 Then the revolution. Liberty the cherished and price less heritage of every free and the beautiful dream of slave last the poor Russian And while the democ of the world eoced this miracle this beneacton, the Russian himself became drunken and debauhed from the nox icating draught He fit for it than child animal unreasonng being He listened to the wild rawlings of agator, anarchist and that stood and overthrow authority and defy discipline organization to the winds
 Germany flooded the distraught country with spies and Riot rebellion and rapnc held Then the big the country began the front and struggling the brink Russia just beginning find herself when the cracked like stick.
 In the light argument theory and condition this sudden weakness and cowadce of soldiers who have of stubborn unyedng bravery behind them, nexp cable The that walks like who fathom him: Who understand him: Having his habitation the characteristics of both Shem and aphet and he the o the He is the uncertain quantity of the Great War he will do his the Prusan will be crushed within If he does will require years least
 But the present cowardce and panic of the Russian upsets calculations conectues All precedents this and nation have been shattered Never the period of her servtude Russia such plight day While there there always ope but when either there be miracle dark plums and the crash of gravel upon the coffin of the dead.