Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-12
America VIII Aid Slav
Peoples Fight for Free
dom He Assures.
Bg Charles Michaelson In the
Chicago Herald.

Chicago Herald.
Washington. March l2,-Ameri-
.s attitude toward Russia is the
,sme as that toward any other OF
] @s allied countries wherein the
.remv has obtained military ad
zntage.
j Ne will no more abandon Rus
ia than we will Serbia. Rumania
AZ for that matter, Belgium or
/ Jor.hern France.
j Such treaties as are forced upon
The eastern countries of Europe
,rs recognized as having been made
i -pder duress. and when the day
/ f reckoning comes, those treaties
vii be wiped out. and the map OF
Il he world Will be adjusted without
H reference to cuuquests.
d The soviet assembly meets IL
II Moscow tomorrow to take up the
H question of the peace agreement
II made by Lenine-
H Whatever influence this country
Il las will be exerted toward having
the assembly, which is the neares E
II hing TO representative government
H q Russia. r5pudiate the treaty.
H However. whether the agreement
H with Germany is rejected or ac-
II epted, our attitude viii no.
.aange. When The time comes
ghen this country can he Of actual
sssistance TO the stricken nation.
be aid Will be forthcoming.
Wilson ScEds Message.
i President Wilson has sent to the
i Ongress OF sUsiets, through the
United States consul general at
N0scow. "A message promising
america = help in freeing their
aantry from he German grasp.
a After assuring the congress Of
ae sympathy OF the people OF the
1ted States. he admits that
@erica is Lot al present in
psit.on TO render Lhe- -diLeet aud
Elective aid il would wish to ren-
er"
A However. the president declared
| he United States government is -
| be depended upon to act at eVely
A ppoItuuity 30 secure for RUSSIA
4 Mce more complete sovereignty
nd Independence"
/ Austria in German Boat.
The brutal terms enunciated by
4 Count CzeTuin as the alternative
/ 20 the extinction OF the Rumanian
aur1om are eApeC ed to Change the
deE-entertained by the president
Is to Austria and indicated by ms
address, TO congress, wherein NJ
spoke of Czernip's apparent re
lglitiou that nationals aspirations
aust be satisfied even within ms
Own empire. in the common inter
Isl Of Europe and mankind.
4 In the light Of CZeTnin's declara-
ion to Rumania that she must sur
-ender a vast stretch OF territory,
embracing practically all Of her
Black sea frontage, under pain ol
-ayine all her territory divided be
Teen Bulgaria and Hungary. we
are hardly likely to hear anything
more Of a pacific nature directed
% Austria-Hungary until the for
INES Of war effect another change
L her appetite.
The Austrian government has
shown by its attitude toward =
9gntrv MAT is under its claws that.
lespite all previous declarations
sgsinst anneEatfons and dIsclainI-
ffs Of purposes Of conquest. il IS
as greedy a. its ally for whatever
n .ns.~;a r,,,st snare whatever
lie future has in store for Ger
many.
pnssi, StiuT : AIIy
!. .u -,
y because AiLlSi ~" o1+.en 80
s-'4s russia as an dlIs - ll'I.l
t.esJ 60 - .1-' ~, Ia, 80. ~ or he gen
ssI enemy of civilization. that she
Eil not courur In ,he allied plan
70 have Janan intervene in Siberia,
aaless Russia consents to the IT.
ission-
We will not. Of course. oppose
9i oriental ally jn her course ot
@-hg what E, jeems necessary Tor
-H own safety and FOR the protet-
Dl OF allied interests IN the lar
ssSl but whatever moral inhuehct
possess VIII be eAercIsed 20
r@eI'e the remnant OF RUSSIA
-,-9lsl teeNng-
A4eFlca does not -hlnN il is me-