Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-16
Harold Williams Reminds
Allies of Debts Due
Former Ally
RECALLS GREAT DEEDS
Saws She Must Not BE Aban-
doud i'm Darkest Hour
of Misfortune
B> HAROLD WILLIAMS
Special Cable 10 Erening Public Ledger

g. pyight. 1918, by NciC York Times Co..
london, oct. 16
Tho Allied armies are marching from
triumph TO triumph Germany is tot
;crinC Victory Is within reach. victory
and liberation from n nightmare. There
Is sound Of suppressed cheering In the
air and jubiation is mingled with
amazcmcnt that the cause of our hearts
Is IT last so brilliantly indicated by
orr arms. Tho Allies are exchanging
congratulations and vyiug in praise Of
each others efforts
Ru' there is a shadow in the back
ground watching with eyes fun Of sad
ness and longing. the shadow of a once
great ally who spent her strength in
The d'rllest hour. who put forth an cf-
fort beyond all her resources. and fell
stricken before victory dawred.
We dare rot FORGET Russia now.
broken as she 10 and suffering agony
such as no nation has suffered for ccn-
turtles This victory that We are now
approaching is hers as much az ours.
While We were organizing an army suit
cd 10 continental warfare the great
Russian army was engaging the Ger
mans and Austrians in Poland aud
Galcia, and Russia fought under impoe-
siblc conditions.
Concentrated on Russia
The Germans knew this and conceu.
trated their energy for fatal blow in
the east. but the Russian army, be-
trayed by its rulers and its munitions
exhausted. refused 10 accept defeat. aud
slowly throughout the summer of 1915
executed q retreat which in its wonder
ful exhibition of courage, tenacity and
skill provoked the admiration of Mac.
keuSeu himself
The brilliant Victories of 1916 were
folio we'd by the fall Of Czardom IN 19l7
ana Germany committed the blackcs
Grim" upon her record She poisoned
the soul IL the great nation. awaiIca
ing with chidlike joy to the practic,
OF liberty She deliberately corrupted
the Russian army.
After the first flush of triumph
| The shame of the Brest-Litovsk gradual
l' ate into the hearts Of the German peo-
pie and corrOded their oVerstraiued faith
N the Justice of their cause. The wither.
ing breath Of the hell they have Great,
ed In the east Is upon them. and now
when ruin faces Them they quail witt
a sense of the sins committed in thcii
name
Must Have share in Peace
BY the glory of her effort and tho
depth of her suffering Russia has hej
great share in the peace that is very
near. We cannot forget Russia nov
Al present Germany is asking for peace
on President Wilson'S terms Wha
does that mean for Russia? Who vii
speal; for her when she is divided anC
distracted. when she is the prey OF an
arChy and bitter civil war; when II
| Moscow and PetroGrad hundreds anC
| hundreds of the bravcst Russian officers
| and the ablest and most intelligent Rus
| sian civilians are being murdered in cole
| blood under the black reign of terror
Events are rushing on with blndinl
| speed. and in Russia too many suddCT
| changes are possible. but as far as ",
| are concerned one thing is clcar-whii,
| Germany is parleying we must redou
| BILE our military effort not only in tn
| west. hut in the east. At present tn,
| greatest hope seems to he that by de
| tacning Turkey We may he able TO ge
our ships back into the Black Sea anC
| push from there. II ought also to be
condition of Germany's surrender tina
our ships should enter the Baltic. II
any case, we must take up In the cas-
those military positions that will enabl
US to insure that every detail Of Presi
| dent Wilson's terms shall be exactly en-
| f,r4an