RUSSIAN PEOPUE WILL FIGHT
WITH ALLIES FOR ??***
FREEDOM; AND HAWUHM# ^
Such is Foreign Mlniitar TercMhte-v
ka'* Ringing Response to America'!
Message to Russia, Delivered By
s Special Ambassador Root, Head of
Amerlean Commission.
'?*. Petrograi jrJa London.? "The Rn*
slan people consider -war inevitable
and wSI continue it The- Russians
have no lBi peristtBtlc wishes. We know
a ?t you have none. We shall Qgihtto>
gether to secure liberty, {reedosn and
happiness for aft the world. I am
happy to say that I do apt seS any
moral i*ea or factor between "Amer
ica and Russia to divide us. We two
people. Russia fighting tyranny; and
America intending as the oldest
democracy, hand In. hand, wtH sbow
Sie way it happiness to mUteu great
and smaH."
. These ringing Words, expressing- the
epttttade of the Russian government
?ws w Aiireiiwn w? V
tending- Mr. Keren^kyTthe youthful
minister of wwvjust bacjt frem_ the
% bom, wore the kSaki Mouse of ja com
. men soldier. , - _v
. TeraKteeako rose from a sic*
? attend tie presentation and
aded wittoot notes, expressing
Joy in welcoming the'commis
mm AoHm He said Khat. Ros
?ewaiutio* was based an the won
-words uetarad by Amerk* W]
rWkfc many many mis
takes. many imperfecfctorte, we s*f?
ha-ea maintainedorder andTeepecttor
law. individual freedom ajnd national
independence. Under the security of
oar own laws, we have grown ?
strength and proflfcrity. Bat wo vaJhie
anrfreedom mote than weakh. We
tare liberty and we cfcertsh abore all
ftfr posses? ions, tie ideals for whj?
>w'<athem.^ftwg!^".and suffered and
beHSsye in thS . competence
thf poorer o#- democracy and in oac
b?*rt of hearts afcldesr fafth in the
coming of a better world In which the
"hofobie end oppressed of all lands !
may be lifted up by
"The nerwo of Russia's new-found
freedom brought to America univer
:#i^a^i?Mt?pn and jojgjfnom aH:^i
land sympathy and hope weoj ?<jfr,tor
the new slater In the circle of democ
racies. And the- mission is sent to ex
press that feeling. "
"The American democracy sewfcrto
die democracy of Russia a greeting*!;
sympathy, frietidsbip .brotherhood,
Godspeed. Distant America knows
litSe of 4jhe special conditions of Rtru
sion life which : jMgt^ve form to the
government and fews whlc^. you ?*?
must tight for it, and fight for it now
when the free democracies of the
woritf may be strong In nhionf and
not delay until the/ ma? he beaten
down separately la succesaton.
p|i^;AmerIea /sends another jp?a>
sage to Russia tfiat '"-me Jure going to
fight and hare already begun to fight,
for your freedoc^equaliy -with our
own, and we. ask you to fight for our
freedom equally with yourS. We would
make your cairn ours and oiir cause
yours, and witi a common purpose
and mutual helpfulness of a firm al
liance make sure of victory over our
<#mmon foe.
"You will recognize yout own senti
ments and purpose? in .the worlds oi
President TOkx? to the^inem^n
Congress, when on the secend of April,
.last; he addressed a declaration ol
war against Germany. He said:
fci such a government (the German
government) following sach methods,
we can never "hare a friend; end that
in the presence of its organized power,
should.
?Wv*. - , ;sZ " -iW * I
1m AtwlnK OOT
Here individual ^byeiciaufl
Tbe.-membiers oCiUfc fitafe
who met in session were
Chas. !&???,,; <
bo.ro; Robt J^Oibbona Bad
on, ^.CiHwloWe;
Russia wtth which America;*
tared the great fcrar Jn another
<4 the aaine address^ Presidei
; son further _ declared. .?$*?&
f&r the fotare peace of the world
the wonderful and heartening thin
Mflfftve $&n happening Mhl#
last few weeks In Russia? Russia v
known by those who knew her best.
sSJs^SBk* . ?&ra535??* '* -----
summit
as it ha
H> doctors; B
wilh euuaj force)
fcmedipil service
I the North Cjto
iholce but to take up
of oar honor as a aov
m go forth to fight
k;far away tor the
Acute Problem For New Wnlrirj,
Price, However, a Solution Might
'S:-^ourK?; By .i^;:Brwp?er.
ppfe of The J^Ui0u&ien who Jhaa
been making an investigation there.
He. wires' the? following . summary of
the situation whlch niade the position
of the txto untenable and 'jonH-,
sents an acute problem for the new
- ministry? & ?? ' '
: 0rst it fdl top alt^tioh ln Cat*
lonla (a district of about 1,200 square
miles in the northeast of^ Spainrwlth
f^popplation of nearly. 2,000,000, whose
capital is Barcelona) is critiical. >Jhe
inhabitants are aroused against - the
Spanish government and are agitating
insistently for complete ind'epeedence.
One faction openly declares in a Bar
celgna newspaper that it wijrobey no
law not passed by the Catalonlans far
Catalonlans. and demands Independ
enbe at ahy price.
F& Aside from this. focal situation, the
correspondent findB that the ecpnomic
8te*e of : affairs' -in" general demand*
(an important district In
i has wounded and ant
;andlt^' these difllculi
be able to find a solt&bn.
go back" he said. "'It wtahes to clcse
Its bargain before it is teo late,' and
it haB little le&to offer for the pound
of flesh it wiU dem^ad.''
"Peace, pSace .iieace, has been the
talk of her foreign office -for now *
year or mo^," said the; President, "A
little of tETtalk has been public, but
most of if has been prlTate. Through
all sorts of channels It has come to
me and in all sorts, of guises. The
military masters under whom. Ger
they can
immense
ARMED - AMERICAN STEAMER- 18 V
? ? -
SUNK AfTER RUNNING FJGHT ;N
-H ? l?V.-.
WITH SUBMARINE.
ISliiSim
Hundred*;^ of >9hote fired Before
Steamer Goes Down. ? Survfvon Re
; Jteuetf- Pf6m Lffi ^Boai^f PdAiBti
;vTWth~ Marked Consideration By Ger
- mans. "? . . - ?;? ' ?
DC- -Washington.? American wal gw?4 - J
oers have met their first defeat "la ~
open fight with a German \ submarine. ,
Official dispatches announced the de- -l- ]
struction of the tank steamship
Mcy'eni, abandoned ablaze JUne 12 by
her. crew -and armed guard alter a il
desperate tunning flght in the war
tone, wfr*ch cost the lives of four of
$er aifcr f
v d5alf. an hour setter the tanker had
beenTsent to^the 'bottom, her forty
threeuajirvivors, including all 0% the
members of the armed guard, were
ricked up with their Kfe boats by a
- passing steamer. The tterman com
mander had set them adrift, after con
gratulating the American skipper op
on his game fight "and having the .]
wounded men treated by the. submar
ine's surgeon.
The submarine began the action at
a range of 8,000 yards, four nautical
miles, when Ae hardly _ was visible to^.
th9 steamer without passes. Present- %
inz Vlrtualte no target herself, she '*A
aont two hundred shells a* the btg J
tanker, making i^apy hits, while the
America4*:ra Wasted 150 shots >d
without banning the speck froj^i
The aetion of the submarine com
mander in treating bis vanquished op
ponents With aaefc^ttnexpected sour
ZsSLfc
chant crc^iras
JAPAN TO 8EN D M IS8ION ;
TO THE UNITED STATES.
E^ESs^i'1, < ffit :4?5?# j
JiW#~Have Broad. Diplomatic Powers.
Washington ?Japan will senda vatoi
tAo no mmrnm States/ The into- .
alon will have broad powers especial
ly in diplomatic consultation, and is j
eapected'jto leave /apan during tha
first part oMuly,;X" ,?? , M
The mission Is regarded as offering
ah unparalleled opportunity for a
closer understanding between the
United; States and tfapan through i|
Jull discussion of the many complex
mnstlons at the unsettled tar out.'
r eating a new co ra
ti fcetween <he Unit
?andithiua, will bo