For this reason the task of the allied Governments will find unlimited
support of the nations and this war against Germany in Europe will prove
to be most popular.
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RUSSIA'S "LITTLE BROTHER."
Statement by George Bakhmeteff, Russian Ambassador to the United
States, New York, Oct. 11.
It will be a long time, I suppose, before the American will be able
fully to understand Russia's reasons for entering the present war and
the great racial thought that lies back of it. The whole situation in a
nutshell is that Germany entered the war from racial hate and motives of
commercial greed, while Russia drew her sword out of motives of humane
and kindly sympathy for a small and oppressed nation of her own kindred.
Germany had been grabbing and wished to grab more; Russia rose in arms
to stand by and protect her "little brother."
Indeed you are quite right when you say that there are spiritual forces
back of Russia's deeds in battle far more than there can be in the case
of any other of the warring nations. The reasons lie deep within our
national life, and I doubt if any American will be able fully to
comprehend them without coming to see us in our own country and seeing
us as we are.
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