e are. The great and really wonderful achievements of the German
are visible and material, while ours are things of the spirit--invisible,
modest, resigned. The representative spirit of Germany's materialism
and heartless aggressiveness is that of the megalomaniac Nietzsche and
his followers, Treitschke and von Bernhardi. The spokesmen of what is
more truly Russian today are Tolstoy and Dostoievski, who have recorded
forever the spirit of self-sacrifice, humility and piety in the Russian
soul.

Yes, it is true that those who have learned to know us in Russia are
aware that the epithets of "Hun" and "barbarian" used against us are
stark lies promulgated by bitter enemies who take ignoble advantage of
the tradition in America fostered by the melodramatic exploitation of
the Jewish problem and the occasional brutalities by our drunken soldier
to make you believe that a Russian is a sort of treacherous bandit with
a knife in his teeth ready to betray and slay. We regret exceedingly
that that tradition has taken root in the United States. We admire and
emulate Americans because they have mellowed and complemented their
industrial and political achievements with national charity and
religious ideals.

In Russia the Jewish question, as such, has not arisen since the opening
of the war. Political promises have been made to Poland and these
promises will be kept. It is a mistaken idea here that any overtures
have been made to the Jews as a class. You think we are as anxious as
all that to have them enlist as soldiers? No. We do not wish to make
them any special inducements to enlist. You are well aware that nobody
hates the Jews more cordially than the Pole himself. Our offer was to
the Poles, who have a national entity and a country and home of their
own. The Jews have none of these things.

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"The Facts About Belgium"

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Statement Issued by the Belgian Legation at Washington.

_The Belgian Legation at Washington has compiled the following statement
of the Belgian case, in the present European War, in answer to the many
inquiries that have been received on the subject._

By the treaty of April 19th, 1839, Prussia, France, England, Austria,
and Russia declared themselves guarantors of the treaty concluded on the
same day between the King of the Belgians and the King of the
Netherlands. This treaty provides:

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