sist the temptation of putting herself at the heels of Mr.
Carnegie. We are convinced the charges of other than purely
disinterested motives against Miss Addams are wholly
unjustified. But she has participated in the women's
congress at The Hague under truly regrettable conditions.

M. Finot's references to Chautauqua and the part it plays in the
preparation of American opinion are veiled but none the less
suggestive:

The important role which the Chautauqua conferences play in
the United States is well known. These conferences of
teachers which have so profound an influence on American
opinion have been supported by Mr. Carnegie in the interests
of realizing this idea of a precipitate peace, of a German
peace. All manner of adventurers and seekers of easy
fortunes have gathered around this strange deviation of the
pacifist ideal represented by the multi-millionaire and the
men of his stripe.

Russia's Supply of Warriors

In an article headed "Ought the War to Last Long--and Can It Last
Long?" V. Kuzmin-Karavaeff says in the Russian European Messenger for
June:

It is, of course, impossible to say how long the war will
last. But the case is altered if the question be put in
another form: _Ought_ the war to last long, and _can_ it
last long? The ten months which have elapsed make it
entirely possible to answer it, for, in answering it, there
is no need to guess at the thoughts, wishes, and hopes of
the Germans which are bound up with the war.

In the eyes of Russia and her Allies the present war has as
its object the crushing and dispersing of "the nest of
militarism," constructed in the centre of Europe by the hand
of Bismarck and the vainglory of Wilhelm II. That was
clearly defined last autumn by our diplomatic department.
That is precisely the way in which it was and is defined by
all classes of the Russian people, not excluding those who
are represented by Kropotkin and Plekhanoff. The present war
became far more for Germany than a war for the integrity of
her territory, for her colonial interests, or for her
commercial supremacy, from the moment when three--now
four--great powers rose at her arrogant challenge. Germany
is everywhere attacking, but, in reality, she is conducting
a desperate war of defence for the organization of her