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SIMEON STRUNSKY
New York Evening Post.

Memorandum on Russia.

To the writer, a native of Russia familiar with the
history of the democratic movement in that country; acquainted
with men who have played a leading role in the earlier revolution-
ary movements; and a student of the war from the beginning in his
capacity as associate editor of the Evening Post and editorial
writer on foreign and military affairs, the interests of the United
States and of her associates in the war and the best interests of
Russia in the present crisis raise the following fundamental con-
siderations:

The Problem -- How may Russia be saved for freedom and
for the Allies by strengthening the hands of those men in Russis
who stand for unity and moderation within and for friendship with
the Allies, against the men now in power and their policy of internal
war and carping "neutrality"?

The Answer, respectfully suggested: - By an outspoken
guarantee from this Government to the people of Russia, that what-
ever happens in that country short of her taking active part with
our enemies, the United States will see to it that the rule of
autocracy shall never be reimposed upon the Russian people; a
guarantee, in other words, to Russia, of democratic institutions.

To the present writer the outstanding motive force in
Russia from the first day of the Revolution in March of last year,
has been the fear of reaction.

The deliberate demoralization of the army which began with

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