UNAFRAID Of RUSSIA.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 8, 29 January 1915, Page 2 (Supplement)

UNAFRAID Of RUSSIA.

MR. BLATCHFORD'S HOPES OF NEW PEACE ERA.

Mr. Robert Blatchford writes in " Clarion " :

I met a man who has long been of the most uncompromising and m of tho pacifist leaders. He stoppa talk with nie, and he told me, mud my surprise, that he was now on side. " I see now,'' ho said, " tn&l could not have kept out of the w And he added, " But I am afrri( Russia."

I do wish these chap.3 would be 1 tent to do right because it is right not be afraid of anything. For my part I am not afraid of;J

sia. Not that I trust Empero»oM sers. Indeed, I hav-a learnt sorrow) that this is a wicked world. But ass ing that we can put the Kaiser in place, I do not seo any cause toj Russia. Bv the time wo litweel

accounts with Germany 11* all of us have supped full o<

do not believe that Europe will 1 another war for a very long while. On tho contrary, I am hoping f< federation of the European States! Norway to Italy as a guarantee peace. Let France, Britain, Itsfy,

gium, Denmark, Norway. land, Portugal, and Spain form tt< ance for the preservation of the si quo, and there will be no need to ! Russia or any other Power. Let us have an arnvsd, enKghtel democratic Europo banded in an ( alliance for the preservation of pa and let any autocrat or bandit h the peace at his peril.