FOE TO GERMAN MILITARISM.
Statement to Americans by Prince Imeretinsky, Sept. 10.
We are a peace-loving people as you in America are, but, of course, the people of Russia are not so well educated as you are.
Russia did not want this war, but she has known for years that it was coming and consequently was preparing for it. It is her determination, now that it has been brought on by Germany, to see it through, no matter how long it takes or how much it costs.
Russia is waging war against militarism. If continued, this militarism would economically cripple all Europe. The burden is too heavy for people to bear, and Russia means to put an end to militarism as expounded by Germany.
NOT A QUESTION OF SLAV PREDOMINANCE.
Statement by Baron Korff, Imperial Russian Vice Consul, New York, Sept. 6.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria at Serajevo, in the light of present conditions, appears to be the pretext which led to the present great European war, involving the Empires of Germany and Russia, the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Belgium, and the Republic of France. It is rather difficult for the average American to find the real causes that have led to this struggle of nations, as they lie solely in the conditions and latest developments of the political life of Middle Europe generally, and Germany and Austria particularly.