Photograph from Boston Photo News Company 



THE ST. VLADIMIR MONUMENT AND THE RIVER DNIEPER : KIEE, RUSSIA 



Sixty-two feet high, cast in bronze from the design of Baron Klodt, it was erected in 

 1853. The relief on the lofty pedestal represents the baptism of the Russian people. Above 

 is the figure of the saint holding a cross. In 988 St. Vladimir adopted Christianity and mar- 

 ried Anne, sister of the Greek Emperors, Basil and Constantine, and on his return to his own 

 country he caused his people to be baptized. 



form a military caste around the prince, 

 but would return immediately to the soil. 

 If one studies closely the Russian epic, 

 he comes to the conclusion that the Rus- 

 sian nature, being very peaceful, always 

 unhesitatingly, as a matter of natural 

 duty, stands up as one man for the de- 

 fense of his country and of what he 

 thinks is right. And so it happened in 

 this war. 



A UNANIMOUS RESPONSE TO THE WAR'S 

 CAEE 



From the very beginning of the pres- 

 ent war the spirit of the Russian people, 

 of the peasants especially (who form 

 three-fourths of the population of Rus- 

 sia), was really marvelous. The rapidity 



with which the mobilization was carried 

 on in Russia surprised not only the whole 

 outside world but Russia itself. A people 

 never responded so unanimously to a war 

 call as they did in Russia at the time of 

 the first mobilization. 



There are times in the history of the 

 human race when people, more by intui- 

 tion than by reasoning, are able to com- 

 prehend a situation. More by intuition 

 perhaps than by reasoning the Russian 

 people, and particularly the peasants, un- 

 derstand that this war is different from 

 other wars ; that it is not only a question 

 of mere defense of homes, towns, of 

 wives and children, but also some great 

 principle is at stake — a principle which 

 means the creation of a new epoch. 



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