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PROSPECTS OF REGENERATION 101
the wealth of the nation, the repudiation of the State debt,
have annihilated the very foundations of order without
giving any assurance for the continuation of civilised human
existence.
But tragic and inexpressibly painful as the present moment
is for the Russian nation as well as for her Allies, Russia’s
prospects for the future are far from being hopeless. The
ravages of revolution will pass away, but there still remain
her great advantages of an unrivalled geographical position,
immeasurable natural wealth, and her teeming, striving
population. The industrial and agricultural production of
this vast country is bound to increase by leaps and bounds
when the turmoil of anarchy has died down, life has returned
to its previous conditions, and Russia’s credit is
re-established. The most difficult thing to do will be to efface the
consequences of the ignominious and treacherous peace
concluded with the enemies of the Alliance. This can only
be effected by the introduction of a new constitutional
element of order and authority which will infuse regenerated
vigour and vitality into the weakened State organism.
That this may soon come to pass is the heaven-sent prayer
of all Russian patriots and those of her friends abroad who
have not lost faith in Russia’s future.
It is in the interests of Russia’s Allies that she should
be saved from further anarchy and resuscitated as a great
Power capable of fulfiling her financial engagements, of
producing wealth, of carrying on international commerce,
and of exercising that political influence in the world due
to her territorial importance and her teeming population.
But as disorganisation and dissolution of discipline and
authority have gone so far that the elements of order have
become powerless, and as, unfortunately, there is no reason
to look for a regeneration of Russia from within in the near
future, it is imperative to take into account a regenerating
power that will come from without, or at least with outside
assistance.
In the face of the Russian repudiation of her State debt,
the British and French Governments made a declaration.
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