There is no reason under the sun why the people of the greatest republic should not be on friendly terms with the people of the greatest autocracy. Between no two nations are there so many points of contact — what the states possess fitting so snugly into what Russia requires. The United States will sorely need the friendship of alien folk when the war is done. Moreover, in self defense it behooves us to cultivate the Russian people. A russo-japanese alliance looms all too menacingly on the distant horizon. There is no reason for our being too proud to be friendly. To the fostering of this friendly spirit based on mutual understanding and sympathy, these pages are devoted.