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164 Minister of Great Britain Mr. Campbell Bannerman, when the Russian Duma was dissolved, shouted at the top of his voice, "Le Duma est mort. Vive le Duma!" I have said that the real origin and cause of this war was the fear of the mob in Russia. Now I want to say here that, real first origin and cause of this war was not the fear of the mob in Russia. The first origin and cause,-— [sic]the fons et origo not only of this war, but of all the anarchy, horror and misery in the world today,—is the worship of the mob, the worship of the mob now in all European countries and in America,-— [sic]especially in Great Britain. It was the worship of the mob in Great Britain which caused and brought on the Russo-Japanese war. After the Russo-Japanese war came the Treaty of ProtsmouthPortsmouth [sic] and the Treaty of ProtsmouthPortsmouth [sic], with the help of the shout of the British Prime Minister, broke the Knout-,,— [sic] the power of the Knout, broke what Heine calls the Dictatorship and created the fear of the mob in Russia which, as I said, has brought on this terrible war. It is, I may incidentally say here, this worship of the mob in Great Britain, this worship of the mob among Englishmen and foreigners in China; in fact this Religion of the worship of the mob imported from Great Britain and America into China,-— [sic]which has brought on the Revolution and the present nightmare of a Republic in China