The Cordova daily times., 1916-06-07
SASANOFF LULLS EUROPE $ FEAR
 IF BEAR

LONDON, June ?. - "The absolute accord between Great Britain and Rus sia means that the alliance formed in time of war against a common enemy has become an alliance for all time"
 Thus spoke Sergious Sasanoff, the Russian foreign minister, in an inter view with the Associated Press Petro- grad correspondent.
 "The alliance made by the govern ments has now become an alliance of the hearts of the people" continued NJ. Sasanoff. In this friendship I see 1 the realization of the fondest dream of my career, for in the true friend ship of England and Russia the peace of the world is assured for many gen. erations. We have thus potentially won the war, although the struggle itself may continue for years.
 Idea Will Triumph.
 Disqualification of the idea in Eng land, Russia, France and Italy estab- lished the certainty that the central powers have lost no matter how the fortitude and sacrifice of their people may postpone the inevitable day of their admission.
 1 ..i,, g,r4rfl of this unity and amenity must come also the dissipation of the mischiev- ous idea that the Russians are a peo- pie of ambitions and aggressive de sign, planning to advance their own aims at the expense of Europe. No thing is further from the Russian character. With our southern outlet made irrevocably secure in perpetuity, with the legitimate growth and deyel- opment of our economic and industrial life secured, with our boundaries suit ably adjusted and our fellow Slavs as sured of their due, the destinies and aims of Russia in the west are full filled.
 Would Develop Internally.
 We can then turn to the true aspir- ations of the Russian government and people, namely, the development of our vast empires, and the furthering of the interests of the nations peo- ples embraced within our empire, and the realization of this solemn truth must demolish the fallacies and fife tions heretofore spread by enemies re- garding the alleged Slav peril to Flu rope and must bring convincing evil dence that the Russian does not stand as a menace to Norway, Sweden and other neighbors. I have the hope the Swedes will now realize the falsity | if the vicious ideas that Russia has any national aspirations whatever that in the slightest way infringe on their national life. and I hope the recent rumors regarding the Aland islands. which now happily are dissipated, will prove the last error of suspicion of the Swedes regarding Russia"
 Let's Poland Get Relief.
 M. Sasanoff. referring to the prom ises of Polish autonomy said:
 "No one deprecates more than the Russian government the sufferings which have come to Poland and the Polish refugees. His majesty, the em- peror, has been moved at the distress of his Polish subjects and the greater demands for human sympathy have swept aside military aspects, and he has freely given permission for wide spread relief work to be conducted among them by the Rockefeller com mission, for it seemed better to him that there should occur a leakage in the relief provisions than that a single Polish subject should suffer unneces- sarily.
 Promises Autonomy | "The Poles cannot expect that in this life and death struggle we will be able to outline in full our program for Polands future, but that Poland will receive just and equitable au- tonomy in the greatest degree, ad- justed to their future life and their economic and industrial development is certain. The Poles and the friends