Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-26
RUSSIA REJECTS
SEP PARATE PEACE,
SENATE HEARS
Provisional Governments En-
voy Says Nation Wants
Freedom
NO BASIS FOR RUMORS
Measures Taken TO Provide
Army at Front With
Necessary Supplies
By .fsSncintcI Prcts


Washington, June 26.-The Rus
sian mission was received to-day in
the Senate where the ambassador,
Boris A. Bakhmetieff, made an ad-
dress which was greeted with a
demonstration equaling that in the
House when the mission appeared
there.
Mr.. Kakhmetieff spoke generally
as he did in the House, pledging
Russia's unfaltering adherence 70
the cause of the grand alliance
against German autocracy and re-
jecting without qualification a sepa-
rate peace.
In the course of an address the am
bassador said
No Separate Peace
With all the emphasis and with
the deepest conviction may 1 reiterate
the statement that rumors about Rus
sia and Germany were wholly with
out foundation in fact Russia re-
jects with indignation any idea OF a
separate peace. What my country is
striving for is the establishment of
firm and lasting peace between
democratic nations. Russia is firmly
convinced that a separate peace would
mean the triumph of German autoc-
racy. would render lasting peace i'm
possible. create the greatest danger
for democracy and liberty and ever be
a threatening menace to the new born
freedom of Russia.
These rumors were due to misap-
prehension of the significance and
eventual process of reorganization
which the army was to undergo as a
result of emancipation of the county.
Like the nation. the army, an Off
spring of the people. had to be built
on democratic lines. Such work takes
time, and friction and partial dsor-
ganization must be overcome.
Old Order Passes
One must also realize that the time
has passed when the fates of nations
can be decided by a responsible gov
ernment or by a few individuals. and
that the people must shed their blood
for issues to them unknown. We live
in democratic epoch where people
who sacrifice their lives should fully
realize the reasons therefor and the
principles for which they are lighting.
Conscious of the enormous task,
the provisional government is taking
measures to promptly restore through
out the country conditions of life so
deeply disorganized by the inefficiency
OF the previous rulers, and to provide
for whatever is necessary for mill
| tary success.
IN THIS respect exceptional ana
grave conditions provide for eXcep-
tional means. In close touch with
the pan-peasant congress, the govern
ment has taken control of stores of
food supplies and is providing for ef-
fective transportation and just distri-
button. Following examples of other
countries at war, the government has
undertaken the regulation Of the pro-
duction of main products vital for the
country and the army. The govern
ment at the same time is making an
endeavor to settle labor difficulties.
taking measures for the welfare of
workmen consistent with active pro-
duction necessitated by national wei
fare.
Want Lasting Peace
Peaceful in its intentions, striving
| for a lasting peace based on demo-
cratic principles and established by
democratic will the Russian people
and its army are rallying their forces
around the banners of freedom,
strengthening their ranks in cheerful
circumstances. to die but not to
be slaves.
Russia wants the world to be safe
for democracy. To make 1t safe means
to have democracy rule the world"