Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-15
[IN|ED NATIONS MAR MAR BREAK WITH RUSS B0LsAtV|k| i s. Consul General Re nnrts If of 0utrages Against
 Diplomats. LAYs LEVINE HAD ; DECLARED WAR ,tu,tion May Be Changed Ii Premier and War Minister Tr"tzky Have
 Fled to Kronstadt, as
 Reported.

uosb;npton, Aug. 14.-Official dis Ltches today from American Consul |snoral Poole in Moscow lifted the I,ts;n for moment or what has Isn going on in Moscow and revealed 1 Consul General Poole, after wit kssinp the violation of the French fd 1IF British eonsulates and the arrests fine consuls general and their staffs, sstmved his code book and papers d turned the affairs of the Ameri- n consulate over the Swedish Insul, at the same time demanding fe conduct from the country for |nself and his associates.
 Allied Citizens as Hostages.
 French and British citizens have en arrested and the Bolsheviki have nounced they would hold them as stages because of the attack on the |viet government by British and snch troops at Archangel.
 Members of the French and British (litary missions stationed in Mos were refused permission to leave country in spite of a previous pmise of safe conduct.
 It is possible that since sending of nsul General Poole's telegrams ich began on July 29 and continued tl August 6, the situation may Fe changed, because it is reported t Lenine and Trotzky, the Bolshe- leaders have fled and the Soviet Fernment in Moscow may have been erthrown. It that event MT. Poole the entente missions may find Pmselves in a better situation.
 Situation May Be Changed.
 But should the situation be un- lnged, the American consul gener action in turning his office over Sweden, will net affect the status other American consuls in Russia, they have been working with the al government throughout Russia ere broadly feeling is strong.
 me story is told in sequence in the 's apartments official announce nt Of its advices from Mir. Poole. It lows:
 The department of state has now eVed several telegrams from sul General Poole at Moscow con- nlng recent events in that city. 'O"lng IS a summary of them:
 Lenlne Declared War.
 vne Of the telegrams, similar in 'ater ss to previous message re- 'sa GU through other channels states .ss1.. tgn Jaly 29 Lenine declared re- t%ly sSa before an official gathering ,.s3 ss sovlets that state of war 'eu .sa oe5ween ',!' the Russian republic .ds I;. allled powers. Because of this s1oi %aplomatlc representatives in s.0w wv of Great Britain and the con- tbe ba'PF1Tesentatlves F1s:a of France, Italy ,a,... ms unlted It States visited the com rsd a,t ;s TOT foreign affairs and in- lIu hs II Lenine's declaration should
 ;nvo3,l: sT3n:sldered a declaration of reat;Oa.i ati;o,sing the rupture fde fac suI 1'iTas Tas.sa ana the departure of the 'S'' bs sa aenltcherin said that it need e of 'S Soea oeeanaerstood, that it was a and m duslense el e rather than a state of ,ostuna aau tnat t the government desired e sais ss it IL! lts relations with the en- osrnrs rr |. o;,'ll ald with Germany under eptshIo .as hIIonsuls su demanded that to be liely r m.da any explanation must be that tha tah.mself. sell They also pointed D the 'ds dsnqa question was inseparable ing ia,,sel sprsea military mission. After Of t6ese t6Spseu to facilitate the depart l. the,"ss;9nal the" ss;9 law, the govern ne lnisssblssa lni} sa,a' "l. had raised absolutely ssentat'ievaooo 'e objections. The foreign
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 rseejvsdy Syat It of August ?, a replv a tSStsG that ;nils. from Tchitch'erin.. ri .ep1t It Aees wv vera .nasmueh m as Lenine's ': ute f.
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 asnSss,ee s,euSliy as ', utterances's .s Az gwen tn
 begun SsaS S;tl that negotiations os'Ilss; haG
 ss'sd sdisais to st.ss,!fte safe passage au'hor1, from
 inpossiiSSise through Archangel pf I
 W00tinun,