Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-15
U. S. Agent Poole Demands
Safe Conduct After Arrest
Other Representative.
ALLIED CITIZENS ARE HELD
Soviets Seize Them as Host
ages; Poole Sends Reports
TO State Department.

WAsuINGTON, Aur IL N.r ..
dlfpatchrs today from America.
Consul General poo.o u Nu#1t
nftcd the curtain fur a m0m,u. uu
what has been going uu Iu Moscow
and revealed an amazing ma u.
events.
Consul General Poole af'cr wife
messing the violation uf thr lrrn .
and British consulate and 'nr s.
rests OF the consul grne1Is HrI lH..r
s'nffs. destroyed hlg u0HyNuuh and
papers and turned the affairs OF tnf
American couHIlutc over 20 the gy,r.
dish consul at the 4tmr umo DE.
manding safe coudur, from tns
country for himself and h.g asHu.
clatcs
French ana British rtgcua hayp
boen arrested and the buIahc,n.l
have announced they would hold
them as hostages because NJ the. at
| tack on tho soviet governments Iy
British and French troops atoArah
angel
Members of tho French and unt.
| lah military WIasIoua stationed iu
Moscow were refused permission Goo
leNvo thc ~oun'ry lu spite of a pro.
Nous promise Of safe conduct
Later Events Not Known.
II Is possible that since the scnd-
Ing OF Consul General poOIrH ttIy-
grams which began ON July % and
continued until August 6. the 6ltuu-
ton may havo changed. because 90
rs reported that Laniue and Trotzky.
the bolsheyikl leaders. have fled aud
tho soviet government iu Moscow
may have been oyerthrown In that
event Mr. Poole and the entente mls-
sionH may find themselves in "A bet
ter situation
But should The situation be un-
changed. the American consul gru-
erals action iu turning his office
over 10 SWEDEN will not affect the
status OF other American consuls iu
Russia, as thcy have boon working
with tho local governments through
out Russia whore pro-ally feeling iu
strong.
Tho story is told IN sequence IN
the state departments official an
nouncement of It's advioes from Mr..
Poole II follows
The department of state has now
received several telegfams from CON
aul General Poole at Moscow con-
ceruinE recent events in mat city.
Following a summary ot them.
War Declaration Explained.
cone OF the tolcgrams similar IN
character 90 "A previous message re-
celyed through other ChauelA states
that on july 20 Leninc declared re
pcatcdly before an official gathering
" the soylets that state of war eX-
listed between the Russian republic
and the allied powers Because of
this tho diplomatic representative IN
Moscow OF Great Britain and thc
consular representatives " France.
Italy and the United states visited
tho commlsuriat for foreign affairs
and inquired 10 Lenlne's declaration
should not be- considered de,iara.
tipn OF war. involving thc rupture
oh dc fActo relations and the dcpar-
ture OF tho consul TChltghcrin ptld
that 10 need not be 200 Understood,
that II was a state uf defense rather
than state OF war, and that the
government desired 60 continue us
relations with tho entente nH 90 did
with Germany under analogous r.r-
cumstBnCos
The Cousuls demanded that 20
be acceptable any explanation must
be publicly made by the head OF tho
Eoevrnment himself. They also
pointed out that tho question was
insopRrablo from tho departure Of
CONTINUED on FACE THREc