The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-10

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 and of military organization through. , out the world
 Finally, that they abide by the dec laration made by Admiral Kolchak
 on Nov. 27, 1918, in regard to Rus
 sia's national debts
 The Allied and Associated Powers
 will be glad to learn as soon 6.
 possibls whether the government ot
 Admiral Kolchak and his associates
 are prepared to accept these condi-
 tons, and also whether, in the event
 of acceptance, they will undertake to
 form a single Government and army
 command as soon as the military sit
 uation makes it possible.
 (Signed.)
 c. CLEMENCEAU
 D., H,OYD GEORGE,
 V. F.. ORLANDO,
 WOODROW WILSON,
 SAIONJI
 Admiral KoIchaIx's Reply. Translation from French Gas final
 ly amended in the light of a repeti- | tion of the telcgran.)
 Translation from NJ. de Martel, 1 French Charge d'Affaires at Omsk to
 French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, | despatched Omsk, June 4, 1919, re-
 ceived Paris, June 5, 1919.
 l MOST URGENT - Admiral KoI- | chak, to whom I handed at the sta- | tion of Tiun.en the telegram of M l Clemenceau, requests me to com | 7lunicate the following reply to Clem- 1 enceau:
 l The Government over which I | preside has been happy to learn that | the policy of the Allied and Associat- l ed Powers in regard to Russia is in | perfect accSd with the task which
 the Russian Government itself has | undertaken, that Government bafna
 anxious above all things, to re-es- | lablish peace in the country and to | assure to the Russian people the right l to decide their own destiny in free | dom by means of a Constituent As ! sembly. l appreciate highly the in | terest shown by the Powers as re- | gards the national movement and 1 consider their wish to make certain | of the political conviction with which we are inspired as legitimate. I am ] therefore ready to confirm once more my previous declarations which I have always regarded as irrevocable Ion Nov. Is, 1918, I assumed power, and I shall not retain that power one day longer than is requir- ed by the interest of the country My first thought at the moment when the Bolsheviks are definitely crush ed will be to fix the date for the elections of the Constituent Assem- lily. Com mission is now at work on direct preparation for them on the basis of universal suffrage Consid- er1ng myself as responsible before that Constituent Assembly I shall hand over to it all my powers in order that 1t may freely determine the system of government I have moreover taken ha before the Supreme Russian Tribunal, the guardian of legality. All my ef- forts are aimed at concluding the CIVIL war as soon as possible by crushing Bolshevism in order to put the Russian people effectively in a position to express it's free will Any prolongation of this struggle would only postpone that moment. The gov ernmeht, however, does not consider itself authorized to substitute for the inalienable right of free and legal elections the mere re-estabIishment of the Assembly of 1917, which was elected under a regime of Bolsheyil1 violence and the majority of whose mem bers are now in the SovietIst ranks. It is to the legally elected Constituent Assembly alone, which my Government will do its utmost to convoke promptly, that there will belong the sovereign rights of de- ciding the problems of the Russian State, both in the internal and ex- ternal affairs of the country
 International Questions.
 Eve gladly consent to discuss a. once with the Powers all internation- al questions, and In doing so shall l aim at the free and peaceful deveI- | opment of peoples, the limitation of 1 armaments, and the measures cal | culated to prevent new wars of | which the League of Nations is the | highest expression. The Russian i Government thinks, however, that it | should recall the fact that final l sanction of the decisions which may be taken in the name of Russia will | belong to the Constituent Assembly ! Russia cannot now, and cannot in future, ever be anything but a democratic State, where all questions involving modified tionS of the terri l. torial frontiers and of external rela- tions must be ratified by a represen. tative body which is the natural ex- pression of the peoples sovereignty
 3.-Considering the creation of q unified Polish State to De one of the chief of the normal and just conse- quences of the world war, the Gov ernment thinks itself justified in con- frming the independence of Poland proclaimed by the Provisional Rus sian Government of 1917, all the pledges and decrees of which we have accepted The final solution of the question of delimiting the iron tiers between Russia and Poland must, however. in conformity with the principAs set forth above, be postponed till the meeting of the Con- stituent Assembly. We are disposed at once to recognize the d,racto of Finland. but the final solution of the Fir nish question must belong to the Constituent Assembly.
 Ave are fully disposed at once to prepare for rhe solution of the questions concerning the fate of the national groups in Esthonia. Latvia and of tho Caucasian and countries, and we have every reason to believe that 2 prompt settlement vii be made, seeing that the Governtlent is assuring as from the present tim(, the autonomy of the various national ties. It goes with l