Bisbee daily review., 1920-08-11

ing place in the world, joining with the other nations in upholding peace and orderly justice.
 "UntiI that time shall arrive,
 the United States feels that
 friendship and honor require that
 Russa's interests must be gen.
 erously protected and that, as far
 as possible, all decisions of vital
 importance to it, and especially
 those concerning it's sovereignty
 over the territory of the former
 Russian empire, be held in abey-
 ance.
 By this feeling Of friendship and honorable obligation to the great na- tion whose brave and heroic self-sac- rifices contributed so much to the successful termination of the war, the government of the United States was guided in its reply to the Lithuanian national council on October 15, 1913. and in it's persistent refusal to recog- liLS IlkC D0lIAO ototCO oCRol atC tions independent of Russia. The same spirtit was manifested in the note of this government, of March "A, 1920, in which it was stated, with ref erence to certain proposed settlements in the Near East, that no final decis- ion should or can be made without the consent of Russia
 Tn line with these important decia- rations of policy, the United States withheld its approval from the decis- ion of the supreme council at Paris recognizing the independence of so- called republics of Georgia and AZer- baijan and so instructed its represen- tative in southern Russia, Rear Ad miral Newton A. McCully. Finally while gladly giving recognition to the independence of Armenia, the govern. ment of the United States has taken the position that the final determ,na. tion of it's boundaries must not be made without Russias cooperation concerned because a considerable part of the territory of the new state of Armenia, when it shall be defined formerly belonged to the Russian em pire; equally important is the fact that Armenia must have the good will and the political friendship of Russia If it is to remain free.
 "These illustrations show with
 with what consistency the gov
 ernment of the United States has
 been guided in it's foreign policy
 by a loyal friendship for Russia.
 We are unwilling that. while 1t
 is helpless in the grip of non-rep-
 resertatiVe government, whose
 only sanction is brutal force, Rus sia shall be weakened still fur
 ther by a policy of dismembcr-
 ment, conceived in 'other than
 Russian interests.
 With the desire of the a..;ed pow CTS to bring about a peaceful solution of the existing difficulties in Burop> this government is, of. course, in near ty accord. and will support any iusti liable steps to that end. Ii is unable to perceive, however, that recogni tiOn of the Soviet regime would pro mote, much less accomplish. this ob iect and it is. therefore, averse tC any dealings with the Soviet regime beyond the most marrow bounda ries. to which discussion of an ar mistice can be confined.
 BolsheViki in Minority
 That the present rulers of Russia do not rule by the will or the con sent of any considerable proportion of the Russian people, is an incontest able fact. Although nearly two anC half years have passet since they seized the machinery of government promising to protect the constituent assembly against alleged conspiraeies against it, they have not yet permit