Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-19
IN ACCORD WITH AMERICA ON
 POLICY IN RUSSIA Reply Made to U. $. Note tO
 Italy Regarding
 Poland BOTH NATIONS OPPOSE OVERWHELMING RUSSIA American Secretary of State Expresses Qualification Over Assurance That Two Republics Are Agreed On
 Policy

Washington. Aug. lS.-lne Am erican and French governments are in entire agreement in principle as to the future of both Poland and Russia, Secretary Colby declared to- day in a formal statement interpret ing Frances rejoinder to the Amer ican note to Italy. His statement ac- companied publication of the trans laton of the French note which was delivered to the state department August IA by Prince De Bearn, the French charge.
 Frances declaration "of it's opposi- tion to the dsmemberment of Rus sia," is "most gratifying. Mir. Col by said, and added: $fN.r.<f
 "The response isAa notablesdeclara- tion from every viewpoint and brings to the position taken by the United States striking emphasis and pow erful position"
 The secretary of state, referred to French recognition of General Wran- gel in South Russia as divergence between the two governments on one point but said the U. s. was "dis- posed to regard the declared agree mcnt of France with the principles of the United States as of more sig nificance than any divergence of pol icy involved in the specific action of France in this single respect
 Asserting that France is in "com. ,J1 %bo Jnft Stuta as to the necessity for an indepen' dent Polish state,' the note says.
 "This is why there is agreement between the French government anc 1 the American government to encour- age all efforts made with view tc bringing about an armistice between l Poland and Russia, while acoidine l ing to the negotiations character which might result in the recogni tion of the bolsheviki regime anc i in the dismemberment of Russia" By this declaration France was re. garded here as joining with the Unit ed States in opposing any negotia tions with the bolsheyiki such as hat been proposed by Great Britain 1T | the once projected London confer | ence
 Replies to Tchitcherin. MT. Colby also issued a reply tt an assertion by Foreign Minister Tchitcherin of the soviet government of Russia that the bolsheviki have shown that they "esrictly adhere giving to the negotiations character to obligations' and that if they promised to protect the U. s. against agitation of the third internationale !! all our representatives will rigidly fulfill this pledge"
 q do not suppose said MT. Colby "that. MT. Tchitcherin has supersed | ed Lenine as the authoritative spokesman of soviet purpose. The ac | tual words of Lenine are in very sharp contrast tos the utterance o1 his foreign minister.
 "Said Lenine before the council oi 1 the peoples commissaries during tht nefotiations upon the Prinkipo con 1 ference: "I have never hesitated tt come to terms with bourgeois gov ernments, when by so doing l though
 I could weaken the bourgeoisie.
 =. the time has now come for u' to conclude second Brest-Litovsk this time with the entente. We mus
 make peace not only with the en
 tente, but also with Poland, Lithu
 anian and the Ukraine, and all tn
 other forces which are opposing u
 in Russia. We must be prepared t make every concession, promise ant
 sacrifice in order to entice our foe
 into the conclusion of this peace. w | shall know that we have but con
 cluded truce permitting us t
 complete our preparations for de
 cisive onslaught which will assur
 our triumph"