Arizona republican., 1920-08-11

American government uecldISu tOu0S for the maintenance of the ponticai independence and territorial integrity of Poland and against dismemoerment of Russia
 In a note to the Italian ambassador Secretary Colby, speaking with the ap- proval of President Wilson, said the United States took no exception to the efforts to arrange an armistice be- tween Poland and Russia and would regard with satisfaction" declara. ton by the allied and associated pow CTS that the territorial integrity and true boundaries" of Russia would De respected
 The government stated. however, it would not. at least for the present, participate in any plan to expand ar mistice negotiations into general Flu ropean conference because 1t might involve two results from which the United States strongly recoils:
 Recognition of the bolshevist re- gime.a
 settlement of Russian problems almost inevitably upon the basis of a dismemberment of Russia.
 The note was in response to an agreeable intimation' from the ltai- ian ambassador that his government would welcome a statement of the American governments views. Much of it was devoted to a statement of the sympathetic feeling of the United States toward the Russian people
 Diplomatic Secrets Revealed.
 Tn reviewing past events, the secre- tary of state disclosed some diplomat ic secrets. He revealed that the Amer ican government had withheld ap proval from the decision of the SUI preme council recognizing indepen- dence of the "so- called republics of Beorgia and Azerbaijan because part of them were taken from the old Rus sian empire.
 It also was stated that the United States had held that the final deter imitation of the boundaries of Armenia which the president had been asked by the allies to fix. must not be made without Russia's cooperation.
 It was disclosed that the United States had refused to recognize the Baltic states, with the exception ot Finland, a once independent nation because it held they were rightly a part of Russia and that the territory should be held for the Russian people until they organize a stable govern ment-
 Will Also Protect Russia. We are unwilling" the note de clared, that while it is helpless in ernment. Russia shall be weakened I still further by O policy of dismember- ment conceived in other than Russian l interests.
 | Secretary Colby's statement of the attitude of the American government l in the face of threatened overthrow | of Poland was unequivoca1- He de- | clared that the people of the United | States were "earnestly solicitous fol the maintenance of Polands territo- rial integrity and political indepen- dence."
 Prom that attitude we will not de part he announced, land the policy O this government will be directed to tn, employment of all available means t, render it effectual.''
 Pillage and oppression of the Poles he declared, would remove Russia iron "the pale of the friendly interests o other nations
 | The note was accepted generally a evidence that the United States, Grea | Britain and France were alone in determination to prevent the absorbing of Poland into soviet Russia. Grea the house of commons by Premie Lloyd George.
 U. s. and British Notes Differ
 There apparently, however, was ! difference as between the views of tn British and American governments ol dealing with the soviet and preserva ton of the true boundaries of the for mer Russian empire.
 Exchanges between Washington an, London and Paris on the situation hay been proceeding for some days and tn fact that the American note was ad dressed to the Italian premier create some surprise here.
 MT. Lloyd George announced in tn house of commons early today that in quiry surely would be made as | Americas position. To this was adde
 the fact that Italy had not taken , prominent part in the allied discus sions.
 , The note did not go into details as {
 the available means" which might b employed in protecting Poland. Ther
 was only an implied response to Pc
 lands request for a declaration of tn
 moral support of the United State
 In declaring complete sympathy
 the United States with the Russia people MT. Colby denounced the sovit ! leaders. His language was compare \ with that contained in the propos; of the then Secretary Lansing tw
 years ago that the bolsheviki be de
 clared international outlaws
 COMPLETE TEXT OF NOTE
 The American governments positio
 on the Russian Polish situation wa
 outlined in the following note to u
 Italian government addressed to Baro 1 Camille Romano Avezzanan. Italia . ambassador to the United States fnc rcf