Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-01
Anti-Soviets
Seek Worlds
Recognition
Constituent Assembly
Wants Status of Ap-
proved Government
of Russians

Farls, Feb, 1.-ForGai appiica-
tlon is about to be made to Great
britain, France and the G1ited
states to recognize the Russian
constituent assembly us the present
re Jufe or rightful existing govern
iheht of Russia. The Russian con-
stltuent assembly has just been
created at a meeting here Of ali the
Russian elements oDposed to hol-
sheVism, for the purposa of sinking
all differences of opnion and pre-
senCnS united front asains. Sol
shevism
President Avskent.off, a mem
per oil the former Kercnsky cabi-
net, and presiding officer of the
conference held here, will cali IA, a
lew days on Premier BRAND of
France and present the application
for recognition.
Alexander Kerensky, head of the
former Russian government, has
gone to London where he will make
similar request of the British gov
ernment
Boris Kakhmeteff, Russian am
basasdor at Washington. is under
ood to have been requested to pre-
sent the application to the United
States.
The precedent invoked will be
he recognition by the allies of the
Serbian government set up on TIE
island of Corfu during the war
while Serbia was completely occu-
pied by the central powers.
Thirty-three of the members of
the Russian constituent assembly
created here were elected in Rus
sia in the latter part Of 1917 by
popular vote. These elections were
held under bolshevik rule and the
bolsheviki failed to obtain more
than 40 per cent of the seats. Lem
inc, the soviet premier, dissolved
the assembly January Is, 1918,
when his followers were placed in
the minority.
Purposes Declared.
A majority of the members left
Russia but many were put in tail.
Those succeeding IN escaping re-
grouped in Paris and formed "the
Russian constituent assembly,
which adopted resolutions contain
ing these provisions:
IA declaration of the principle
of the liberty OF he Russian peo-
pie in opposition to bolshevik rule
Refusal to recognize any an6
| all treaties, including commercial
agreements, entered upon With tbs
bolsheviki as one of the parties
! (This would entail reputation OF
the agreement between the bolshe-
Wiki and washington 3, Vanderlip
by which an American syndicate
headed by Vanderlip was granted
large concessions in Siberia.)
3-The assembly is against armed
intervention in Russian affairs. 1t
favors commercial relations be-
tween individuals in Russia and
other countries but not with the
bolshevik government and also fav-
ors lif ing of the blockade.
A-The assembly is against dis
memberment of Russia and the Sc
cessiOn from Russia of any of its
former provinces.
United States Thanked.
In connection with the fourth
clause the constituent assembly in
serted an expression of profound
gratitude" to the United States for
the stand it has taken on the fore
going question and referred espe-
clally to the note of Secretary of
State Colby, August 10, 1920, in
which he said the United States
government was opposed to any
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Russia.
| A permanent executive commit
tee was appointed to draw up reso-
lutions 20 present to the allied gov
ernments. This committee includes
members of the socialist, COssack
and free Russian parties who claim
that not onlv were they elected by
| the vote of the Russian people in
! Russia, but also that they represent
from 100000 % 0O0,00 Rus
siaus-exiles and refugees. They
will ask the government to fix The
status of those refugees who are
disse minated throughout Europe,
but more especially in F"1rcc.