Show CHAOS IN MOSCOW UNVEILED BY POOLE FRENCH AND BRITISH CITIZENS HELD AS HOSTAGES BY THE BOLSHEVIK LEADERS LEADER American Representative Turns Affairs of Consulate Over to Swedish Consul and Demands Safe Conduct Conduct Con Con- duct from the Country Washington Official Official dispatches received received re re- re- re l Wednesday a from American Consul General Poole in Moscow lifted the curtain for a moment and revealed revealed re re- re- re an amazing train of events in that cIt city Consul General Poole after witnessIng witnessIng witnessing witness- witness Ing the violation of the the French and British consulates consulates' and the arrests of the consuls general an and their staffs destro destroyed ed his code books and papers and turned the affairs of the American consulate over oyer to the Swedish consul at the same time demanding safe conduct conduct conduct con con- duct from the country for himself and his associates French and British citizens have been arrested and the Bolshevik have announced they would hold them as hostages because of the attack on the soviet government b by British and French troops at Archangel Members of the French and British military militar missions stationed in Moscow were refused refuse permission to leave the country countr In spite spile of a previous promise of safe conduct It Is possible that since the sending of Consul General Pooles Poole's telegrams which began on July 29 9 and continued until Aug August st 0 6 the situation may ave changed because it is reported that Lenine and the Bolshevik leaders have fled and the soviet government government government gov gov- in Moscow may have been overthrown Should the situation be unchanged the American consul generals general's action in turning his office over to Sweden Swede will wIH not affect the status of other American American American Am Am- consuls In Russia as the they have been working with the local governments governments governments govern govern- ments throughout Russia Hussla where pro pro- all ally feeling is strong |