Show WHEREABOUTS OF AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA UNKNOWN Report of Expulsion From Petrograd Received by State Department NO CONFIRMATION OF STORY OBTAINED Last Communication From Minister Did Not Hint Dismissal Prospect By In International J ws Service Washington Feb 8 The S.-The The United States government Is without official kno knowledge ledge concerning concerning- the whereabouts of ot David R. R Francis American ambassador ambassador ambassador am am- to Russia Unconfirmed reports that tho the ambassador ambassador am am- with diplomatic representatives tives of ot the entente allies as well is en route to Sweden under a a. l. l order of ot expulsion w were ra forwarded to the state department toda today from the American legation at Stockholm No word has been received d direct from the amba ambassador himself since a a. cablegram dated Petrograd February 4 This communication which consumed consumed con con- four days das in transit contained nothing to indicate that the amba ambassador a- a dor 1101 was prepared for tor an order of or dismissal dis dis- missal from the Russian foreign of ot- ot flee fice Be He OB Ou WU Way V y to Border For this reason the Uia state department department depart depart- ment mont Is not willing to accept the Stockholm report as aR accurate Entente embassies In Washington which have been in close touch with the state de department department de- de e. e on all Russian developments also abo are lacking confirmation At the same name time events have been shifting so rapidly in the Russian capital la In recent weeks ecks that It was regarded In official I quarters as is b by no means certain fain tain tha that Francis Is not on ort Is a 1 way to the 1 border lorder In common with other diplomats at Petros the ambassador dor has a tree free hand to leave at any anytime anytime anytime time conditions ns appear appeal intolerable There have o been threats of ot late against his lifo life by Ud extremists whose suspicions have hare been aroused by the foreign minister Finnish R Red d 4 Gourd GOArd Defeated General 8 General Manner Manner- Stockholm Feb l eb 8 helm commander of ot tho the forces supporting support support- lug ing the the Finnish provisional government govern govern- meat ment has defeated the revolutionary red guard a Heh dispatch to the Afton ACton reports The Tho ho red guards are said sald to have suffered Bloss a B- loss of or killed Th The battle oc occurred occurred oc- oc curre at near Tammer Tammer- fors I |