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Show UNITED STATES TO HOLD BACK GOODS BOUGHT BY RUSSIA WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. First official of-ficial news of the Russian upheaval came through to the government today from American Ambassador Francis, but added nothing to tbc news dispatches dis-patches of the last throe days and gave state department officials nothing on which to form judgments as to the uurse of the United States. It was made plain that the T'nited States can have no dealings with the Maximalists unless they attain the proportions of a party in de facto control con-trol of the country. The Russian embassy em-bassy here, disclaiming that tho Hol-.sheviki Hol-.sheviki represent Kussia, announced, in a formal ueclnration, that it would not respect any actions the Lenine government gov-ernment might take. The immediate question before American Amer-ican officials is to what extent credits already extended to the Keronsky government gov-ernment mnv be used for the benefit of those who may oppose the allied cause in the war. "Ofticiuls who would have charge of stopping shipments of supplies to Lussia were silent when asked to indicate their course. There seems to be, no doubt, however, that the vast quantities of material being be-ing manufactured for Knssian account in the C'nitcd btates will not be permitted per-mitted to leave the country if it is ap parent that they an going to fall into the hands of those disposed to make a separate p-iaco with Germany. The hope of the United States and Knssian officials here ttirus to the possibility pos-sibility That tbf conservative clement of Ru.-sia v;th tlu Cossacks of the Ukraine, will consolidate to set up a government t -pre ntative of all Russia, Rus-sia, although civil war mav be the re- Milt. Mean while, it is believed that Gorman Gor-man po.-svssion of tielsingforf and the Aland islands, making possible Teutonic occupation of Potrocrad, opens the way tor a display of the real 1 11 tent ions of tho Holsh'iviUi element and will show whether its triumph has been the fruit of (.leiinau intrigue or whether it spirit is truly liitsiau. |