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Show ! RUSSIA TO FIGHT TO THE LAST DITCH AGAINST GERMANY By International News Service. U'AS'lf rXTCOX, Ii. , June 2!. Russia will fii; nt to t in- l.ifU di tch. Tin-re will he no sepu rale j lief.vt-en the n-v republic and ti.e kaiser. Only a lasmn: un, verirftl jiea'-e, wi'.hout annc-xa lion or font i lhutioiiH, will he r cognized by the Husnian xj ei nnietit. Th--.se prornl.Mi'S were made to the 'tilled Slated a 11(1 lo the uliier allies of kntvu.i today y Hurls hakhmftn.ff. ambassador am-bassador nt tlie new Knyian ovrnrr',r!il, In tiie flrtit interview he has driven shce the arrival of the Russian mission in liiis country. Ambassador liakhrneMeff announcer this as I lie policy of his xu eminent : "The provisional government rejecting. In ai '-ort) wltii the whole people of Russia, all thought of separate peace, puts it openly, as its ill-liberate purpose, the promptest achievement or universal peac1; .such jieace to presume no dominion over other nations, no seizure of their national na-tional property, nor any forced usurpation usurpa-tion of foreign territory; peace wlih no annexat ions or contributions, based upon the free determination uy each nation of i its destinies. New Agreement. "lifting fully cone in cod that t he estab- , lishment of democra tic principles in Its internal and external policy has created a new fat: tor in the striving of allied democracies for durable peace and fraternity fra-ternity of all nations, tiie provisional gov- j ernment will take preparatory steps for' an agreement with her allies founded upon its declaration of March 21. "The provisional government Is conscious con-scious that the defeat of Russia and her allies would be the source of the greatest misery and would not otdy postpone, but even nmke impossible the establishment of universal peace on a firm basis. "The provisional government is convinced con-vinced that the revolutionary army of Russia will not allow the German troops to destroy our allies on the western front and then fall upon us with the whole might of their weapons. The chief aim of the provisional government will be to fortify the democratic foundations of the army and orga nize and consolidate the army's fighting power for its defensive as well as offensive purposes." United Support. After outlining the programme, Ambassador Ambas-sador Bakhmetieff stated: "The last decision of the Russian congress con-gress of workmen's and soldiers' delegates, dele-gates, the decision of the all-Russian peasant congress, the decision of the duma, the voice of the country as expressed ex-pressed from day to day by almost the entire Russian press, in resolutions ladripfrd rit different ("o'lfcrnrrs and con- LT. s.s.- .!', -h.-s-? ecrii'irm tlieir luii s:p- I j port to li'.is I'.'i'ion;:! pr"L':v. nine :.;id j I-;-Ve t:ot -h- .d-jiMst iutil-L tr.al !V.is-ia is decided a.-; to i iie nect-.-Jsi t y ro i iht the ' ;-!-!'. t:i au;o racy until tlw- rondi-t'.oi, rondi-t'.oi, for a 'n.-r-a 1 and stable peace in liur.jp.- nr.- -tabl,shtd. -i. h d.-.-:s;on is boinir-- n:oi e nil more evident each day by pracTical work and n suits and shows it.s-r in the pressing press-ing aii'i rapiil r-TK ai! i t ion uf the army whitdi is now b-im fulfiil-d under the firm and en ieienl measures adopted by .Minist-r Kereiisky. "The Russian pfopl" thorouglily understand under-stand and are fully eonvinced tiiat It is absolutely necessary to ur-oot the autocratic auto-cratic prim-iples wliicdi underlie and are represented by Girman militarism and winch threaten Uie peacp, the freedom and the happiness of the world. The Russian people feel that no stable peace can be secured until the German autocrat auto-crat c principles are destroyed and that otherwise the revolution will have been in vain and its achievements will perish. In Accord With U. S. "New Russia, in full accord with the motives which Impelled the t'nlted States to enter the war, is striving to destroy German tyranny, to establish .peace on a secure and permanent foundation and to make the worhi safe for democracy. "Yo are. representing here the political unitv which has been crystallized in Russia Rus-sia and around which a national programme pro-gramme has b-'en developed. With our best of friends in tiie United States and without with-out distinction of party or class, we will work hand in hand for the common cause." Ambassador Bakhmetieff, looking more like a prosperous American business man than a diplomat, received newspaper correspondents cor-respondents in informal fashion at the Hennen .Jennings mansion. There were no introductions, the ambassador striding strid-ing into the library where the callers were received and shaking hands with each one with a hearty democratic grip. ; Tonight the ambassador and his party dined at Die "White House. Tomorrow the ambassador will call upon Secretary of the Treasury JlcAdoo, when it is likely like-ly the disposition of Russia's ?100, 000,000 credit in this country will be discussed. |