Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-19 | Page 2 | Russia Thanks Nations for Aid

RUSSIA THANKS ! NAT10NSJFDR I Omsk Government Grate-I Grate-I ful for Germans' Leav- I ing" Territory. i Ambassadors in Paris to Discuss Peace Congress Relations. , WASHINGTON, p. C, Per. IS. Kor-ii, Kor-ii, ill thanks of the ull-Kusnian government it Om.sk to tho victorious asMi iatcd na-I na-I 'Hons for their uollon in rciuirlntf ':r- . many to cvai.ualo Hu-lun territory is expressed ex-pressed in a cablegram received at Hie rtussian. embassy today from the acting minister of foreign affairs nt Omsk i'or iraiiHmiHHon to Die state department. After voicing rcun't th:i.L Russia was ; unable, tn eonlinuu In Die wnr to Die end, Did (abb-gram m.'ivs Die Omsk government-wall aerept with gratitude, any aa-Hltiinr-c the allies will give in the regen-! regen-! . enillun nf Kiissia, and declares that Rus sia nhould not and shall not remain In her . pr.'sent ntuie. whi -h "threalens the world with new and great coniinotioua." Discuss Relations. PA HIS, Dec. IS. Kour ambassadors of Dm revolutionary regiino in Kussla met in the Russian embassy hero yesterday to discuss the Russian situation and its relations to the. peju'o conference. Those h l tending the meeting wore H. A. "Bakli-metleff. "Bakli-metleff. "accredited to the United States; M. Malaknff, accredited to France; M. Stakhovlch, accredited to Spain, and M. tilers, accredited to Italy. M. Nabukoff, the ainhassador to Great Ttrilain, is expected ex-pected in lMriH in a few days. The flrft session was Informal, and no derision was reached as to how Russia's interest will be laid before the conference. confer-ence. The Russian ambassadors probably wilt merit Die prominent peace delegates informally within Die next few days and ascertain the attitude of the leading entente en-tente powers before framing a definite statement as to the position of Russia. Awaited With Interest. Much depends on the conferences of the i epresentath es of the United Slates. Croat Mritain, France and Italy. The preliminary pre-liminary meetings of the representatives of these four powers to determine the ! broad principles of the conference are j awaited with much interest by the minor powers. Russia., China, Serbia and t he I other lesser allies, are awaiting an an- i nouncenient of the attitude of the four creat powers, while they are working in-i in-i formally preparing their own cases, i The headquarters of Die different peace missions are crowded with agents of various vari-ous countries seeking information about Dio probable number of delegates to be accredited to each nation and the program pro-gram of procedure. Russian Peasants Rise. ' WARSAW, Hoc. I'l. By the Associated I Press.) The manner in which the Rus- against their landlords is shown by the i experiences of Princess Potockl, who Is I one of the refugees gathered here. Her 1 estate at Dombrovitza was bosiezed for ! ono week bv the peasants. Several Polish peasants aided In beating oft' the attacks and a dozen or more of the Russians were killed. Finally, the Russians threw benzine on j the roof and set it on fire. The defenders ihen agreed to surrender if tho women ! emild go free. The peasants placed the j -men against the wall and executed all of ! Diem, including two young cousins of the i princess. ! The mother of former Emperor Nicholas j of Russia, who is living near Tavadia. In the Crimea, has been rcciving letters every ten days that purported to come I from the former ruler, according to Polish I officers who have arrived bere from Se- j bastopol. The dowager empress and all about her are convinced that Nicholas Romanoff is still alive, according to Information In-formation given tho officers by a member of her household. Alliance With Entente, COpftNllAClON. Ji 17. The Polish government h:is declared itself ready to conclude a military and political alliance .with Die entente nations, according to the Cologne Gazette. Olspatehes from Vienna report that Die town council of Karlsbad has asked President Presi-dent "Wilson to recognize Karlsbad as an independent republic, under American supremacy.