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Show LOOKS TO AMERICA SGOMB Former Premier Kerensky to Sail for This Country j Within a Few Days. J LONDON, June 27. "I bear witness that the Russian people never will recognize recog-nize the Brest-Litovsk treaty, which hurled Russia into the abyss of annihilation," annihi-lation," said Alexander F. Kerensky, former for-mer premier of Russia, in an address at the labor conference today. M. Kerensky said that Russia was bending bend-ing under German insults and bleeding at every pore, but still opposed the enemy invasion. The labor congress capitulated to M. Kerensky when he appeared on the platform plat-form at the close of a long afternoon session during which considerable anti-Kerensky anti-Kerensky sentiment had been vociferously vociferous-ly Jn evidence. With his appearance the opposition to him vanished and before he had finished his speech he received a great ovation. LO.VDOX. June 27. Alexander F. Kerensky. the short-lived dictator of Russia, Rus-sia, whose sudden appearance before the British labor conference yesterday startled not only the laboring men, but the British Brit-ish public generally, looks toward America as the goal of his journey. He hopes to be received there as the spokesman of his countrymen. He wants to plead the cause of the newborn Russian democracy to the great republic overseas. Kerensky within a few days will s.o to France and thence to the United States. His friends say the former premier does ryKe the word "intervention" in rela-J- to allied aid to Russia, but prefers '""ine phrase "help and ret onstruction." I How Kerensky escaped from Russia and how his comrades shielded him from the yBolsheviki remains his secret. At pres--yT lie is evading all uninvited visitors. conjurer pulling a white rabbit from a hat ever startled an audience of wilil -eyed children more thoroughly than Arthur Henderson surprised the labor conference con-ference yesterday in introducing Kerensky. Keren-sky. Amazement pervaded the meeting hall, to be followed by cheers, as the slight, youthful, dark-haired and smooth-shaven smooth-shaven Russian stood up beside Mr. Henderson. Hen-derson. Kerensky told the labor dele- : pates that the Russian people, fighting against tyranny now, would soon take part asrain in the lists against the neu- j tral powers. The situation In Russia today he summarized sum-marized as follows: "One can break the Russian people, but one cannot subdue it." |