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Show Martens Not Recognized. WASHINGTON, May 6. Formal announcement an-nouncement was made today by the s'ate department tht?t it had nt recognized L. A. Mortens, now at New Yc-k. as a representative repre-sentative of the Russian t.ialist federal soviet reoubli''. The department fels it to be its duty to inform the puhiie that Mr. Martens has not heen received or recognized as the representative of the eovernment of Russia Rus-sia or of any other government, said the announcement. "As the X'nited States government has n-,t recognized the Bolshevik regime at Moscow as a government, extreme caution shoul I be exercised as to representations made by anyone purporting to represent the Bolshevik government." |