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Show ADVISES AGAINST y 1 FORKDLGHAK NEW YORK. July 18. What purports to be a confidential message transmitted in code by Acting Secretary of State Polk in Washington to Colonel E. M. House, a member of the American peace delegation in Paris, appears in today's issue is-sue of the Nation. The magazine does not make public the source from which it obtained ob-tained the statement, but-William Offley, head of the New York department of justice, said tonight the matter was under un-der investigation. The message follows: "Green, 'Washington, "Dnted January 25, 1919. "Amission, Pans. "425. January 25, S p. m. for Colonel House from Bullard, Tokio. "Still in hospital, but hope to sail Boon to join you. Very sorry for delay. I hope no formal recognition will be extended ex-tended to Kolchak. J-lia personality is of small significance. He is surrounded and dependent on the support of reaction dements de-ments whose principal idea of government is the reconquest of former grafts. His army is being organized on old lines of czartst discipline. .Several units have already al-ready revolted against brutality of officers. of-ficers. The vengeance of his (apparent omission) against Bolsheviks. We have helped to disable riots as red as the Bolshevik Bol-shevik terror In Moscow. After allowing , the Siberian government and the dlrec- torate, which were both sincere attempts , at liberation, to collapse from lack of recognition and allied support of Kol- chak's experiment in reaction is a fea ture i regrettable. Please communicate with Creel. "POLK, Acting." Bullard, according to the Nation, was "next to Mr. Sisaon, Mr. Creel's star reporter in Russia." It was said the message mes-sage was received anonymously, as was the case with a similar message, also purporting pur-porting to be from Mr. Polk and addressed ad-dressed to Secretary Lansing In Paris under the date of January 24, 3 9 1 f . which was read at a Socialist meeting in Madison Mad-ison Square Garden last month by Max Eastman, formerly editor of the Masses. It also dealt with the Russian situation. |