| Show RUSSIAN ANSWER v GIVEN IN FEBRUARY With Wilh With ST. ST PETERSBURG May 1 reference to the statement from rom Ix London that hat the tIle government go Is not glIng gl Ing ng a a. sympathetic reception to the invitation tation extended to it in connection with the he Panama Pacific exposition it is pointed out here that in February the Russian consul at lit San Francisco convEyed conveyed conveyed con con- through th the foreign office an invitation tatton tation to Russia to participate in the tho exposi ex- ex posh lion tion The ministry 01 to which the Invitation was r referred ent decided dp against participation and this answer was at that hat time communicated through h the tho con con- sul |