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Show REVOLUTION IN CHIMA TO DELAY PEACE Believed at Washington Elffiu" -Roof" Will Able to Stem Tide of Unrest in Petrograd By John Edwin Nevin International News Service Staff Cor respondent. WASHINGTON. June 4. Revolutionary Rev-olutionary development in Ruftgia and China will not expedite expe-dite tho end of the present world war and will probably delay ' peace. They cannot affect the program of tho en em tea of Germany. Officials were extremely confident of j this fact today. Tho Russian situation, while very eerloue, waa expected to work Itself out along- lines which will I keep that nation at leaat a nominal enemy of the central powers. The Chineae situation attll in problematic. There la a 1 moat a complete lack of official Information aa to developments. It seems certain that President LI Yuan Hung wiir be forced to go. But all of the Information reaching this city la to the effect that the newly organised militarist provisional jrov-ernment jrov-ernment haa the barking of the Jap-aneae Jap-aneae government, and should It successfully suc-cessfully aelze the reins of power It will not give any comfort In any war to Germany and the German a 11 lee. - The Chineae situation aa a matter of fart la overshadowed by the developments develop-ments In Russia. Every effort la now being made by the French and British repreeentatlvee who are In Petrograd to impress on the provisional Rum tan government that It xnuat present a j united front to the common enemy. 1 Thin Influence will be greatly Increased with the arrival of Ellhu Root and the members of the American high Joint commission In Petrograd. where they are due probably next Saturday or Sunday. ACTION OF REBELS. There la no doubt in the minds of officials here that ao aoon as the American Amer-ican com mi union reaches Petrograd It J will he made very plain to the pro-! pro-! visional government that exhibitions auch aa now are being given by the j rebel who are holding forth In- the ancient stronghold of Kronatadt have the effect of making the "new RuhpIo" ridiculous In the eye of tho world. The extremists who have taken over the fortress form a d la 1 1 net minority, ac I cording to all Information reaching I here, and It Is entirely possible that before long they will b persuaded to I aurrender. ' . - Mr. Hoot and his advisers have com-I com-I plete power In all their negotiations with the Rusaian government. With I their arrival In Russia the objectives I of the United States In tho war. as they are understood by President Wil- son. wfll bo proclaimed. The presl. i dent's outline already Is in Ruaaia. and will be made public for simultaneous publication throughout the world very aoon. While It la requested that there be no epeculation in advance of publication pub-lication aa to the contents of the mesaeae, officials say that it will be found to be along the lines Indicated by the p reel dent in urging rn;rers to declare a slate of war with Uermany. |