Show RUSSIA ACCEPTS AID washington it was announced tuesday that the formal reply of the russian government to president loosevelt Boo sevelt s identical note of last thursday Is in the hands of the amer lean government the response was handed to ambassador meyer at st petersburg by count lamsdorff and transmitted by the ambassador to president roosevelt it can be said that it is in perfect consonance with the oral assurances given the dent by count cassini the russian ambassador here it had been intend ed by the president to make public the replies of both russia and japan to his appeal for a cessation ot bostil atles in the far east but a decision has been reached not to publish them at this time this determination vas arrived at at the suggestion of both belligerents that the publication of the responses at this juncture might not be desirable official assurance is given however that the informal statements of the contents of the replies are not only accurate but complete as to the information contained in them |