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Show RUSSELL DENIES ANARCHY EXISTS AMONG RUSSIANS American Voices Confidence Slavs Will Succeed 'in Establish- las Republic. Petrograd, July 5. The Russlan'l' people will fulfill their task of establishing es-tablishing a republic In tho opinion or Charles Edward Russell, a member of the American mission to. Russia. Mr. Rus3ell today issued tho following follow-ing statement on the observations he has made here since his arrlcal some weeks ago: "I venture to appeal to my fellow democrats In tho United States and Great Britain for a more systematic attitude toward the struggling democracy de-mocracy not to print wild-eyed stories of Impending ruin and choas and to newspaper readers not to believe such stories If printed. "Thore Is no anarchy hero. There Is only a limited amount of disorder, Tho peoplo of Russia under tho most trying conditions In history have given giv-en an example of dignity and self-restraint. self-restraint. "Every phase of tho present situation situ-ation Is a logical and normal out-comeof out-comeof natural causes." Independence day was colobrated at the American ombassy by a gathering gath-ering that included tho American commission now in Russia and virtually vir-tually all the American .residents la Potrograd as tho guests of Ambassador Ambassa-dor David R. Francis. As tho reception closed thore was a big street demonstration in front ot the embassy by soldiers and citizens citi-zens representing tho Military league, a patriotic organization favoring tho continuation of the war. Ambassador Ambassa-dor Francis In n speech from tho balcony bal-cony replied to the felicitations and cheers. A vote of confidence In tho government gov-ernment was adopted unanimously by the council of soldiers and workmen's work-men's deputies on tho occasion of the raid by government forces on the villa of former Minister Duronovo, which since tho revolution had been the headquarters of anarchlsts.gjiklF Tho government today nboll!Klj all decorative ordors oxcept thitB awarded for service of distinction lol war, |