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Show MICHIGAN BOYS IN GRAVEOANGER I WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 Criticizing jH the government for withholding infor-mation infor-mation as to its policy In Russia, Sen-ator Sen-ator Townsend of Michigan, Republi-I Republi-I can, read in the senate today a tele-, tele-, gram from tho Michigan war prepar- mm , edncss board stating tho board was in-j in-j formed that the Allied forces in the vicinity of Archangel wero nutnum-bored nutnum-bored fifteen to ono and were in dan-ger dan-ger of extermination unless reinforced. jl Senator Townsend declared he had IH hundreds of communications from the families of a thousand Michigan sol-diers sol-diers now In northorn Russia asking for information regarding them and ll seeking to verify reports relative to their welfare but that all efforts to il obtain Information from the secretary of war had failed. "I have submitted tho matter to the secretary of war a number of time3," Socrotary Townsend said, "but can. get no satisfaction. The question that In-tercsts In-tercsts me ia why aro thoy there and IB what is this problom that is to be settled at the peace table. The an- . jswer is always that it is out of our v ; hands. It now rests with the Allied jH forces in Europe and depends on the Jl attitudo or the president I think the il people ought to know it" ' ll Senator Johnson of California said 'M both the British and French govern-monts govern-monts had made public what they are 'jl doing relative to Russia and that "the only government thaP doesn't lake into 1 confidence Us people- is present |