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Show . oo RUSS PROTEST 1 People of Lethonia Province ! .. Appealer Restoration From German Rule. I VEHEMENT OBJECTIONS j Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Dismembers Dis-members Territory and Is Act of Violence. WASHINGTON, SepL 26. The inhabitants in-habitants of Lehonia, one of the "Russian "Rus-sian border provinces seized by the Germans under the Brest-Litovsk treaty, have addressed a formal pro-I pro-I test to all the nations of the world ; against their fate. After having without with-out result addressed themselves to tho German chancellor, they now appeal to tho outside world In vehement protest pro-test against their oppressors. Through their national council the 1 Lcthonlans declare they do not want to share the fato of Alsace-Lorraine but they have been overwhelmed by tho peace of the Bolshevists and havo fought to the extreme limit of their strength. Against the treaty of Brest-Litovsk they protest because It dismembers tho territory of Lethonia and is an act of violence against tho right of free will of the people, i oo |