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Show HIGH HOPES FOR RUSSIAN CAUSE WASHINGTON. Nov. 11. High hopes that Russia's provisional government govern-ment may suppress the radicals at Petrograd quickly and emerge stronger than before were raised at both the state department and the Russian embassy em-bassy by today's press dispatches reporting re-porting Premier Kerensky safe and returning re-turning to the capital at the head of a strong loyal force. No official reports came during the day, but the news from London and Paris of wireless messages from loyal sources confirmed the confident belief here that Bolshevlkl were not permitting per-mitting all of the story to come through the controlled cables out of Petrograd. It became known during the day that word came through official channels chan-nels several days ago that the upheaval up-heaval at Petrograd had geatly stimulated stimu-lated a religious movement In Russia designed by cs leaders to have "holy Russia" from foes without or within. This movement is said to have resulted re-sulted already in tho pledging of 500,-000 500,-000 soldiers to support tho Kerensky government and reports concerning it are believed to be largely responsible for the optimistic feeling apparent in administration circles. Whole regiments and thoir commanders com-manders have enlisted in the new holy Russia movement, the reports say, and the movement is growing rapidly. oo l |