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Show uu .RUSSIA FALSE . TO RUMANIANS v MANCHESTER, England, Nov. 29. The Manchester Guardian's Petrograd correspondent says that among tho secret diplomatic documents published by the Leninite regime, was one setting set-ting forth an agreement between Russia, France and Great Britain under un-der which Alexandretta (Asiatic Turkey) Tur-key) was to be a free port and Palestine Pales-tine a protectorate under Russia, France and Great Britain. Great Brit- l II.. 11. I .. lLIL! ain was to receive the neutral zone in Persia, except Ispahan and Yezd, which were to go into the Russian sphere. "Another document, signed by General Gen-eral Polivanoff, tho former Russian was minister," the correspondent continues, con-tinues, "says that a Russo-Rumanlan military and political convention was concluded in August, 1916, giving Rumania Bukowlna, tho Banat (Hun- . 1 L... f. tUN rinnilnM I I tjitiy uyLvt:i;u maiua unu tnu juuuujju 1 and Transylvania. In this document I General Polivanoff says, in the event ' of Rumania's success, she will become I a powerful country -with a population I of 13,000,000, that she hardly will re-' re-' main friendly to Russia over Bess- arabia and will lessen Russia's Influences Influ-ences in the Baltic. I " 'In view of this,' General Pollv-I Pollv-I anoff continued, 'the collapse of I greater Rumania is an idea not against ' the interests of Russia and the pres-I pres-I ent condition of Rumania must be ' used to strengthen those tics by which j she is compulsorily tyound to us.' " oo |