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Show BRITAIN ASKED TO TELL STAND ON 'ANTI-REDS' Soviet Russia Wants Definition Defini-tion of Empire's Attitude Toward Gen. Wrancjel j LONDON, Aug. 17 Soviet Russia, I through M, Kariu noff. ;iead of her trade mlhMion here, has asked Premier ; Lloyd George for a precise definition Of the British attitude toward "Jeneral Wrangel," commander of antl-Holshc-" vikl forces In southern Russia. in a tetter to the premier. M. Kam- ensff quotes ail dispatches exchanged between the British and Russian governments gov-ernments com isrning General Wrange beginning with the dispatch from Earl Curgon to the Bolshevik! foreign minister min-ister on April 14 It was this message mes-sage which urged a termination of hostilities and the d:M.andment of General IVrangel'i troopa on the basis of amnesty lielng granted HALTi i s u r ( rrt)N M Kam eff declares this dispatch Indutcd th. soviet govern ment 'to refrain re-frain from military measures which would have rendered General Wrangel powerless, and he seeks to .-how u was British Indecision relative to Its Russian Rus-sian policy which encouraged General Wrangel and led to the present situation situa-tion and recognition of General wrangel by France. He intimates that Great Rrltatn Is large!) responsible for this recognition recogni-tion being extended. FORCES m:ri v eqi m. SEBASTU1-ML. AuK 17 (Rv The' Associated Press ) -The mllltarv! forces ol General Wrange! head of the anti-Bolshevik government In south Russia now ajrgregate ajbout 50 - 000. one-third of whom are bigh-clasi troops. Russian officers eslimate (hat the opposing Bolshevik forces number num-ber about r.0.000. Their estimates are thai the Soviets have some 300 00o! troops on tho Polish front and luO -000 reserves. |