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Show IK RED AGENT WILL LEAVE U. S. Departure of 'Ambassador' Means Cancellation of Contracts. He Says N'EW YORK. Dec. 2S. I,udwig C X. K. Martens, Russian soviet "am-bassador' "am-bassador' to the United States, Mun--1ny notified the department of labor that upon instruction from the Mos-vCOw Mos-vCOw government Just received by cable ho will surrender himself for deporta- t ion January 3. The Moscow advices directed Mar- 1 fens not to appeal from the order for ; his deportation, signed by Secretary of Labor Wilson recently, but to return to I'.ic-sia as soon ax possible with his ill-tire ill-tire Russian staff- CONTRACTS ( M KLI-KI). Cancellation of all contruots negotiated nego-tiated for the Russian government with American firms, said by Marions to nniount to sonv 150,000,000, was ordered. i'nc moss-agc from Moscow wus a reply re-ply tO Marti ns' report oi hlf di-porta-tlon order, and was sent by Ueorgo T i.ltchcrln. soviet minister of foreign affairs, who denounced tb'' present American administration for its "hostility." "hos-tility." i must resign ourselves to the fact 'hut Russia for the time bein. due to the hostile attitude of the present pres-ent American administration. will have to get along1 without its co-oper-atlon," the message said, "You are Instructed In-structed to return to Russia without delay, together with the Uusslan citizens citi-zens who are members of your Staff, and to cancel and liquidate, in accordance accord-ance with Instructions you will receive from the commissariat of foreign trade, all orders placed with America i; i Inns,'' l FPOR1 s OMMEN DED The message continued: "The hostility of tile present American Ameri-can administration epresfed in this act i';tnnoi reflect the Opinion of the American people, ospsdaily or the American workeis wno have given so many warmly apprsi lated proois of sympathy v. it i th- vvwrKtrs. and pe.-is-ants of Rlifll :.. '"Under the most trying circumstances circum-stances yon have during two years honorably aud patiently endeavored to carry out the instructions received by son to establish friendly relations with the United States. You did so notwithstanding not-withstanding malicious insults and pett) persecutions on the part of some elements in America, convinced that eventually the common Interests of the pi ople of America and Russia would eliminate the obstacles to understanding. understand-ing. OTUl R Si Tlos AM i R Mil . j "Even now we are certain the masses of the American people will In due time bring about such an understanding under-standing At the present moment, however, we are confronted with the cold fact that AmerlCa, who repeatedly repeated-ly avowed her good will toward the people of Russia ami with who Russia for many reasons was eagrr to develop mutually advantageous co-opii -ation in the economic field, mukes such co-Op-eraUori Impossible. This is done at a time when most other nations of the world, eyen such as open) conducted War against us and wasted no time on sentimental assurances of friendship, aif entering into economic relations with Kussla." Martens asserted thai continued refusal re-fusal to resume trade relations with Russia will nullify a ?6. 000. 000 order u.r Aun ri:in goods, alleged to h.iv.' been brought to this country by Washington Wash-ington I). Yanderllp, of lxs Angeles, who recently announced that he had procured a 400.000 square mile con- - In Siberia for a California svn- dlcate. Theej are about 15 Russians in Mar-tens' Mar-tens' staff here, and he has applied Tor permission for them and his family to accompany him home. . nft |