Show 11 NATIONS asked TO 1 OUTLAW I 1 ia av I 1 UNITED STATES WOULD MOVE L 17 TO PUT AN END TO RUSS I 1 11 I 1 TERRORISM I 1 y d V wn y i I 1 it ka aw vl ev ew of desi desire re of amerl americana cans to t I 1 I 1 help e I 1 russian people the gov Z Z i 1 1 g I 1 irame rit feels feel i that relon Reign of I 1 terror must be ended 1 4 washington horrified by the I 1 blo moody ody reign of terror lit in russia the tha united cited states lias has I 1 called upon all ail alli allied ea R and 1 I neut neutral ral nations to consider I 1 I 1 I 1 what they may do to impress upon the the aversion with which tho I 1 civilized world regards thel their r wanton dimes calme by direction of president wilson Secre secretary iary lansing dispatched instructions to every american diplomatic representative in the foreign capitals tile the action aligns the united states w with ith that of great ire it britain and france in declaring the for the murders artines and ana excesses which have shocked the world outlaws I 1 find and public enemies whatever action may he be decided upon by the nations separately gr or in concert it Is madel made clear will be quite apart from the prosecution of bf the lie war against germany this Is the text of the state depart dept ments ment s instructions to the american I 1 diplo diplomats tills this government Is in receipt of information I 1 format iod from reliable sources reveal ing that the peaceable russian citizens of moscow petrograd Petro grau grad and other cities are suffer suffering ing from tin au openly avowed auml campaign aien aign of marked terrorism and tire lire subject to wholesale executions thou stands ands of persons have bee been n shot without even a t form af of tr trial I 1 I 1 al ill prisons are filled beyond capacity and every night mores 0 of f russian citizens are recklessly put to I 1 I 1 death and irresponsible bands are venting thear brutal pas passions gions in in th the e dally daily massacres of untold innocents in view of the earnest desire of df the people of the united states to befriend the russian people and lend till all possible assistance in im their struggle to reconstruct their nation upon principles of democracy and self government and acting Ahe therefore solely in the interest of the russian people themselves this government feels that it ci cannot tl no t be silent or refrain from expressing its horror horion at af this state of terrorist terro risi ll 11 furthermore ther more it believes that in order to check the further increase ot of the indiscriminate slaughter of russian citizens vens all civilized nations should register 11 ister their abhorrence of such barbarism you will inquire I 1 ther therefore eiore whether whether the government to which you fire are accredited will be disposed seid to take some immediate action which chichis chIs la entirely devoid from ilie aimo atmosphere sphere of belli 1 arency er ency and the conduct of the war to impress upon the perpetrators of these crimes the aversion with which civilization regards their present wanton acts j I 1 |