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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 276, 16 August 1920, Page 5

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"WILL GO TO PIECES IN SIX MONTHS" EFFECT OF AMERICAN DECISION By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. August 15, 5.5 p.m.) . Washington, August 13. ' Mr. David Francis, a former American Ambassador to Russia, has predicted that tho Soviet will go to pieces in six months. He said the effect of tho recent United States Note would he detrimental to Bolshevik rule—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. _ flast week the State Department published a Note regarding tho Polish situation. stating that the United States desired an .autonomous Poland, and did not take exception to armistice negotiations between Russia and Poland.i "The United States will not participate in these negotiations, since it fears that they will lead to a recognition of the Soviet and 'a settlement of the Russian problem npen the basis of a dismemberment of "Russia. The United States will therefore welcome an Allied declaration that her true boundaries, excepting Finland, Poland, and part of Armenia, will bo safeguarded."] TROTSKY CLAIMS RECOGNITION BY WESTERN POWERS. (Rec. August 15, 5.5 p.m.) Copenhagen, Angust 14. The "National Tidende" stales that Trotsky, in a speech at Vilna, said that the solemn reception of ICaiueneff . and Krassin as representatives of the Russian Government in London meant that the Western Powers recognised the Soviet Government. Ho added that Bolshevism had captured the whole of Europe.—Aus.-.' N.Z. Cable Assn. RED ATTACK~ON" RUMANIA EARLY MOVEMENT EXPECTED. (Rec. August 15, 5.5 p.m.) Washington, August 13. Recent advices lead military officers to believe that the Bolsheviks will soon launch an attack against Rumania, with the object of regaining Bessarabia. Rumania recently aslted the Bolsheviks to withdraw all their trcops from Rumanian territory.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.