the course of his reply, Sassanoff said that Great Britain was bearing more of the burden. of the war than was intended when the war began. Russia's relations with all her other Allies were more than irreproachable, Deputy Milukoff asked whether there was any danger of a pre: mature conclusion of peace and urged that a clear statement: was necessary to allay apprehension on this point.
Sassanoff answered; "I can assure you that the Russian Government will strictly observe the Inperial Manifesto."
Milukoff cent-rided that the Manifesto spoke merely of expelling the enemy from the Russian limits.
M. Sassanoff replied that Russia was bound by her agreement with her Allies and the words of the Manifesto could not be understood to be so limited.
London, Jan, 27. The Russian Ambassador aut-borizes Renter's Agency to announce, with reference to the continued reports that Germany desires a separate peace with Russia, that thers has not been, is not and can never be any question of Russia taking any steps apart from her Allies.
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