The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
TO
TCHITCHERIN
ARE ENTERED
Soveit Foreign Minister Is
Charged with Duplicity
" by Entente Allies.
DIPLOMATS DETAINED
State Department Learns Of
Demands Made Upon
Missions to Russia.

Emphatic protest has been made
to Tchitcherin, minister of foreign
affairs of the Soviet government,
for his duplicity regarding the de-
parture of the allied consuls and
missions from Moscow by Hol-
land, Denmark, Switzerland and
Norway.
He has been informed by these
governments, acting on behalf OF
various belligerents, that if the
protest is disregarded "the authors
of this denial of justice would be
held as personally responsible, !"
the State Department was in
formed today.
On August Q and again on
August I8, Tchitchcrin set forth
the conditions under which the
Soviet government would allow
the departure OF the diplomatic
missions. On August "a, how
ever. he broachcd an entirely new
set of demands, which the allied
governments would not accede to.
This drew the protest and the
threat OF reprisaIs.
Demands of Tchiteherin.
Information in the hands of the De-
| partment shows that Tchitcherin's 8
I demands were as follows:
That the Russian government should
obtain from Litvinoon. the Sovist
representative in London, information
concerning his position.
That Litvinof and his colleagues
! should arrive at Bergen before the
French and English representatives
| would be allowed to leave Russia.
That Russian Red Cross delegates
should go to France and arrange for
the evacuation of Russian soldiers
| before the French military missions
could leave Russia.
That the repatriation OF the in
termed English and French nation
ais must coincide with the aban-
! donment of the oppressive meas
ures against supporters of the So
| Wet government in allied countries
/ and in Russian territory occupied
| by allied troops and Czecho-S -Slo-
| vaks.
The last demand was that agents
| of the Russian Red Cross and the
International Red Cross must CO.
operate in the occupied regions for
the settlement of this question.
Long Delay Occasioncd.
The neutral ministers pointed out
! that the new demands would oC-
casion further long delay As yet.
| however, no reply has been receiv-
ed from Tchitcherin. Meantime,
Maxim Litvinoff, the Bolshevik rep
l resentative in London and his en-
tire starr, have been lodged in Brix-
ton prison, and will remain there
until the British government re-
/ ceives reparation for the sacking
of its embassy in Petrograd and the
murder of Capt. Francis Cromie, the
British naval attache.
Good news from Siberia was re-
ceived by the State Department to-
day. A dispatch from VIadivostok,
dated September 5. said that Cen
eral Horvath, leader of a large anti
| DOlEiAtNlh AdCNlOil RNoSAds hdu SOAls
| TO Irkutsk to poin forces with the
Czecho-Slovaks.
This action is the result. it is be-
lieved, OF allied diplomats, and is per-
haps the best indication that affairs
in Siberia are rapidly becoming sta
balized. 1t ends all minor grievances
that have existed among the factions
Lopposed TO the Bolsreyiki, and in
1 Aafr
some time ago, General Horvath, by
a coup d'stat was reported to have
assumed control of all the Russian
Hihtary forces in the Far East. De-
! Velopments today. however, Indicate
! tnat General Pieshkof. who acted on
ms behalf. was ever jealous. and
hat General Horvath's purpose is IN
cooperate with the allied Intervention
forces and the CzechlSiIoyaks rather
than become dictator Of siberia
The dispatch says that Gen, Hor-
Yath's action, brought about by pres-
sure on both sides. causes the col
| lapse of the opposition feared by tho
Czechs, which would prevent their
| reaching their compatriots by winter >,
The CZechs are also continuing to
] receive much~valuable assistance from
| Russians in Western Siberia, the re-
/ port adds. Another official dispotch
to the State Department says Con
! nections between the Czechs operat-
/ ing east of KaTemska and those which
B were cut of In the Baikal region have
/ been established. ......
( Trains are now running from
Irkutsk to the Onon river, where
| destroyed bridges prevent further
passage. Otherwise, railroad com
/ munications have been established
as far as Manchuli ION the Man
churian border) thus relieving all
iCzecho-Slovak forces
Both the military and internal
situations in Siberia have clarified
! TO such an extent In the paxt weeks
! that relief can now he sent practic-
ally all Czech forces.