The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-10
PARLIAMENT SENDS
PROTEST ON LENINE
Two Hundred Members of
Body Wire Lloyd George
" Not to Recognize.
BASED ON BULLITT TALE
Two-thirds Of House Member
ship Pledged for Full Pay
ment of Indemnities.
Special Gable DespatcA to TEE suN and tao
Public Ledger.

Special Gable Despatch to TIE suS and fhs
Public Ledger.
COPYRIGHT. 1919: on rights reserped
LONDON, April 9.--Two hundred mem
bers OF the House OF Commons signed
tonight another telegram TO Premier
Lloyd George to the effect that reports
stalled the Peace Conference was consid-
ering recognition Of Lenine's govern
ment in Russia and that the sigratcries
strongly objected TO any dealings what
ever with the Bolsheviats.
A debate in the House tonight
showed plainly the Bolshevists have no
friends at all within the Commons.
The debate was based upon an alleged
message from Lenine brought to Paris
by William e. Bullitt and Lincoln $.
Steffens- The Homo Secretary said he
believed such stories were German
propaganda Even the Labor members
indignantly repudiated any sympathy
for the Bolshevists.
Russian Bolshevists now are being
arrested throughout England and three
hundred will be the number OF the first
party deported to Odessa Cnhappily
the debate gave Horatio Bottomley a
chance 20 say that II President Wilson
Is considering the recognition Of the Boil
shevists he could not return to America
too soon to face the American people,
whom he no longer represented. Other
speakers emphasized the wisdom OF
making every effort to preserve the best
OF understandings between America and
Great Britain
Four hundred members Of the House,
being two-thrds of its total member
ship, have now signed the telegram on
the subject Of indemnities. The British
Premier has telesraphed that the British
delegates will stand firmly by all pledges
given at the recent election.
The House of Commons IL evidently
in an aggressive mood and sensitive to
the very determined attitude of the
country.
The Pau Mall Gasstte prints the fol-
lowing from Paris:
Although the American peace dele
cation refuses to publish the confidential
report drawn UP by William C. Bullitt
and Lincoln s. Lcffens on their return
to Paris from Moscow and Petrograd
have succeeded in obtaining through
a trustworthy source information re-
specting the special message with which
Mr.. Bullitt, who Is an official OF the
State Department Of the United States
was entrusted by Lenine.
IT am assured that Lenine has
definitely Undertaken to cease waging
war between the classes. against the
provisional Government now established
in Russia and against the Allies. He
also has undertaken to abstain from
conducting a Bolshevist propaganda
campaign in foreign countries. But to
these several undertakings Lenine at
taches q most important indispensable
condition. namely the prompt and for
mad recognition of his Government by
the allied and associated Powers
Nothing beyond this has been allowed
70 transpire respective to the Bolshevist
leaders message.
What attitude the American peace
delegation or Council OF Four. or the
Peace Conference as a whole Will adopt
toward this communication Is unknown"
No hint OF President Wilson's views
on the matter are forthcoming. while
In British official circles extreme reti-
cence Ia still observed.