The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-14
RUSSIANS REFUSE
TO STOP FIGHTING
Bolshevists Spurn Offer of
Nansen to Supply
Food.
SOVIET FEARS A TRAP
HOstilities Against Allies Will
Be Kept Up, Wireless Re-
port Announces.
SOVIET FEARS A TRAI
BY the Associated rress.

PARIS, May ia wireless messag,
received here addressed to DR.. Fridtjo
Nansen. head Of the Commission e
Feed Russia. from NJ. Tchitcherin, Boil
| shevik Foreign Minister, and relayed by
the Foreign Office at Berlin, announced
that the Bolshevikl refuse to cease hos
Titles as a condition Of the provisioning
Of Russia by neutrals.
Tchitcherin says he received DR.. Nan.
sens communication dated April IT or
! May 4. He thanks Nansen for his In
terest In the conditions in Russia, but
declares that a continuation Of hostili-
ties is necessary for political reasons
and that 1t would be poor policy to
stop them. The Soviet Government, he
adds. is willing to support a movement
to Feed Russia so long as 1t has no
political character, but will not be
duped."
He then goes on to denounce Admiral
l<olchak and Gen. Denikine and con-
cludes by declaring that 1t will be i'm
possible to give up fighting. as enemies
are attacking on all sides.
The feeding of the Russian popula-
ton Is no pollution OF the Russian cues
ton. 1t Is declared in memorandum
sent to tho Peace Conference by Prince
Lvon. Sergius Sasonoff and President
Tschaikowsky Of the North Russian
government concerning the proposal to
feed Soviet Russia through neutral
countries on condition that the Bolshe-
WIKI cease hostiiities. The memoran-
dunn says
The Allies wish to assist the Russian
people and to reduce the starvation
brought by the Bolshevik regime, This
cannot fail to awaken deep feelings OF
gratitude. 1t Is not merely a deed OF
humanity. but also a manifestation OF
the solidarity Of peoples.
nevertheless. the signers of this
declaration consider that the realization
OF this generous thought will have a
contrary result unless efficient measures
are taken to prevent the Bolshevik au-
thorities from interfering with the re-
victualling OF Russia, To bring failure
to this deed Of humanity would be Of
use only to the protectors of the Boishe-
vik regime and would help to prolong
their domination.
The task which the Russian National
movement must fulfill Is to liberate Rus
s!a from the yoke OF those who have
reduced her to her present state of i'm
potence and to the necessity of relying
upon foreign countries for the food
The feeding of the famished population
is no solution OF the Russian question
Consequently the struggle to liberate
Russia from her oppressors and to give
Russia a government of her own choosing
cannot be stopped for any reason what
ever
The signers of this declaration wish
to state that Russia will pay for the
food provided for her, but they hope
that the Allies will refuse to give the
Bolshevik usurpers the right TO dis
pose of Russla's patrimony."
General Denekine the head OF the
Cossack anti Bolshevik government in
southeastern Russia. has communicated
his program to representatives of the
Allied Powers The principal points Of
the program follow:
To continue the struggle against
Bolshevism.
Restoration OF law and order.
Reconstruction of unified and In
divisable Russia.
Convocation OF constituent as
sembly based upon universal suf-
frage.
Larger regional autonomy and the
establishment OF self-governing dis
tricts
Civil and religious liberty
Immediate agrarian reforms.
Adoption OF measures tending to