The sun., 1919-09-17
Ex-EnvOy to Russia Insists
Lloyd George Knew of
His Mission.
SHOWS COPY OF NOTE
British Delegates Approved
Houses Plan to Send
Him to Moscow.
ALLIES WANTED PEACE
Letter Gave Him Outline Of
Possible Settlement With
Soviets.
Special Despatch to TIE Sun.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-William O.
Bullitt, former newspaper corresponds
ent and amateur diplomatist, associ-
ated personally with Col. e. NJ. House
at the Paris conference, reiterated to-
day to The SUN correspondent an
averment Of the truth of the testi-
mony given by him before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee last Fri
day. He did this in the face Of the
assertion by Philip Kerr, secretary to
Premier David Lloyd George, that the
evidence he had given to the Foreign
Relations Committee was "a tissue
Of lies"
1.-THE official text of my testimony
is now available If Mr.. Lloyd George
and Mr.. Philip Kerr will take the
trouble to read the stenographic re-
port and not rely upon press state
ments, which may have been garbled
or inaccurately briefed," said Mr..
Bullitt.
IF they follow this course I believe
they will agree with me that every
word I uttered was strictly truthful"
More than this Mr.. Bullitt declined
to say The printed transcript of his
testimony, with the array of notes.
letters, transcriptions of the record
of the Peace Conference and col
lateral documents, arrived at the For
eign Relations Committee to-day from
the Government Printing Office
Went to Sound Russians.
The statement of the witness with
regard to his preliminary conferences
with Col. House and Mr.. Kerr appear
In the record along with copy of Mr..
Kerr's note to him written just before
his departure for Russia with instruc-
tions, informal, although from the
highest of official sources, British and
American, to find out what Russia
was prepared to do along the lines Of
peaceful readjustment of International
relationships and the resumption of
ern world. Mr.. Bullitt quoted at
length from his own testimony.
The determination to send him to
Russia came from Col. House, Bullitt
said, but his mission received the ac-
quiescence of the British delegation
at Paris, and naturally was not done
without full cognizance of President
Wilson. Mr.. Bulitt pointed this out
in his testimony.
II had had a number of discussions
with every one concerned in it (the
Russian situation), and on the day that
Col. House and Mr.. Lansing first asked
me to undertake this mission to Russia
was dining at Mr.. Lloyd Georges
apartment to discuss Russian affairs
with his secretaries so that 1 had .
fair idea of the point of view OF every
one in Paris" He called attention to
this part of his testimony.
Further. before I went Ito Russia),
asked Col. House certain questions
in regard to what, exactly, the point
OF view of our Government was on this
subject what we were really to do and
think perhaps it might be important
to detail a brief resume of this con-
versation. The idea was this Lloyd
George had gone over to London on
February Q, as / remember, to try to
adjust some labor troubles. He, how-
ever, still insisted that the Prinkipo
proposal must be renewed or some other
peace proposal made, and arranged
a meeting between him and Col House,
which was to take place. / believe, on
February "a, at which time they were
to prepare a renewal of the Prlnkfpo
and they were both prepared
to insist that 1t be passed against any
opposition of the French.
He Arranges Meeting.
II arranged this meeting through Mt.
Philip Kerr, Mr. Lloyd Georges con-
fidential assistant. However. on tAA
18th day of the month NJ. Clemenceau
was shot, and the next day Mr. Lloyd
George telephoned over from London
to say that 80 long as Clemenceau was
wounded and was i'll, he (Clemenceau)
was boss of the roost, ana that any
thing he desired TO veto would be im-
whipped out, and therefore Il
was no use for him and Col House,
as long as Clemenceau was III, to at
tempt to renew the Prlnkipo proposal
as Clemenceau would simply have to
hold up a finger and the whole thing
would drop to the ground.
Therefore II was decided that
should go at once to Russia to attempt
to obtain from the Soviet Government
an exact statemt mt OF the terms on
which they were ready to stop fighting
| was ordered IL possible TO obtain that
statement, and have it back In Paris be-
fore the President returned 10 Paris
from the United States. The plan was
TO make a proposal to the Soviet Gov
ernment which would certainly be aa-
cepted."
He then read the following nota
marked Private and conhdeutiaf':
British Delegation
PARIS, Feb. 21, 1910.
MY DEAR BULLITT / inclose a ma