Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-06
bOLSKEV|NREADY
TO DISCUSS PEACE
Propose as Condition That
Entente Quit Russia-Debt
Agreement.
By tie Associated Press.

| oy de thssVtiale1. FresS.
| LONDON, February 6.-The Russian
soviet government, in wireless mes
sage announcing that it is willing to
begin conversations with the entent,
with the object of bringing about !
cessation Of military activities, de
1ciares 1t is willing to aehnowledee
financial obligations regarding thu
sreditors of Russia of entente nation
ality.
! NJ Tchitcherin. the boIshevist foreign
minister, announces in the wireless
dispatch picked up here that the soviet
government is willing to participate
IN the Princes Islands conference The
message bears the date of Tuesday
| and was sent from. Moscow
The dispatch begins by referring to
complaints from the entente press
concerning International revolutionary
propaganda ana declares that the
soviet is ready. IF there be occasion.
to enter into general agreement
| with the entente powers on their un-
dertakings not to interfere with Rus
Sldit internal dHdlrS.
1t then announces that the govern. .
ment is disposed to confer on the
basis indicated in the note from the
peace conference. at Princes Islands
or elsewhere. with all the entente
powers or some of them separately or
even with some of the Russian politi-
cal groups at the request of the en-
| tente powers"
In conclusion, the entente powers
are asked to inform the soviet gov
ernment without delay where it's rem
resentatives are to go, also the date
and route to be taken.
Conditions Not Fulfilled.
PARIS. February 6-The wireless
message of NJ. Tchitcherin. the for
eign minister of the Russian soviet
i government. announcing that the
soviet government was willing to
take part in the Marmora conference.
was received here in mutilated form
It's numerous gaps viii make it neces-
sary to compare the versions of the
different wireless stations before the
text can be made public.
IL appears however, according to
the Havas Agency, that the condi-
tions laid down by the allies for the
|. holding of the Princes Islands con-
ference have not been fulfilled, be-
cause, for one thing, there is moth
ing to show that truce has been
arranged between the various Rms
sian governments.
For another thing, the other or
ganized groups of Russians have
either definitely refused or show them
selves disinclined to meet the bolshe-
Vlk delegates. Their absence. it is
pointed out, would cause the Prinkipo
neetlng to fail of attaining its prin-
cipai object, which was to confront the
various Russian interests with each
olner IN the presence of allied dele
gates.
These two facts, it is considered,
may make the holding of the proposed
conference impossible.
1T is an ignoble comedy" said Rus
sian leaders here when they were
SHOWN dispatches stating that the boil
shevists were ready to go to the
Prlnkipo conference. They expressed
the opinion that the bolshevist leaders
would represent to their followers
that the allies invitation was recog-
milton OF them and would spread the
report that the allies, fearing them,
mad asked for peace. thus hoping to
strengthen their position.
Members of the Russian committee
maintain thar the united governments
OF Russia which they represent will
not grant a truce to the bolshevists,
nut will continue to struggle until
the whole of Russia is secured to
democracy"
1t viii take longer than it would if
the allies had interviewed in a military
way. said one, '.but we will succeed
In the end just the same"