The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-18
Russian Is
BeingHeld
for Probe
Declares He Represents TO-
100000 Persons in Bol-
Sheviki Land
WOULD MAKE TRIP EAST

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. Is
United Prrss.) - Vladimir X.
vochm~troff. claiming TO repre-
sent 1000. 900 people Of SOVIET
Russia and 10 be on an important
diplomatic mission 10 Washing
ton. IL held at Angel Island I'm
migrAfton station for investiga-
ton. Il was learned today BY
the United Press.
vochmctroff arrived on the steam
ship China He WAS taken 10
Angel island at p. tn yesterday.
Immigration authorities will inter
rogate him To-Day.
Tho Russian II acting president Of
the Centrosoiux. an economic organi-
ration with n mcsnberrhip az 20 600.
900. Tho English name for tho Gem
,ro~oiux In Central Union OF the Con
suners' socs~tics.
II vochmetrofS - allowed To reach
Washington he win urge the follow.
ing program;
i-Raire the b,ockads against
Soviet Russia.
:-Fr-e Russia Of All foreign m
terference In the working out Of her
own immediate destiny.
s-Give Russia liberal financial rs
sistancc-
voehmetroff iwued m optimistic
statement:
sRu~<ia WIN 1--we"
We - IN Russia the grrat role
witch she viii play In the concert OF
the worlds states" he said. we are
auits convinced that Russia win live
thru the present hard times. and. be-
cause OF her extraordinary natural
resources and tho great abilities for
work OF the Russian people. she win
soon recover from the miSfortunes Of
the European war and civil strife"
Tho constituent assembly. he de-
clared. will decide whether Russia
shall be established on the model OF
the United States as a "fcderative
republic" whether only broad auton-
omy will be given her border lands
or whether new principles viii be
established along the lines Of the
progressing social reconstruction"
hut for me. as Russian citizen.
there does not exist any division be-
tween siberia and Russia" he do
clared
Russians hold the deep and fun
- s.t that nil
the treaties signed lat Versailles) will
be again discussed. and that the map
OF the world. which has been redrawn
without the consent Of the Russian
people. win be again decided upon
at new world congress"
His People Sorrow
I'VE Russians" he declared. with
deep sorrow and sometimes with In
dignation, see the league OF nations,
the Versailles and other conferences
going on without any participation
Ivy Russia, and note that the people
who are sympathizing with us ARE
to solve world affairs
without the voice OF our mother
"The broad masses OF the Russian
people. whom | represent, believe
that II the world earnestly desires
peace. IL must recognize that peace
cannot be accomplished without the
presence OF new Russia"
Intima,ion OF Vochmetrofrs atti-
tude toward established government
was seen In the following:
"It Is quite clear each nation now
has tremendous internal difficulties
Of it's own TO solve and that the old
forms (of governmenD have already
served out their life. We are In
process OF alteration OF all our polit-
icnl forms
'Bolshevism cannot be checked by
blockade or by hunger. The block
ado must be raised IL Is creating In
the masses distrust OF humanity"
The Ccntrosoiuz. according TO
during 1918 did bill
lion rublos business. 1t Is. accord
ing to Vochmetroff. the greatest CO.
buying institution in the
world.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1s.-Even II
Vladimir Vochmetoff succeeds In
reaching Washington. his "diplo-
matte mission" probably will be
failure.
Officials OF the state department
said today that the representative OF
soviet Russia would not perceived. |
The state department has no infor-
nation regarding Vochmetoff. off. |
Gals said. and the department did |
not order his detention NJ Angel is |
land, as far as could be learned.