Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-11
aal to Combat Russian Submarines
Any Soviet Submarines En- countered on the High Seas Are to Be Attacked on Sight by British Naval Forces.

London, Oct. 10 (By the A. sP).-Any Rissian submarines encountered on the high seas will be attacked on sight by British naval forces; according to a note sent by EafI Curzon, British foreign sec retary, to M. Tchitcherin, the Russian bolshevik foreign minister on Oct. 2, which is published along with other cor respendence recently exchanged between Great Britain and soviet Russia.
 Earl Curzon points out that he previ- ously sent a communication regarding submarine launched in the Black sea. in i which he. said that in view of repeated declarations of leading members of the soviet government that. that government considered itself in a state of war with
 Great Britain, and in view of the impos- slbllity, in these circumstances, of wait | ing to ascertain whether the intentions
 of the submarine controlled by the soviet l government were hostile or not, there was
 no alternative but to tissue orders to British ships to attack. the submarine | should it be encountered on the high sea. Upon hearing rumors that submarines of the bolshevik fleet had put to sea in the Baltic, Earl Curzon sent his note of IOct. 2. To it NJ. Tchitcherin replied that
 Leonid Krassin, soviet representative in London, would receive instructions in the matter.
 Earl Curzon also demanded compensa- eiOii Iol Olle WluOW ana son. or Charles
 Frederick Davidson, who is alleged to
 have been murdered in cold blood with no charge preferred against him. by the soviet authorities in January last . Yesterday Earl Curzon sent a lengthy
 reply to M. Krassins note of Oct. 6. in ] which the British foreign secretary says
 some of Krassins points are trivial and far-fetched, based on erroneous inforrna- t ton or widely removed from the facts. He :, tn0iOfS hot
 any other power. has sought to brine 2 about peace between soviet Russia and Poland and has onAy been. called upon tc ? stand by it's treaty engagements to its . allies by the bad faith which character. q ized both military and diplomatic move.
 ments of the soviet authorities" l Concerning the use of Danzig for tn, e transmission of munitions, Earl Curzor
 asserts this was an obligation in,posec |, upon the allies by the treaty of Versailles ' Should Great Britain give to Genera q Wrangel the kind of assistance indicated k III the Russian reply, he said the position , of Southern Russia would be very differ - ent from what it is at the present time. n Delay in repatriation of Russian sub a jects, the British foreign secretary ex T plains has arisen solely from the con
 stantly shifting demands made by tn e soviet authorities and the imperfect dat,
 
 g trifling with the question of the return n e British prisoners and with sending troop C to Persia in open violation of it's pron, : ises.
 Earl Curzon also charges the sovie d with having engaged in a military con a spiraey which it assisted by the despatc f- of considerable numbers of bolsheyi n troops to operate with the Turkish na le uonaiist party in Asia Minor, the move i'd ment ostensibly being directed agains al Brlt1sn interests; with threatening an ir
 Easlon of khorassan, in Persia, on th l. Russian Trans-Caspian border: with b.1 D. ing created great organization in Tasf ,e Kent for marshaling the forces of Centr;
 Asla Tn an attack on British territory an to Prlusn interests; with having brougl i'd about revolution in Bokhara with tt in same object, and with having mainta ine 10 envoys in Afghanistan in an attennt 1e conclude treaty with the amir open, an ahmed at melting a tribal rising on II up Indian frontier u ed The soviet launched tornado of nr ,k paganda, intrigue and. conspiracy aesjn
 brltlsh power in Asia, the foreign seer tn tary declares, and spent large sun ,e- thereon while Russian representativ a were enJoyng the hospitality of the Bri al isn government and were engaged i'd friendly negotiations in London. Tbis ,st a situation, Earl curzon says. which rn,, g- come to an end if the trade negotiatio h ha are to be concluded. in es,hiaotr S 4,5 'ee Iepatrlatlon of Russi: n they be taken to Riga or. to Revai al to Odessa. to be held at the disposal ID. Great Britain until the British rover if ment learns that the British prfsone 4es nave crossed the Russian frontier. zes further suggests that the soviet goveT ms ment notify all British subjects they, a be. llee 10 leave Russia with their removal @ oe' property. '' ing craat I,.;.ai' Eot eoi,cludes oy saying tl Il roont e oitLer " iti Hoit! tne soviet goveI
 ment faithfully to the redemption of ra- renewed pledge to desist from host led propaganda, either direct or indirect a ta more particularly from military action ,sd propaganda aimed at British interests ,a aau the British empire in Asia,