New-York tribune., 1920-10-11
Earl Curzon Warns Boz.
sheviki There Is No
Alternative but Attack
ON Soviet Submarines
Ch 2rges Plot With
Turk Nationalists
Declares Propaganda in
Asia Must End if Trade
Negotiations Resume

LONDON, Oct. 10 (By The Asso-
ciated Press Amy Russian subma-
rines encountered on the high seas
will be attacked on sight by British
naval forces, according to a note
sent by Earl Curzon, British Foreign
Secretary, to NJ. Tchitcherin, Rus
sian Bolshevik Foreign Minister,
October 2, which is published along
with other correspondence recently
exchanged between Great Britain
and Soviet Russia.
Earl Curzon points out that he pre-
viously sent a communication regard
ing a submarine launched in the Black
Sea, in which he said that in view OF
repeated declarations of leading mem
bers of the Soviet government that that
government considered itself in a STATE
of war with Great Britain, and in view
of the impossibility in these circum-
stances of waiting to ascertain whethos
the intentions of the submarine con-
trollcd by the Soviet government were
hostile or not, there was no alternative
but to issue orders to British ships TO
attack the submarine should it be en-
countered on the high seas.
Demands Indemnity for Murder
Upon hearing rumors that subma-
rines of the Bolshevik fleet had put to
sea in the Baltic, Earl Curzon sent his
note of October .. To it NJ. Ichitche-
rim replied that Leonid Krassin, Soviet
repre- sentative in London. would re
ceive Instructions in the matter.
Earl Curzon also demanded compen-
sation for the widow and son Of
Charles Frederick Dawson, who is al
legged to have been murdered IN cold
blood, with no charge preferred against
him." by the Soviet authorities in Jan
uary last.
Yesterday Earl Curzon sent lengthy
reply to NJ Krassin's note of October 9,
in which the British Foreign Secretary
says some of Krassin's points are
trivial and far fetched, based on er-
roneous information or widely removed
from the facts He points out that
Great Britain, more than any other
power, has sought to bring about peace
between Soviet Russia and Poland, and
"has only been called upon TO stand b.
its treaty engagements TO its allies by
the bad faith which characterized both
military and diplomatic movements Of
the Soviet authorities"
Charges Soviet With Trifling
Concerning the use of Danzig for the
transmission of munitions. Earl Cur
zon asserts this was an obligation i'm
posed upon the Allies b. the Treaty O.
Versailles Should Great Britain give
to General Wrangel the kind of assist
ance indicated in the Russian reply. he
said, the position of Southern Russia
would be very different from what it is
at the present time.
Delay in repatriation Of Russian sub
iects, the British Foreign Secretary ex-
plains, has arisen solely from the con-
stantly shifting demands made by the
Soviet authorities and the imperfect
data supplied. He charges the Soviet
with trifing with the question of the
return of British prisoners and with
sending troops to Persia in open viola
tion of its promises.
Earl Curzon also charges the Soviet
with having engaged in military con-
spiracy which it assisted by the dis
patch of considerable numbers Of Boil
shevik troops to operate with the Turk
ish Nationalist party IN Asia Minor,
the movement ostensibly being directed
against British interests; with threat
ening an invasion OF Khorassan, in
Persia on the Russian trans-Caspian
border; with having created q great
organization in Tashkent for marshall
ing the forces of Central Asia in an
attack on British territory and Brit
ish interests; with having brought
about revolution in Bokhara with the
same object. and with having main
tanned envoys in Afghanistan in an
attempt to conclude a treaty with the
Amir openly aimed at melting a tribal
rising on the Indian frontier.
Propaganda Against Britain
The Soviet launched a tornado of
propaganda, intrigue and conspiracy
against British power in Asia, the For
eign Secretary declares, and spent large
sums thereon while Russian represen-
tatives were enjoying the hospitality
of the British government and were
engaged in friendly negotiations in
London. This is a situation, Earl Cur
zon says, which mast come 10 an end
if the trade negotiations are TO be con-
cluded
Regarding the repatriation f Rus
sian subjects, the Foreign Secretary
suggests they be taken to Riga or to
Reval and Odessa, to be held at the
disposal of Great Britain until the
British government learns nat the
British prisoners have crossed the Rus
sian frontier. He further suggests
that the Soviet government notify all
British subjects they are frea to leave
Russia with their removable property.
Earl Curzon concludes by saying that
Great Britain will hold the Soviet gov
ernrhent faithfully TO the reaemption
Of rs renewed pledge to desist from
hostile propaganda, either direct or IN
tiIect, and more particularly from mil
rtaay action or propaganda aimed at
British interests or the British Empire
in Asia.
Submarines in Danzig Gay