Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-24
Copyright. 1890. y the InicTnaliOnll
News Seryice)
By LOUISE BIlANT.
Special Correspondent ol the iuierna.
iiOnal News service.

NtNN NfiNlffI
MOSCOW. Doc. % Soviet Russia
rs not going tn 'Wku amy chances
by premature rehabilitation NJ her Rcd
army. The Lonino government ~ O..
solved 10 keep Us military machine
az top notch strength and efficiency su
ms 10 De- bon % position 90 inject uil
corners" Not until all danger Of cuun
terrcyolutiounry movements or for.
eign aggression has passed viii she
turn the sword into ploughsharc
Maxim lityinon. Foreign Minister
Tchitchorin's righthnnd man. made
this plain 10 me Boz an exclusive inter.
view today. lust returned from nn tN.
charge of III" western department"
tended trlp abroad be- h. again In
of the Soviet foreign office. which IN.
cludcs all Europe ana America.
Incidentally NJ Lityinun hintod az
prospects ~ war between the United
States on the one hand and Japan aud
her allies un a." other In such a
contingency, be- pointed out n would
De Of advantage to America II Eussii
maintained u policy ol benevolent
neutrality"
1--WE will not repeat the mistake we
mndc last summer suid he. You
remember that after defeating Kolt.
chnk and Don'kin we Transformed
our troops into q labor army. What
WAS the rosnlt' punud mIstuuk our
notion Tor a sign ~ weakness and be-.
Kan her aggressive war against us.
Thereafter we shall leave nothing ~
chance until Frame, aud Etullnd have
finally given up their hopes nf destroy.
INK us. We shall not sll,lrn hut In.
crease our military efforts 90 meet al
ovontunlitlos
Friendly Toward America.
Ever since our revolution tho cor.
ncrs,on" ~ our policy has been tho
aim To establish friendly relations on
an economic footing with the Ampr'.
can republic. We made this clear 10
American statesmen and we mudr ten.
tatIvc offers through Mr.. nulltt. but
our efforts were In vain. owing tu tho
absolutely inrXplirthlo policies Of Pros.
ident Wilson and his administration.
we are not 80 naive az 90 believe
that III" Republican administration,
guided by class interests. viii De- more
friendly 10 prolctarInn Russia. hut wo
do hope that Il viii have q clear vision
Of the great economic advantage which
decent relationship with Russia may
afford the United States.
We also believe that the new Amer.
lean administration free from British
Influence VIII not allow itself 10 hs
blinded hy nutl.Iiolshoviu bonfiros on.
gin"rr'd bon London. ", think il VIII
hc more awake To- the advantages ~
a benevolent neutrality ON RussIa'I
part iu ease W q conflict between
America and japan aud the htt,r's M.
lioa-a situation which Is rapidly -.
coming Tho dominating fu,tnr IN 10
tonational diplomacy"
'England's lIoodwinl,lnr.
l.itvlnun, who Tor YEARS has gpcclaI
ICED Ia English affairs. ana who was
Tor time Soviet Ambassador" ID
Britain. spoke with considerable am
mus about what a. described as Enc
hnds 'hoolWinlling' policy toward
the Moscow rcgImc.
i"t 'lEhi months. - SAID Eng.
land tried 10 hoodwink us. al the snmt
time appearing 10 yield "a the popular
demand IT her lahorinr mn,scs. Sht
did a lot Of lip service 10 the theory
OF rcsuming trade and making peace
with us. while ~ the s,mc time shc
invented AL kinds of suhiorfurcs IA
fruslIatc negotiations In that dire,
ton,
There are limits "a the patience
even of Soviet diplomacy. We point.
cdly told the British government ~.
Gently that We cannot afford io go on
any longer with that sort OF fruit.
less game.
Mutual advantage IN the ouiy baslS
Ter commercial dealings. and We be-
licvod that Great Britain was prepared
to resume trade with Russia for ne,
own interests
We ark no philanthropy. We ara
anxious to accelerate the fcconstruc,
tion of HussIn's economic ill., with the
held Of foreign machinery. but we arc
well aware that the gains ~ foreign
nations will not o. Inferior a. our own
However wc are not going 10 pay any