The Washington times., 1920-06-26

pose OF President Wilson's famous
Fourteen Points. are brought 10 light
In compilation entitled Russian
american Relstions| prepared for
the League OF Free Nations Associa-
ton under the direction OF william
Allen White. the Rev. John A. Ryan.
y. ID. and j. Henry Scsttergood.
A summary was made public In a
statement by the Association here to-
day.
The compilation, consisting OF 1853
documents includes secret dispatches
passing between Ambassador Francis,
Col. Raymond Robbins and other
American representatives In Russia.
and the American State Department;
cAblegrams between n. IL. Bruce
Lockhart. British commissioner In
Russia and the British foreign office
and between Mr.. Lockhart and Amer
lean representatives in Russia; dis
patches, statements, notes and pro-
nouncements by Soviet and other Rus
Sian officials; notes. cables. records
or conversations, and other docu-
ments bearing upon the Russian
situation developed at the Peace Con-
ference In Paris and dispatches be-
tween Edgar Sisson, representative
or the American committee on public
information in Russia and George
Creel. chairman OF the committee on
public information.
PROMPTED WILSON SPEECH.
In light OF the cable dispatches
from Mr.. Sisson." says the statement
Of the League OF Free Nations Asso-
ciation, President Wilson would
seem to have written the fourteen
points speech on the advice of the
publicity department OF the United
states Government for pure publicity
purposes In Russia and Germany. For
the dispatches reveal an eagerness
on the part of Mr.. Siason in Russia to
popularize the war with the Russian
masses and a decision on his part.
apparently concurred in at Washing
ton, that this could be accomplished
only by such an address as the Presi-
dent delivered on January s. 1918"
In support of this conclusion. the
associations statement points to the
following cablegram from Mr.. Sisson
In Petrograd to Mr.. Creel in Wash
ington, January 3. 1918:
'Creel. Compub: Washington (Dis-
trict Of Columbia, u. s. A.:
IF President will restate anti
imperialistic war aims and demo-
cratic peace requisites of America,
thousand words or less, short, almost
placard paragraphs. short sentences.
can get II fed into Germany in great
quantities in German translation, and
can utilize Russian version potently
in army and everywhere. Excerpts
from previous statements will not
serve. Need is for internal evidence
that President is thinking Of the Rus
sian and German common folk in
their situation OF this moment and
that he is talking to them. Can han
die German translating and printing
here"
DELIVERED IN FIVE DAYS.
The compilation shows that five
days following receipt OF this cable
gram in Washington. or on January
y, 1915, President Wilson delivered
his fourteen-point speech.
Five days after ~ the Presidents
speech, or on January rs, 1915, Sisson
csbled to Creel as follows:
Presidents speech placarded on
walls Petrograd this morning. One
hundred thousand copies will have
this display within three days. Three
hundred thousand handbills will be
distributed here within five days.
Proportionate display Moscow by end
of week. Y. NJ. c. A. agreed dis
tribute million Russian and million
German copies among line. Other
channels into Germany being opened.
Izvestia, official government news
paper nearly million circulation
throughout Russia, printed speech
in full Saturday morning with COM
ment welcoming 1t as sincere and
hopeful Much of other newspaper
comment still cynical. but shifting
rapidly as speech makes it's own
t~h version in
hands printed now. What was COM
ment Nova Mir. New. York Bolshevik
paper? Place third allotment my
credit New York. Will hold balance
second allotment in New York as
moving picture reserve. Will have to
transfer third to Russia. Before
send bank instructions as to method
cable rate of rouble exchange. First
transfer was unfavorablc as purchas-
ing value of rouble is only 10 cents.
In this case all right to deposit with
National Bank Commerce.
The statement Of the League of Free
Nations Association says:
"The documents and papers contain
ed i'm the compilation cover three
crucial years since the overthrow of
the Czarist government. from March
Is, 1917, to February "a. 1920. All
which seemed important. among which
are many hitherto unpublished, have
been included. They constitute al
most complete materials for the his
tory OF the relations between the
United States and Russia during these
years, and throw new light on the
relations between Russia and the
allies.
"Yet IL may well be claimed that
these docupents, here brought togeth-
er for the first time, throw light on
many important aspects OF our recent
relations with Russia: and every such
piece OF work. seriously and dispas-
sionately undertaken, must be regard
ed as a contribution to the task of
Interpretation and appraisement
which awaits the future historian of
our Russian policy during this critical
period
HOW RUSSIA WAS HANDLED.
In addition to the Sisson cable
grams, the "Russian-American Rela-
tIons" documents include other pa
....lt ,cu, u,ithhold from tho