The Washington times., 1921-11-06

Mohammed Valy Khan has also
been most graciously greeted at
Moscow, Rome and Berlin. These
little Incidents, deeply delved into,
may supply a significant index to
the international problems that the
world will be forced to face tomor-
row. The man who is hated in Lon
don is welcomed at Washington,
Paris, Moscow, Berlin and Rome!
CURZON ATTACKS RUSSIA.
Almost simultaneously with the
Afghan commissions rupture with
Lord Curzon, British Secretary Of
State for Foreign Affairs. the Brit
ish Peace Commission at Kabul, the
capital of Afghanistan, headed by
Sir Henry Dobbs. has left for India.
And Lord Curzon has just written a
strong note of protest to the Russian
government, in the course Of which
he says: by the terms of the pre-
amble of the trade agreement con-
cluded between His Majesty's Gov
ernment and the Russian Soviet
Government on March is, the Rus
sian Soviet Government undertook
to refrain from any attempt, by
military or diplomatic or any other
form of action or propaganda. to
encourage any Of the peoples Of
Asia, in any form of hostile action
against British interests or the Brit
ish Empire. especially in India and
in the independent State Of Afghan
istan.
His Majesty's Government holds
q mass of indisputable evidence that
Jamal Pasha was despatched to
Afghanistan by the Soviet govern
ment, and that tho lines of policy
he is following were dictated to him
from Moscow, and that its execu-
ton is supervised by the Russian
Legation in Kabul.
I'm tho late summer of 1920.
Jamal Pasha was on his way to
Kabul from Moscow. and he was in
troduced to M. Suritz by the intima-
ton that he and his companions. In
cluding the notorious Indian revolu-
tionary, Barkatullah. were being
sent by tho eastern department OF
the Moscow commissiariat for for
eign Affairs. and that particular re-
lance was placed in him as repre-
senting both the Russian Soviet gov
ernment and the Turkish revolu-
tionary government.
"In spite Of all the professions of
good faith on the part of the Soviet
government. there have been un-
abated indications of bitter hostility
toward this country and its domin-
ions and dependencies"
The Afghan government has Just
ratified the Russo.Afghan Treaty
signed at Moscow on February 28,
last. General Mohammed Valy Khan
was one of the stgnatories to this
treaty. Lord Curzon's note scathing-
ly denounces some of the provisions
of this treaty.
AID TO AFGHANS PLEDGED.
Clause No. 10 Of this treaty reads:
elm order to strengthen the friendly,
mutual relations between the high
contracting parties the government
Of the Russian Socialist Federate
Soviet Republic agrees to give to
Afghanistan financial and other
help"
And in tho supplement to this
clause Russia offers to give Afghan
istan the following help: "u) Yearly
free subsidy to the extent of 1,000,-
900 rubles in gold or silver coin or
bullion; (2) construction of tele-
graph line - Kushka. .Herat.Kanda.
bar. Kabul; (3) over and above this
the government of the Russian So
cialist Federate Soviet Republic ex.
presses its readiness to place at tho
disposal OF the Afghan government
Technical and other specialists"
Lord Curzon also complains that
Hindu revolutionists with the knowl.
edge OF western chemistry are en-.
gagged In manufacturing smokeless
gunpowder at Kabul and explosives
on the eastern frontiers OF Afghan.
istan for importation into India to
be used against the British Raj.
Yor nearly a century both Russia