Arizona republican., 1921-08-11
ALLIED COUNCIL
 MAY TAKE HAND
 IN RUSS RELIEF
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PARIS, Aug. 10.-The American ambassador took part twice in to- days sessions of the supreme coun- cil. once in replying to Premier Lloyd George that he agreed that Amer ica's traditional policy gave traders the right to sell arms to either bel ligerent in the Near East, and again in reply to inquiries of the premier's regarding Secretary Hoover's relief plans.
 M Briand, the French premier, be- gan the discussion of the Russian famine by saying that the Russian people, who had fought with the all lies in the beginning of the war, might justly look to them now for help.
 T propose that all the allies join with the United States and the other nations who are interesting them selves in the administration of re- lief through Red Cross societies and other private sources" said M. | Briand
 T heartily agree to this" exclaimed point out" he added. that such ef- | forts could not reach many of the sufferers. The Red Cross cannot l perform the miracle of the five 1oaves | and the two fishes. Relief must be | organized immediately on great scale, not only for the sake of Rus | sia, but for the sake of the world l because typhus. cholera and other | plaques incident to famine would | cause more losses than tie last war
 T have no admiration for the soviet | government" Mir. Lloyd George con- | tinued, but relief is impossible with | out its cooperation, inasmuch as Il controls transport and all the off cial machinery. No one could move about Russia without it's permission
 I think for this purpose. and for this purpose only, the allies should make | some arrangements with the soyie l government
 Mir. Lloyd George said he had beer ! informed that some of the Russian 1 provinces had surplus grain, but th' peasants would not release 1t excep
 in exchange for goods which the,
 required. He suggeste. that the su
 preme council consider at onci | whether steps could not be taken tt | obtain grain in this manner for thu | famine areas. The question was no
 a political. but a humanitarian one
 When your neighbours house i'
 burning," he concluded, you don'
 ask questions of him, but try tt | save it."
 yiscount Ishii of Japan. Signor Bonomi, the Italian premier. and M
 
 time in behalf of Belgium. agreed | that a committee should be appointed
 at once to report to the present as
 sembly the best means of allied CO., operation.
 Ambassador Harvey was questioned as to what the American Relief as | sociation was doing. He replied tha' 1 measures of relief had already be- gun but that he could not give pre- | else details as to what they were
 He said he would cable to Washing
 ton tonight and ask for full informa-
 ton, which he would lay before the ! supreme council.
 Upon the proposal of Mir. Lloyd
 George the council adopted the fol | lowing resolutions:
 "The allies decide to maintain ar
 attitude of strict neutrality in ths
 Greco Turkish war The allied gov
 ernments are agreed not to intervene
 in the conflict with aid of any nature l whatsoever. whether troops. arms ol credits, without, however, such de
 cision interfering with the liberty O
 private trading of allied firms witt
 the belligerents."