New-York tribune., 1921-09-20
Rights Will Be
Guarded, u. S.
Assures Russia
Hughes Tells Sibelians They
Can't Attend Arms Par
ley, but Powers Will See
All Factions Get Justice
Word Is Sent to Peking
Schurrnan Instructed to Saw
Lack of Recognition Bars
Out Far East Republic
From TIE Tribune's Washington Burea

From The Tribune's WASHINGTON Bureau
WASHINGTON, Sept. t9.-AlI leriti
! mate Russian interests will be fully
protected at the Forthcoming Confer
ence on the Limitation of Armament and
Far Eastern and Pacific Questions by all
the powers observing "moral trustee
ship" the State Department officially
announced to-day.
Secretary of State Hughes disclosed
this new policy in declining to admit
to the approaching conference repre-
sentatives Of the Far Eastern (Si-
berian) Republic, which some time ago
laid before the American Legation at
Peking formal request for the privi-
lege of participating in the conference.
The refusal to admit the Far Eastern
Republics representatives was based
on the ground that the Siberian gov
ernment had not been recognized by
the United States nor by other govern
ments of the world. Informal COM
munication with the Far Eastern Re-
public, however, has been authorized
by this government, which recently dis.
patched John X. Caldwell, American
Consul ut Kobe, to Chita, the seat of
the new government, to investigate the
new regime there. Some months ago
DR.. G. F. Abbott and Major Davis, mill
tary attache of the American Embassy
at Toxic, visited Chita and made q
studys Of the financial and economical
stability of the new republic.
Policy Presented by Schurman
The policy of safeguarding all Rus
sian interests at the forthcoming con-
ference was made known to the Chita
government by Jacob Gould Schurma an,
American Minister at Pe2ng, who was
instructed to convey to the agent of the
Far Eastern Republic at Peking in
formal observations in the following
sense:
ain the absence Of a single,
recognized Russian government the
protection of legitimate Russian in
terests must devolve as moral
t1usteeship upon the whole confer
ence. 1t is regrettable that the con-
ference, for reasons quite beyond the
control of the participating powers,
is to be deprived of the advantage
of Russian cooperation in it's deliber-
alton, but it is not TO be conceived
that the conference will make decisions
prejudicial to legitimate Russian in
terests, or which would i'll any man
ner violate Russian rights. 1t is
the hope and expectation of the gov
ernment of the United States that
the conference will establish general
principles of international action
which will deserve and have the sup
port Of the people OF Eastern
Siberia and of all Russia by reason
of their justice and efficacy in the
settlement Of outstanding difficult
ties"
Applies to All Factions
The decision to protect the interests
of the Far Eastern Republic in the
conference is interpreted as applying
likewise to the interests all other
factions in Russia might have in the
settlement of Far Eastern questions.
Spokesman of the Administration
have previously indicated that the con
ference is not called for any selfish
purpose; that the rights of all nations,
whether represented around the con-
terence table or excluded from partci-
patton, would be safeguarded, and that
no effort would be made to abridge
the legitimate rights of any nation.
This policy of fairness. it was main
tanned. applied to the Bolshevik gov
ernment in Russia. the non Bolshevik
regime in Nladivostok. and the Chita
government which is. based on conlmu-
mist theories. but lacking some of the
Objectionable features of the Soviet
scheme of government.