Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-15
M,RAK0vSKY IS
v. J. BRYAN Of
SOVIET ENJOYS
Russian Spellbinder
Would Divide Worlds S
Gold, Taking Most.

Genoa, April 14.-(By The Associ-
ated Press. .)-Christian Rakovsky
president of the Ukraine republic
promises to become one of the soviet
delegations brightest platform stars
at the international conference. He
thrives on debate and has so much
perseverance and good humor that none
Of the other delegates seems able to
down him
And he simply will not leave the
United States gold reserve alone. He
made another attempt Thursday to
raid the United States treasury through
his proposal before the financial com
mission that the states possessing the
greatest quantity of gold make loans
to the poorer countries. He made par
tlcular reference to the United States.
Would Divide Gold Per Capita
The Ukrainian president suggested
loans to the bankrupt countries on the
basis of their population, which natur-
ally would give Russia the lions share.
and his proposal caused much humor-
GUS comment in conference circles,
especially as coming from a represent
ative of the soviet, which only short
time ago wanted to do away with money
entirely.
Rakovsky is younger and far less
serious than the other members of the
Russian delegation. He wanders about
press headquarters and enters into
good natured arguments with the news
paper men. with all the ease Of the
cultivated spellbinder who has taken to
t,n
languages.
Loaded With Speeches
Indications are that there will not
be a day of the conference when Ra-
kovsky will not make at least one
speech on disarmament and the neces-
sity OF approaching the worlds gold
through loans to impoverished coun-
tries.
After he finished his stormy session
with the financial commission. he gave
an hour to the newspaper men. I'm
like the other delegates, he raises no
national barrier-French, German. Rus
sian. Japanese. Italian. British. Amer
lean correspondents, all were welcomed
The discussion was in Franch, anyone
having Il press card could attend.
Rakovsky announced to the CORE
spondents that the soviet delegation
WIS dS Yet uudUlt 10 Clp
proposals to Russia prepared by the
allied technical experts, and conse-
quently had not decided what to dc
about them, but he would be glad to
answer any questions about Russia.
His Reception a Babel
Presidents Of republics are not so
open handed every day of the year,
and the Italian newswriters were
especially delighted at the opportunity
he offered. How about the courts?
Why did other European nations fee'
their nationals were unsafe in Russia
Had the cheka actually been discon-
tinued? and score of other ques-
lions we're parried by Ravoksky, who
declared the cheka had been relegated
to the background. that trials were
now held in courts better than any
others in the world, and that there
was not the slightest reason for Eu-
ropes distrust of the soviet govern
ment.
Special correspondents of the left
right and center struggled for the floor
and emphasized with wild gesticulation
their queries about the land question
and property rights generally. The
Ekrainian president was charmed when
several women journalists joined in the
controversy. which became the stimuli
taneous and staccato utterance of