The New York herald., 1922-05-18

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ffiuence upon the attitude OF the Rus
sian delegation. and made II yer,
much more difficult for them TO com,
to terms.
"In their own hearts, tie Rus.
sian delegation know perfectly well
whether we met I'm mixed commits
sions. mixed political committees. ol
however we met. they would be ar
against something which In principle
was irreconcilable, and therefore tho
different way. That is the reason
they meet in their separate commits
sions, and must do so at The Hague.
Even If theysaid we must have a
mixed commission meeting morning
noon and night. IL we separated al
midnight the Russians would meet
together at 1890. and discuss matters
until 10 o'clock Tie following morning
I am certain of that. You cannot
| prevent IT. We all have the habit OF
discussion, some of us more abnor-
mally developed than others.
II do not think, therefore, that hav-
to. That is what would really happen,
whether we called it a mixed commits
sion or otherwise. They would meet
separately with their eight independ-
ent republics. and we should meet
with our twenty-five nations-nations
which, I hope, are more independent.
Therefore, until We grasp that reality:
that we cannot reconcile principles
but we may in practice be able to ar
rive at some accommodation between
these two systems. we shall never
succeed.
Answers Tchitcherin Charge.
1.-THE other point want to make Is
this: Tchitcherin objected that cer-
tain Powers had given encouragement
to bands Of raiders in Russia. Well,
we certainly have not. We have had
nothing to do with Wrangel. When
we encouraged Intervention in Rus
sia we did it openly, proclaimed 1t in
the Commons, and asked the. House
to find the money for 1t. With no
concealment at all, we sent munitions
there quite openly. We said we would
We have done nothing more.
I'VE had nothing to do with wran-
gels last expedition, as we thought
it was folly, and can therefore
speak quite frankly about that.
am not going to refer to the docu-
ments the Russians handed in, be.
cause Signor Schanzer ruled them out
of order. am only going to refer tc
the general observation made tt
Tchitcherin, fortified. OF course, by
TIE knowledge Of what was inside
those documents.
"As far as I can see, the suggestion
has been, that of the organization o,
wrangel's forces with view to at.
tacking Russia. From what I know
of wrangel's forces, they are much
greater danger to the countries where
they now are than to Russia. never
heard Of a country yet which go
wrangeI's forces which would not b.
very glad to present them, lock, stocl
and barrel. to any other country pre-
pared to receive them.
"The countries referred to b,
Tchitcherin are not countries will
any agreement with Russia. France
has no agreement with Russia. Ru
mania, I think, has no agreemen
with Russia. Jugo-Slavia has M
agreement with Russia. Therefore
| for the moment. they are not bound
by any agreement. whatever the,
may have done by way of givint
trouble to Russia. The moment th'
documents are accepted, however
they are bound.
Need for yon-Aggressive-Pa
"They are bound afterward not Il
encourage any raids in Russia, not t
organize any attacks upon Russia, jus
as Russia is bound not to organic
any attacks upon them. Any country
after accepting the pact OF non
aggression, which encourages, equip
or stimulates attacks upon Russi'
during the period of the pact, is guilt.
OF a breach of an international pact
guilty of a breach Of honorable under
standing.
"for that reason I am in favor o
the pact OF non-aegression, because
do not want to see Russia attackinI
other countries, nor do I want to Sc
ether countries attacking Russis
There is no good In it--nothing bu
mischief. It keeps Europe in sor
Of tumult, and excites nationalist feel
| ing on both sides In Russia. Unless
will calm down. the others will not b.
able 10 come to any European under
standing with a view to the recon
struction of this battered and shat
tered old continent.
For that reason / am strongly II
favor OF this. There is nothing whicl
amuses me more In conferences thai
to hear the descriptions given by TIL
representatives OF the barmlessness o
their own countries and the mischiev
BUSINESS OF every other. Tchitcheril
describes Russia thus: Innocent
harmless, patient, tolerant, attackin'
nobody giving no offence and no trou
BILE TO any country in the world. seek
ing only 10 lead n quiet life--in fact
the model OF all Christian virtues
"On the other hand. there are Bra
tiano (Rumania) and Skirmunt tPo
land. who described their countries