Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1922-05-19
RUSSIANS MUST
RID NATION Of
S0v|ET IS BEFORE
IS GRAN TED
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WASHINGTON. May 1S-An elab-
crate statement of the American view
point to the expert discussion of the
Russian economic problems at The
Hague cabled by the state depart
ment yesterday formed the basis of
Ambassador Child's conference with
Senator Schanzer and Premier Lloyd
George in Genoa today. The COM
munication. however. merely made
more positive the conviction of the
Washington government tnat Russia
must rid herself of sovietism as the
first essential step toward economic
retoration. 1t was made plain that
while the United States does not de-
sire to impede in any way any inquiry
by international experts as to what
is the matter in Russia and is pre-
pared to join in any plan purely for
the purpose Of making such an in
quiry. Washington officials are GER
tain that the result would be only to
show that the chief economic barrier
to Russian restoration is sovietism.
1t is pointed out that the United
States government will not consider
any question of loan to a govern
ment based on principles that ayow
edly would deny any recognized form
of security for the loan. 1t is useless
for the Russian delegation at Genoa
or any one else to believe that even
recognition in a diplomatic way of the
soviet government would lead to such
action it was said, And if public
funds are not to be available for such
a loan American private capital
would be still less willing to venture
into Russia. it was pointed out.
The Washington government was
said to believe that an economic dag
nosis of Russia's affairs by an inter-
national group of experts including
German and Russian specialit in COM
.mercial matters. railroads. industry
or any other similar question possibly
might be in order to form a basis for
international conversations as to
Russia on which all were agreed as TO
the facts. The outstanding fact thus
to be developed in the American
viewpoint, will be that sovietism itself
is the stone wall that blocks the road
from Russias return to the family of
nations.
The point that blocked American
participation in the Genoa conference
and again stood in the way of An1eri-
can acceptance of the invitation to
The Hague. it has now been explained
fully to the conferees in Genoa, was
that the whole proceeding began with
negotiations of a political character,
involving an implied at least fore
cast, that the soviet government
might be recognized by other powers.
These negotiations preceded any ex-
haustive economic inquiry, whereas
the American view is that they should
have been preceded by the inquiry.
Not only has the American view
point been accommodated to Genoa
through Ambassador Child's in ampli-
fled form, but it is now known that
diplomatic representatives of the
powers here have taken a hand in the
matter and forwarded very full ex-
positions of the situation in Wash
ington after conferences. with Secre-
tary Hughes. Because of the nature
of these communications there would
be little surprise in informed diplo-
matte circles in Washington if the
basis of the experts meeting at The
Hague were completely revised be-
fore it is approved by the penary ses-
sion of the Genoa conference where
it will be taken up tomorrow.