Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-28
SOVIET ENVOYS
NOT TOLD WHAT
ALL|EDPR R0GRAN
IS, THEY CLAIM
Issue An Open Statement
Which PertinentIy Ex-
presses Their Discomfort
of the Powers Course,
is DETERMINED TO y
SAFEGUARD RIGHT'
Document Is Being PrepfoS
Informing the Rv 81
Delegates Just VIII N
Be Expected Of Thc,

my Jue heSOcinlen ATEssD
Genoa, April 27 (by the Associ-
ated Press.) )-While the powers
were today preparing the details
of a document informing the soviet
delegates what the powers expect
ed of them and what the powers
on their part were ready to do for
Russia, the Russian delegates is
sued an open statement which per-
tinently expressed their discomfort
because they were not being kept
informed of what the powers in
tended to do.
Text of statement.
Their statement insisted that
Russia would protect her sover-
eiSn rights and contended that she
alone was following the fundameD-
tai ideas of the Cannes resolutions
touching the questions Of recipro-
city and economic reconstruction.
The text of the statement follows:
after the meeting of the
experts at which the Russian
viewpoint on the first seven
articles of the London experts
report was presented in detail,
no news has come to us con-
cerning the attitude which the
powers will pursue. Russia
has not the least desire for q
rupture, but she is determined
TO safeguard the principle of
her sovereign rights and tho
principle OF reciprocity, which
is the only possible basis of a
af
economic reconstruction.
Such, indeed. constitutes
the fundamental idea of the
Cannes resolution and we be-
lieve that it is Russia only
which remaips entirely faith
ful to the Cannes resolutions
in all their essentials"
The document of the powers
which is to be handed to the Rus
sian delegates was considered to-
day hy Premier Lloyd George, Sig
nor Schanzer NJ. Barthou, NJ. las
par and Baron Hayashi. at Mr.
Lloyd Georges villa; it win be sub
mltted to the sub commission on
Russian affairs tomorrow.
Interest Concentrated.
immense interest is concentrated
in the probable text of Mr.. Lloyd
Georges nOn-aggression pact. sew
eral drafts OF which have been
drawn. 1t is learned that one of
the drafts contains the proposition
that the members of the little en-
tente mutually agree to organize
a Kind of flying army corps, which
Will act as international police
men to protect their frontiers and
punish violators of the non-aggres-
sion agreement. 1t is understood
that the idea emanated from Ru-
mania, but several delegates gave
It as their opinion that there SEEM
ed little chance of its being incor-
porated.
AS the conference assumes
broader aspects certain indications
come to the surf co that two dis
unct political waves. which, being
contradictory, are difficult to rec
oncile, are surely spreading
Europe.
One is internationalism and the
other is nationalism.
Harmony Is Desired.
w ille lew statesmen dare TO
speak openly of the possibility of
attaining some form of federation |
Of the European states. it is learn
ed that many of them secretly pos
sess ambitions to bring about har-
mony between nationalism and in |
ternationalism, and the basis of |
This new European construction |
could be the principles of equity, |
justice and the fellowship of man.
Many conference circles remark
ed today on the coincidence that |
.wo leaders so widely apart as
Lloyd George and the Rev. Don
Luigi Sturzo. leader of the Italian
Catholic party. should be exhorting !
Europe that it might move along |
he lines of internationalism based |
IN equity and self restraint, as we'll
ls justice and charity. It is under
stood that Lloyd George has a pro-
.ound ambition to make his nom
aggression pact the precursor of a |
broad movement to bring all the
peoples of Europe, including Rus
Tia and Germany, closer together,
perhaps as the first step towards
iome form of European federation.