The New York herald., 1922-06-04
P0INCARE IN NOTE
TO WORLD GIVES HIS
HAGUE CONDITIONS
Sees No Use for Meeting
Unless Soviet Abandons
Genoa Principles.
IN LINE WITH AMERICA
Says Russia Must Admit
Right Of Property and
Czarist Debts.
WANTS OBJECTS LIMITED
,Decries Haste and Can See
Nothing Accomplished
Full Text of Note.
WANTS OBJECTS LIMITED
ny LAURENCE HILLS.


Special Gable to THE NEW YonK HERALD.
Copyright, 1923, bD THE NEw York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau, !
Paris, June 3. E
Premier Poincare to-day cabled a
memorandum on Russia to all the
Powers invited to the Hague confer
ence, including the American Govern
.ment. This message, according to
higE, officials here, rings the death
knell of any conference designed to
recognize the Soviet Government on
the basis of the Genoa deliberations.
To achieve this result M. Poincare
brings the French position definitely
into line with that of tie United
States.
He insists that as an essential to
Frances participation In any such
conference Russia first must with
draw the Genoa memorandum of May
II and must admit the sacredness OF
private property rights as well as tho
debts of the old Russian, regime. He
says there must be no haggling over
the counter claims involvedN in the
various ANTI Soviet revolutions fos-
tered by French and other foreign
funds
Must BAR Politics.
/Supplementing the discussion of the
Righteousness of these principles, M.
$ Poincare condemns any attempt to
make the Hague conference q con-
tinuation OF Genoa's political and diplo-
matte deliberations and demands a
definition OF the role that The Hague
experts are to assume. He ridicules
the idea that it will be possible in five
days Of preliminary conferences to
establish a program which months Of
expert conferences in London and five
weeks Of steady discussion at Genoa
could not evolve.
From the conversations, Premier
Poincare has had with the diplomats
Of various neutral nations he is con-
vinced that there is no possibility Of
the Soviets meeting the conditions laid
down at Cannes or the new proposal
that expert commissions be permitted
to visit Russia to study the situation
on the ground before the Powers make
any definite proposals to Moscow.
Poincare's Four Demands.
NJ. Poincare asks: ".
First-Knowledge of the nature OF
the preliminary discussion between
the allied and neutral experts in or
der to see whether the nations have
any new plan for dealing with Russia.
Second--Recognition of the Cannes
stipulations as to the minimum to be
accepted by all nations, otherwise all
political and commercial relations are
impossible. He points out that the
Soviets SO far have accepted only one
thing. namely, recognition of their
recognize that In dealings with other
nations other sovereignties must be
taken into consideration.
Third-Conrplete withdrawal of Rus
sia's. Genoa memorandum of May II.
which is considered as a virtual de-
mand for Europe to capitulate No So
Wet ideals.
Fourth---An understanding that first
of all the Hague commission is to oc-
cupy itself solely with three phases Of
tho Russian problem-that is, debts,
private property and credits, M. Poir1-
care declaring that "as an expert COM
mission 1t must not intrude on the po-
litical domain. merely combining It's at
tention to practical, economic and
financial questions"
As far as the debts are concerned M.
Poincare suggests that they might be
settled by the Soviets agreeing to accent
the decision OF an arbitration copmIs-
sion which would study the claims of
the holders OF Russian securities and try
to effect a compromise with the Soyiets
on an equitable basis.
NJ. Poincsre's Note.
The text OF NJ: Poincare's memoran-
dunn follows:
The negotiations which were carried
op at Genoa for nearly six weeks with
the Soviet delegation from Russia did
not achieve any practical result In
Its reply on the 11th of May to the
memorandum which had been presented
ITO II, the Russian DELEGATION deIiber-
atcly discarded the offer Of assistance
made to the Russian peopoe In addi-
tion, they rejected all conditions for
guarantees OF security, expressly de-
manded In the Invitation addressed TO
Russia on January 10, and recalled on
the 10th OF April at the opening of the
Genoa conference as having been ac-
ccptcd simultaneously with the invita-
tion itself.
Moreover. by this note of the 11th OF
May the Russian delegation refused to
restore the property of foreigners. to in .
demnify them for damage sustained or
10 recognize debts. without seeming to
understand the movement Of human
solidarity which brought the democraciea