Evening star., 1922-06-27
CREDIT FOR SOVIET
FIRST HAGUE ISSUE
Russians Go Into First Tussle
With Nations on Subject
Believed Barred.
By the Associated Press


THE HAGUE. June 27.-Soviet Rus
ria will have its first tussle with the
representatives of western Europe at
The Hague conference today. when NJ.
Litvinoff and his associates meet with
the subcommission on credits.
Later in the day the Russians will
confer with NJ. Patyn. president of the
of the three subcommissions to agree
on the procedure Of the conference.
plans for which were upset by the
fact that the Russians are represent
ed by only three delegates, and are
thus unable to form subcommissions
similar to those organized by the nom
Russian conferees.
No Red Flag Flown.
NJ. Litvinoff. M. Krestensky and NJ
Sokolnikoff, the Russian delegates.
motored to the Dutch foreign Office
this morning, where they were for
mally received by Foreign Minister
Van Karnebeek.
No red flag is flown over the Orange
Hotel. where the soviet delegates are
quartered. and the motor cars used by
them display no insignia indicating
that they are soviet leaders. The pub
lie has not yet learned to recognize
the Russians: consequently they move
about without attracting attention.
apparently, the single relic of aris-
tocracy in the bolshevist delegation
at Genoa, has not arrived at Tho
Hague.
associates did not exhibit 1t when
day.
M. Litvinoff wore a gray crush hat
and business suit, and his companions
wore black fedora hats and ordinary
sack suits. M; Krestensky has a
pointed black 6enra. ~ wh,ch M n. is daia tne
cation. There. are no black oilskin
coats, no astrakhan caps. no Cossack
boots and no Tschaikowsky sonata
hair.
Soviet Not Near Collapse.
Inc Associated Press has obtained
with permission to publish. copy of
a private report on Russia which will
be distributed to the chiefs of the
delegations from the non-Russian
countries. This report embodies the
views of q prominent and competent
European observer Of liberal tenden-
cies. who recently came from Russia
after making q thorough investiga-
tion of the political conditions there.
The report contains ten paragraphs,
remarkable for their brevity. The
name of the Investigator is withheld
by agreement. The ten points" fol-
low:
First. Barring unforeseen events
the soviet regime Is not near collapse.
The most ardent adversaries of the
soyiets think they may continue In
mower for another ten years.
SECOND The economic exhaustion
Of Russia is complete and admitted
by the soviets. All power of purchase
has disappeared.
Third. The soviets are, divided
among themselves and internal strug-
giles have begun.
Hatred Of Cxars Survives.
Fourth. Hatred OF the old regime
IN general among the people.
Fifth. Blockade and foreign mill
tary aggression have maintained the
soyiets in power, but resumption OF
contact with Europe will destroy
them and accelerate their evolution
in the direction of conservatism.
Sixth. The soviets recognize with
out hesitation that only the foreigner
can reconstruct Russia.
Ssyenth-For the moment the In
transigeant faction OF the soviet
Eiehth-ritvinoff does not arrive
with conciliatory intentions.
Nfnth--The Russian socialists would
adhere Immediately to sovietism !,
they could obtain the right to vote
the secret vote and liberty OF speech