The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-16
RUSSIA WILL TAKE PART IN PROPOSED
 HAGUE CONFERENCE
Communistic Russia Favors Permanent Non- on-Aggression Pact, Declares Delega-
 ton Spokesman
By Associated Press


 Genoa, May 15.-Russia will par ticipate in the proposed conference at The Hague to discuss the Russian question. M. Rakovosky made this announcement tonight after meet ing of the entire bolshevik delega- tion.
 In giving out this information to large assemblage Of newspaper cor respondent. NJ. Rakovosky declared that, In his judgment. which he said was also the judgment Of his fellow delegates. unless the Russian idea of a real mixed commission were adopt eo instead of the double commission idea proposed by the powers. The Hague conference was bound to prove as sterile as the Genoa conference.
 M. RakoVosky emphasized that the soviet delegation had found amsolute- ly unacceptable the proposition of the powers whereby no treaties of any sort could be entered into with Rus sia, whether political or economic in character, during The Hague meet ing. If persisted in he was confident 1t would provoke intense feeling throughout Russia against this gath ering because the Russians would re- gard It as a kind of masked block ade against them.
 He wanted the entire world to un- dcrstand that communicate Russia was heartily in favor of a permanent ronaggression pact by which nations would mutually engage to respect each others territorial integrity. Rus sia, he declared. sought only peace and security and was always willing to accord peace and security to others.
 Prefer Another City
 After having disclosed that the Russian delegates would participate in The Hague conference. the Russian spokesman said his delegation would prefer that the forthcoming confer eHce be held in some other city. There were two reasons for this-- first Holland. unlike Italy and some of the other powers. had concluded no u eaty with Russia nor even tried to do so and second, communications between Moscow and The Hague would be diffieult. His delegation pI eferred Stockholm or Riga and added emphatically:
 w ewill insist on some other city than The Hague"
 The gathering to hear what M. Rakovosky had to say came near to being somewhat dramatic. The Rus sian kept the press correspondents waiting so long that they organized what some described as q soviet, others as plebecite voting that jour naIistic dignity required that the cor leave immediately"
 Suddenly NJ. Rakovosky came dash ing up the stairway; he presented his .l l. .,tt Ion a explained that the delay was due to the fact that the entire Russian dele gstion had been having an important n eeting which had just decided what the attitude of the Russian delesa- tion would be toward The Hague meeting
 Has Sense of Humor
 Rakovosky speaks fluently in French. Smooth shayen and hand some, sure of himself and loving oratory, he looks like an actor and so comports himself Today he was in fine oratorical mood as he dis coursed freely on communism and defended its doctrines, which he seemingly implicitly accepts as ne- cessary for the salvation of the world. lie showed also that the bloshveiki have sense of humor.
 Just tnlnk OI IL, Hc rdiu, N"'S idea of a mixed commission is our idea and yet the powers have not given us an opportunity to develop It or say what it means. We have at least the privilege of insisting upon the rights fan author, though don't mean by that that we intend 10 insist upon the right of property"
 Passing in scintillating manner to the question of credits to Russia, Rakovosky lengthily explained why credits should be given to the Rus sian state and not to individuals who are to do business in Russia. When foreigners or foreign companies go to Russia with credits to do business with Russian officials or Russian 1t will be the same thing, he said. as if they did 1t with the state, for in Russia the people are the state and the state is the people
 'Therefore." he added. "let the na- tions give their credits directly to our government. which will expend them honestly in the development or our national resources"
 M. Rakovosky closed the meetng by reiterating that unless single mixed commission instead of double commission was adopted the dlffer- ences between the powers and Rus sia would only be aggravated and It would be absurd to expect fruitful re- suits.
 The Russian delegates have been asked to meet the political subcom-
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