New-York tribune., 1922-10-21
Soviet Demands
Equal Y oice in
Turk Settlement
Tchitcherin Warns Allies
General Peace Will BID
Menaccd If Russia Is
Denied Place at Board
Asserts Right ii, Leyant
Straits Question Must Do
Solved With Others, He
Writes London and Rome

MOSCOW, Oct. 20 (By The Asso-
ciascd Prers} The repeated refusal OF
tie powers to take into consfesrat on
Ruasis's most elementary and iust de-
mands, far from contributing 20 tho
consolidation OF general peace, ere
ateg conditions which arc likely to
bring serious international complies
tions, says the note addressed to Great
Britain snd Italy by tho soyiet For-
eign Minister, M. Tchitcnerin.
Considering Rnssia's geographical
position and the political boundaries
uniting her With sontc of the Black
Sea states, says the note, Il should be
quite evident that a peaceful solutioa
Of the Near Eastern problem is inpos-
aiblc without Soviet participation ia
Tie treaty negotiations.
Straits Part Of Whole Problem
IL is pointed out that, having recor-
rized. By the treaty of March, 1891.
the Turkish frontiers as laid down BIZ
the angora national pact, tho Russian
government thereby took an effective
part in soiTing the Near East eues-
tion vlthcut limiting itself to con-
sideration OF the rtatus OF the Straits
Of the Dardanells and the Bosphorus.
Fhe Straits question. it Is added, canncS
be separated from the problem as Z
whole, and IL it we've submitted to q
scparate conference no tangible reaults
could ensue.
"To place before Russia decisions
already adopted without her payticipa-
tion,n says the note, would simply
force Russia not to recognize these
decisions.
Desiring general peace, and part.cu-
larry q Inai solution In the Near East,
the Nasssar government is obliged 80
insist catezorscally upon participation
in the Near East conference in its
totality and without restr ctions.
May Support Russc-Turk Pact
"Rugaia also reserves the right 20
support the sEipulations Of the Russo
turkish Moscow treaty, according TO
which definite settlement Of the In
transitional status of the Straits ought
to be intrusted to q Black Sea dele
cation.
In view OF the approaching date Of
the conference which will study the
Near East problem as whole, the Rus
sIaa government makes known that Il
demands participation in this con
ference upon the same basis and under
the same conditions IS all the other
contracting parties
Nj. Tchitcherin calls attention to the
TACT that nearly q ntonth has passed
sllce note wa3 sent TO the Entente
powers and other countries e-nphasiz-5
ing Russia's special interest in a peace
ful solution IN the Near East, and eE-
presses keen surprise that this not,
has been left unanswered.
Nothing, he adds, can Justify .hs
calling of 8 conference in which. be-
sides the great powers, Jugo- Slavia and
Rumania, and even Japan, are invised
20 participate. but not Russia, the ,nost
interested power.
Russia, he points out, warned the
powers that "ihe conferences on Che
Pacific Ocean situation would be
doomed 60 impotence, and now af;rris
that armed conflicts are taking piacs
anew IN the Far East
"In the came way" adds the note.
Russia protested against the .nssrna-
tionsl status of the Aaland Islands, and
once more Russia reserves action re-
garding these islands