The New York herald., 1922-07-23
irish COMMUNISTS
GET RUSSIAN GOLD
TO SET UP REGIME
Notes Taken at Com
missars' Council Throw
Light on Policies.
TCHITCHERIN SPURNED
Envoy Sent to Portugal, Held
Fertile Field for
Bolshevism.
TCHITCHERIN SPURNED
Special Cable to THE NEw York HERALD.
Copyright. fo2e, By THE New YORK HERArp.

Special Cable to THE NEw YORK HERALD
Copyright, 19ss, By THE NEW YORK HEnALp.
Moscow. July II (via London, July
22)--A document Of extraordinary in
terest-notes taken on the spot of the
meeting Of the Supreme Council of
Soviet Commissars last evening-has
Just come into the hands of THE New
YORK HERALD correspondent, who is
sending 1t bg- means which he hopes
viii bring # through safely. The notes
show tina the following action was
taken:
Birst-An answer was sent 70 The
Hague to Foreign Minister itcherin
which probably means his elimination
from Moscow fairs ~t-r -in re-
Gently demand more
power in his Off
Second-The Hague conference was
declared to be of little use and might
as well be closed up
Third-Riga was decided on as the
place for the meeting of the Baltic
disarmament conference.
Fourth-An Irish representative
present got 100000 gold rubles for
Irish Communists. who, he reported,
were fighting with TIE Republicans in
the hope of establf ding a Red rule in
southwest Ireland.
Fffth-It was decided to send an
agent to Portugal, where the chance
for communism was better than in any
other country.
Sixth-Much disappointment was
expressed over the lack of reports
from America
Seventh--Trotzky and others en-
gagged in row over the execution of
priests and the trial of the social revo-
lutionaries, Trotzky's remark regard
ing the execution of priests being:
We've got their money. Let the fools
CO."
Light on Soviet Policies.
The text of the document gives an
Illuminating picture OF the inside work.
ings OF the council and the Instructions
Hague conference. 1t consists of the
rough treaty notes of one Of the per-
sons who was present and participated
a. the meeting. 1t has been slightly
amplified in places TO make II intelli-
gible and names have been substituted
for initials found in the original text.
The text follows:
Present: Rykoff. chairman Trotzky,
Radek. Bucharin. Kameneff. Malkin,
arft
charsk. Piattakoff, X. and L., also an
Irishman named Clancy during the dis
cussion on Ireland.
"A reply to Tchitcherin was read as
drafted by Radek and approved. Two
messages from Litvinoff. Bucharin
commented severely on the futility of
international conferences. They are no
use to u.s. he said. AS propaganda
Genoa may have mad It's uses, but the
Hague conference does not even serve
that purpose. The sooner the thing is
closed UP the better. There would be
credits anyway Trotzky concurred.
Radek was instructed to send a reply
TO Litvinoff
"Kameneff raised the question OF the
disarmament note of the Allies. 1t was
decided to propose Riga as the meeting
place for the disarmament conference.
Clancy of Dublin gave a report OF
the situation in Ireland. The Red army
there is in active cooperation with the
Republicans. Good prospect of Red
government taking a good hold in the
southwest. He handed in an account
OF the manner in which the subsidy
was expended and pleaded for the grant
or substantial new subsidy for the
Republicans. Kameneff expressed satis-
faction over the report He opposed a
grant to the Irish Republicans, though
he was willing to make grant TO the
Irish Communists Radek supported
Clancy. 1t was decided TO send 100000
gold rubles to the Communists. nothing
TO the Republicans, as being OF tho
bourgeoisie party.
"Radek presented report from
Lisbon. A subsidy also was asked here.
Rykoff opposed the grant because no
value was received for money in the
last. II was decided to send an agent
TO Portugal to study the situation. In
Radeks opinion the Soviet movement
has better chance in Portugal than in
any other country.