Evening star., 1922-06-03
Makes This a Condition of
Participation at Hague in
Memo to U. S.
AMERICA TO KEEP CLEAR
OF DEBATE ON SUBJECT
Communication Not Yet Received,
But Policy of Aloofness
Will Not Change.
By the Associated Press.

ny tue ASSOCIATED FEeS8.
PARIS. June 3.-Premier Poincare
In memorandum to the powers in
vited to The Hague conference on
Russian affairs. including the United
States. demands that the Russians
withdraw their last memorandum
submitted at the Genoa conference
and abandon their claims for dam
ages on account of the participation
of the allies in military operations
tion for French participation at The
Hague meeting with the Russians
The French premier In the course
OF the memorandum declares the re-
construction of Russia depends upon
the revival Of agricultural produc-
tion, which he thinks cannot be OBJ
tanned without a change in regime
that would assure the peasants the
proceeds Of their labor.
Soviet Document, He Says.
randum was soviet document. reply
ing to memorandum of the inviting
powers. and that it should be treated
In the same way as the original Rus
sian memorandum, since it confirmed
the attitude of the soviet government
with respect to refusal to restore the
property of foreigners, indemnify
owners for damages sustained or rec
ognize the Russian debt. (The origi-
nal Russian memorandum at Genoa
was withdrawn by Russia after allied
objection to it had been expressed)
The Russians, the French premier
maintains, have never accepted any Of
the principles laid down as conditions
for negotiations for the reconstruc-
tion of Russia. with the exception of
the provision that the various nations
cannot claim mutual rights to dictate
the principles for each others Interior
policy. He points out what he con-
siders an error made by the soviet
representatives at Genoa in appar-
as controlling capital as well as pub
JIG and private property. He notes
hhat the disposition OF capital is in
TACT In the hands Of private owners,
crty alone depends upon the will Of
the national parliameutG
War Dept ON same Basis.
Therefore. the French premier
argues. conditions Of security for in
vestments must satisfy private
holders of capital. the governments
being unable to control this capital.
their only say being to indicate the
manner in which the best guarantees
may be obtained.
Russia's war debt. NJ Poincare
says, will be treated .on the same
basis as the debts Of the allies when
a settlement Is reached. providing
Russia has agreed to the same condi-
tions' as the allies, but there Is no
reason to accord her exceptional treat
ment in reducing her war debt, as
was suggested at Genoa.
The memorandum rejects totally
the Russian claim OF fifty billion
rubles (gold) damages for the allied
participation in military operations
against the soviet regime as founded
on inadmissable pretentions and the
most faulty calculations"
Farm Production First.
NJ. Poincare halds that the first red-
uisite to the restoration of Russia
depends upon the revival of agri-
cultural production. and he expresses
the view that this is impossible until
the soviet authorities decide to give
the peasants assurance that they will
be able to enjoy the fruits OF their
labor
NJ Poincare declares the work Of
the conference at The Hague must
be prepared for by a clear and COM
plete plan to which the soviet author !
tiles must subscribe before negotia
tions are resumed with them. Replies
tions are expected from the powers to
which it is addressed.
o S. POLICY UNCHANGED.