Evening star., 1927-05-27
SOVIET ORDERED
TO QUIT ENGLAND;
WAR IS D|SCLA AIMED
Relations Are Broken Quickly
After Vote in Parliament
UphoIding Cabinet.
GERMANS AGREE TO AID
IN WINDING UP AFFAIRS
British Moscow Mission to Be Re-
called at 0nce-Text to
Be Published.
Nv the Associated Press.


LONDON, May 27.---A note seVerinS
relations between the Soviet and Brit
ish governments was delivered at
Chesham House, the Soviet legation,
this morning. The note requests the
official Soviet representatives to leave,
and specifies the others who will
be allowed to remain to wind up the
affairs of ARGOS, Ltd, the Russian
trading organization.
Premier Baldwin made the emphatic
declaration that the breaking of diplo-
matte relations with Moscow does not
mean or imply war against Russia.
The note was sent to CheSham
House by special messenger and de-
livered personally to NJ. Rosengolz, the
Soviet charge d'affaires.
simultaneously with its delivery,
several trunks belonging to employees
of Chesham House were loaded into
taxicabs and started for the railway
station.
Chesham House announced that the
German embassy had agreed to look
after the. Soviet's interests here as
part of a system of winding up diplo-
matte affairs, which viii require some
months.
Will Leave in Week.
Part of the Chesham House staff
will be divided between Paris and
Berlin, the others returning to Mos
COW. Most of them, including Charge
Rosengolz and other officials, are plan
ming to leave in less than Il week.
The British diplomatic mission in
Moscow will be recalled Immediately.
1t is not yet decided who will look
after the British interests in Moscow.
The note, which makes about 200
words, will be given out for publica
tion late tonight, it was stated.
1t is understood to allow from a
week to 10 days for the Soviet repre-
sentatives to leave England.
Approved by Parliament.
The cabinets decision to sever all re-
lations with Soviet Russia is approved
by Parliament After the Labor mem
bers had gone to every extreme to
prevent the break, and former Pre-
mier Lloyd George cast doubt on the
wisdom of the step, the House of
Commons, by vote of S57 to Ill, last
night adopted the Conservative motion
sanctioning the decision. The motion
read:
This House, while appreciating the
long forbearance of his majestys gov
ernment and their many efforts to
maintain friendly diplomatic relations
with the Soviet republics in the face
of acute provocation, applauds their
decision to withdraw diplomatic priv
ileges which have been so gravely
abused, while at the, same time put
ting no obstacle in the way of legiti-
mate trading relations with Russia"
Votes Down Labor Motion.
Previously the House voted down,
367 to 11S, Labor motion introduced
by John R. Clynes, that the country
ought not to be committed to sever
ance of relations until committee
had investigated.
! When the debate promised to con-
tinue past the usual hour, the govern
/ ment invoked cloture, which was car
! lied, $50 to 112.
Sir Austen Chamberlain, the foreign
secretary, said the governments case
was based on documents already made
public and on d mass of further IN
i formation in the possession of the au-
thorities. He referred to a recent
! demonstration in front of the British
embassy at Washington, charging
/ that it could be connected with in
! structions received from Russia. He
/ declared that in the face of warnings
the Soviet government and its
agents continued the activities of
which complaint was made, and added:
I Claims Relations Abused.
'"The government cannot longer
| take the responsibility in maintaining
diplomatic relations, which so conduct
ed and so abused are not an instru'
1nent of peace, but continued source
OF irritation and danger"
Lloyd George declared he did not
deny that the Soviets had not kept
faith; that the evidence before the
government justified a rupture. but
it was his opinion that the time was
not opportune fora break, and that
the consequences would be serious.
He said the governments white pa
per contained "eXtravagant, incredi'
BILE nonsense"
The former premier was referring
to document published by the gov
erninent containing matter found in
the raid on Soviet trading headquar
ters in London. including American
names and addresses.
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