Evening star., 1927-05-16
ANT|-BR|T|SH PLOT
REPORTED FOUND|N
SOVIET HOUSE RAID
Commercial Organization
Used as Blind for Political
Scheme, Is Charge.
FLAREBACK IS SEEN
AFTER POLICE ACTION
Laborites Prepare to Heckle Home
secretary's Statement in
House of Commons.
pv tho Assnc,ated Press,

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 16.-Some of the
morning papers supporting the Bald
win government claim to have learn
ed that, while the British state docu-
ment supposed to have been secreted
in Soviet House was not found during
the police raid, other discoveries
amply justified the sensational forcing
of the Soviet safes.
These discoveries are alleged to in
clude evidence of an anti-British con-
spiracy directed by the Soviet gov
ernment, a list of British and for
eign agents concerned, proof of the
payment of British agitators by Mos
cow during last years general strike
and establishment of suspicious that
the operations of ARGOS, Ltd. the
Soviet commercial organization, have
been used to cover bolshevik political
activities here.
bareback Predicted.
In quarters where these discoveries
are alleged, it is declared that diplo-
matte action will inevitably follow the
revelations of the raid.
home secretary, was to make a state
ment on the subject of the raid in
the House of Commons this afternoon.
The Soviet position does not lack
Parliamentary champions, and the
Laborites were prepared to heckle the
home secretary The Trades Union
Council already has sent a protest to
Premier Baldwin. ~
Regarding the relations of British
Socialists ard the Soviet mission the
Daily Mail says examination of the
staff register at Soviet House reveal
ed number of Socialist members of
Parliament and local Socialist author
tiles members of whose families are
in the service of the Soviet depart
meftS. y
I'd Questioned regarding the police raid
on Soviet House, Sir William Joynson-
Hicks, the home secretary, told a
crowded. and animated session of the
Hoaise '6f Commons today that infor
nation sent to him by the secretary
of war last. Wednesday had satisfied
him. that a certain official document
was or had been in the possession of
ssssrae olan on tffe premises occupied by
Arcos. Ltd the Soviet commercial
organization.
Search authorized.
Acting on the information sent by
the secretary of war; the police had
been authorized to search the premises
under a warrant duly obtained. The
search was carried out strictly in ac-
cordanee with the warrant and was
terminated at 12 O'clock last night.
The document in question was not
found, but Sir William reiterated that
En q I<x,{f haf &c. rnt.- itt
Soviet House. The document was one
of which unauthorized persons were
known to be attempting to obtain
copies.
Sir Williams action in authorizing
the warrant, he continued, was with
the knowledge and consent of the pre-
mier and foreign secretary. Replying
to the Soviet charges that woman emf
ployes had been roughly handled, he
declared thateno woman on the prem
ises was searched: all that happened
was the searching of their handbags.
He hoped to be able to make full
statement on Thursday. TO which date
the discussion was adjourned.
Replying to question in the same
connection, the undersecretary for
foreign affairs, Godfrey Locker-Lamp-
sson, said that neither the Russian
nor its head as such enjoyed diplo-
matte immunity.
Negotiations Told.
Godfrey Locker-T4ampson under
secretary of state for foreign affairs,
was asked in the House of Commons
if any overtures had been received
from the Soviet Russian government
expressing willingness to open nego-
tlations for eliminating the misunder-
standings between Russia and Great
Britain.
Tile undersecretary replied that the
Soviet charge d'affaires three months
ago had expressed in general terms
the desire of the Soviet government
Tor improved relations. but there was
no indication of any readiness to meet
me conditions previously laid down
by the British government, and the
situation therefore remained un-
changed.