| Show RUSSIAS LAST PLEA Action of Powers Renders Impossible Impos-sible for Russia to Quit Washington April 3Tue SL Petersburg Peters-burg dispatch to the Associated Press printed this morning has aroused interest Inter-est In official circles her For thc same reason that prevented the corie spondent from quoting any authority In the Russian Government a a source of tho suggestion contained In his dispatch dis-patch It Is not possible to cite PflpJal iuthorlty for the comment tqat hag been passed here upon the h9 Russian pen This In brief Is that the action of the > powers In opposing J the Nuchurla JJ 1t Ill mt It Impossible Russia to leave Manchuria churia at nil The comment upon this suggested plea is that Russia deliberately proposes pro-poses to commlta greater offense In the permanent seizure of Manchuria I I the powers will not connive at a lesser one In allowing her to mae 3 secret and private agreement with China This plea It Ls said would bo laughed out of any court of international I Interna-tional law s disingenuous Is It Russia is displease because tho I powers discouraged China from signing sign-Ing the agreement yet Russia herself Joined with the other powers In undertaking under-taking to avoid any such private arrangement Involving the acquisition of Chinese territory Even Iahe persists even If she forces China to sign the Manchurian agreement there Is no obligation upon the powers and certainly not upon the United States to whom this Russian pledge was given to look uport It 0 binding at nnr point By the same reasoning should Russia Rus-sia falling to secure an agreement continue 11 Manchuria beyond n reasonable sonable time there Is no obligation upon any power to respect her title and It may be predicted that this subject sub-ject will lead to controversy of the gravest character |
