Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-05-18 | Page 5 | League of Peace Pact Declined by Russia as Unsatisfactory

I Xeaus cf Peace Pcct Dcdhcd ' By Russia as Unsalisfactcry - OKMEVA. Mar 17 IBr A. P A rrfaranca ta thd lluaao-Japanoaa . war waa a faaturg af tka racaat rommunicatlon which tha A uaa an aarlrt govarnmaat acn.1 to. tha jt - l-agua of natlona outllniad tha roa- . aona why II la oppoard to tha pa at of mutual guarantaaa which waa rlaboralail by tha laat naarmbly of tha laaauo. ZVvalapIng aaa af tha ' Ideaa of tha laagua covenant, tha paat tn nuatloa proylrlaa for k gradual warld dlaarmamant. and ' inctdvntarly ft givna to lha Iragua counrd tha authority to dadda which atara la an aggraaaor whaa f . any aarloua dtfflcalty kraaka out balwarn twa powara. In hla nolo la tha laagua. Tchltchartn, who algard himaalf "I'ropla'a Commlaaarr for Voralgn Affalra of tha Union af saclalist HoYlat Rapubllra." declared that la .- the prraent International altuatlon - It la tmpoaalbla In moat raera ta any which partr ia tha aggraaaor. He contended that neither tha an. trr Into foreign terrttorr kor tha a ' acala of war preparatlong can be regarded na - aartlafnctorr ' crlterMa. He Inalaled that hoelllltlee geaer- l)y break out after a aerlea of ' mutual angreaalTa act af lha moot . varied character. Kor example, Tfhltrherln ealcf, V when lha Japaneaa torpedo boata attacked tha Ruaalan fleet at Part , Arthur In 1MI it waa clearly an act of dggreaelon from a, technical point of view, but, politically ar epeaklng. It waa an acl raaaed try 9 tha aggreeatre policy of tha caariet goreramant towarda Japan, who. . in order to foreatell tha dnnger, atrnrk tha flrat blow at kor ad-reraary. ad-reraary. "NaTarthelaaa" ha added. "r-yT -a aadardad aa ma victim hocaoee tha colllalon be-tween be-tween the two atataa waa aot I merely tha reault f the aggraaalra acta -of tha oaarlat government, but alao of tha imperlallat policy of tha Japaaeae government towarda the people of fhlna aad Korea, Tha eovlet government aaneidera. Ihera-lora, Ihera-lora, that It e abaautely tmpoeel-bla tmpoeel-bla ta adopt tha ayeum of decld-. b which atata ia tba aggreaaar In tha caae of aaak conflict, and making mak-ing definite coneequencee depaad apoa auch daolaton." Tchltcbann gawtlttad thM there are caeca In whlak a atata nttacki another wtlhoat J I said It. at tha aovlet a)overament la prepared ta make agreemenle with ether government to oepoaa at-iacka at-iacka a" thla kind anderlaken with-aut with-aut da a causa. . ' rteferrmg ta th ndcf laatloa Of regional agreemenle between be-tween inn T of gtatea, the aovlet ;or,".n'.ald ll IgreeSient between certain atalee aa Inevitable, but . ,'..,,u" inadmlealhle that f "u,'! celve recoprnlllon front an Inter-natTJnnl Inter-natTJnnl org.nlaatlan ""' 'h league of naliona) or that they ThouW be regarded7 na beneficial in the preveatlon of warn. Moscow regarded ad rnadmleelble. declared Tchltcherln. the obllgalloa impawn on oontrncllng atatea .'. anee. In the event of heatlllllea, ta there- conllllona of ", added: "The aavtet government ab-aolutely ab-aolutely refu.ee to accept the rea-ervatloa rea-ervatloa contained In the draft treaty which eonflrme-the treetlee if Vereelllee. Kealllr. fU Oerfnaln an Trianon. The eovlet govern-ment govern-ment took no part In the cone ..-alon ..-alon of theaa trratleg and malnnini .Mlr.l. negative attll.id. with regard to their prevlaloni