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Show STATEMENTS II BULLITT AI CHALLENGED LONDON. Sept, 18 Some of the sLUcments mado by William C. Bullitt before the foreign relations committee of the United Stales .senate are challenged chal-lenged by a writer of the Daily Sketch who signs his article with the inltla's "R. K." He says he was the fhst an J, he believes, tho only English newspaperman newspaper-man who Interviewed Mr. Bullitt in Parla The writer quotes Mr. Bullitt as saying in his lntei view that his mission to Russia Rus-sia was suggested by Colonel E3 M. Houso and approved by President Wilson. Tho arrangement, he says, was undertaken without tho knowledge of the members of tho "big four" of tho peace conference as Mr Wilson and Colonel House do-sired do-sired the mission to be as secret as possible. pos-sible. "When Mr Bullitt lelurncd. Mr Wilson sent his report to Premier Lloyd George, Mir ir i i ufii i raraggi n i i but did not Include the secret communication communi-cation from Nikolai Lcnlne. The premier pre-mier was greatly Impressed by Mr Bullitt's Bul-litt's report and wished to have It published, pub-lished, according to the article, but President Wilson refused and suppressed it. Tho writer Is emphatic Jn his statement that Mr. Bullitt told him Mr. Lloyd Gcorgo was unaware of hi3 mission until un-til ho saw the report and that President Presi-dent Wilson and not the premier pic-vented pic-vented the publication of Mr. Bullitt's conclusions as to Russia. oo |