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Show uo UKRAINIANS SEND PROTEST TO BRITISH LONDON. May 31. The Ukrainian mission has addressed a protest to Premier Lloyd George, to bo forwarded forward-ed to the supremo oconomlc council, claiming for Ukrninla a proportional share of tho gold which the mission understands Grogory Krassln, Russsan soviet minister of trade and commerce, proposes to use to buy supplies fc soviet Russia. Tho protest says tho Moscow government govern-ment has at Its disposition gold belonging be-longing to the Russian stato bank and also the Russian gold rosorvo cap turod In tho Kremlin. It points out Ukrainla has accepted liability for its proportionate sharo of the debts of tho former Russian empire up to Ue rovolutlon and tho declaration of tho' Ukrainian republic. Conscquontl', tho protest says, the responsibility extends to tho Russian gold reserve and Ukrainla, like all other states of tho formor empire, has a claim to a proportionate sharo of tho reserves of tho former Imperial bank of Russia. nn |