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Show RUSSIAN REPLY GIVENJTALIANS RESPONSE TO ALLIED MEMORANDUM MEMORAN-DUM SAID TO HAVE BEEN DRAFTED AS DICTATED Contains Much That Is Especially For the Benefit of Communists In Russia and Throughout the Wholo World Genoa. Foreign Minister Tchitch-erin Tchitch-erin of soviet Russia personally handed hand-ed the Russian reply to the allied memorandum Thursday to Foreign Minister Schanzer of Italy, in the letter's let-ter's room at the Palazzo Reaie. The only other person piesent was Francesco Fran-cesco Giannlni, the Italian financial expert A friendly conversation of forty-five minutes followed in which M. Tchitch-erin Tchitch-erin stressed the fact the answer had been prepared under direction instructions instruc-tions from Moscow. M. Tchitcherin repeated assurances of his good will and desire to ' cooperate co-operate with the other delegations. After the Russian foreign minister had left, Slgnor Schanzer read the note, which consists of fifteen pages. There is a general feeling that the Russians have gone as far as they dare in modifying their response on this vital question. The Russian reply naturally has much in it that is especially for the benefit of the communists in Rtssla and throughout the world, and does not lose the opportunity to make a plea for disarmament. But the mass of verbage on general political questions ques-tions is of far less importance than the attitude of the soviet government towards foreigners' property in Russia Rus-sia decision of which may make or break the conference. Late in the morning, it was announced an-nounced that the reply of the Russians Rus-sians would not be delivered before 4 p.m. British quarters quoted Prime Minister Min-ister Lloyd George as declaring this forenoen that he had not the least idea regarding the trend of the essential essen-tial portions of the Russian document. Extracts from the text of the preamble pre-amble to the reply, show that it strongly stigmatizes the obstinacy of certain powers in excluding Russia from international political and economic econ-omic life and refusing her equality of treatment with the only object, it is alleged, the satisfaction of their financial finan-cial claims. "When one considers," says the tex "what this attitude has cost the world, the United States, which Inaugurated it, and Russia, which has suffered its tragic consequences In the pant five years, it is difficult to believe that only the Interests of the Russian bondholders bond-holders and former proprietors of nationalized na-tionalized properties are being considered. con-sidered. The incidents of the last few days, especially in connection with the restitution of private property, clearly show that political considerations considera-tions have been grafted upon a purely material question. |
