The Archive · 1925

Soviet Ready to Discuss Disarmament

Bombarded with questions in the] course of an interview at the Russian Embassy to-day by pres men from all parts of the world Comrade Chicherin reiterated his opinion that the Locarno Treaties were part of the British policy of fan anti-Soviet crusade, The Soviet, he said, desired an immediate conference on disarm: ment but it maintained its anti-League of Nations attitude, though it was the Soviet's duty to attend conferences with humanitarian ob-Jects "whether summoned by the League or by the devil himself. Comrade Chicherin explained that the Soviet aimed at separate treaties of friendship.

Regarding debts Comrade cherin summed up the attitude of the Russian peasants and workers in the words of @ peasant woman who, he said, had told him that lost three sons fighting against} Deniken: now they want our money!"—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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