The Soviet press is, naturally, very much concerned with the proposed Genoa Conference, and the attitude that will be adopted by Soviet Russia's representatives. The ultra-official Moscow "Jsvestia" says of Mr. Lloyd George's invitation of the Bolsheviks to Genoa It is undoubtedly a great moral victory for the Soviet Government but Soviet Russia must display the greatest possible caution in dealing with the proposals which ed that the invitation to the Conference was addressed to Lenin personally.
The Allies, he says, think that Lenin alone decides the fate of Russia. By this time they ought to know that Russia is ruled by a Soviet of People's Commissaries, of whom Lenin is only the President, and which is merely an executive organ subordinated to the rule of the Soviets. The Allies must also bear in mind the unfortunate example of Versailles, the more so as to-day one cannot in any way compare the position of Russia with the position in which disarmed, powerless Germany was placed in the days of the Versailles negotiations.
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