SOVIET AND ALUES

Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9850, 31 October 1924, Page 5

SOVIET AND ALUES

Fit AN CE’S~RECGUX i IJO N

WHAT IT ALL .MEANS

United Press Association—Copyright JURIS, Oct. 29.

While thft Left newspapers appSnn i the recognition of Russ a, the ()ppo.-i----tion accept the fact w t-ir resignation,'

and lurvis <Jerivcd"eo:nfort from the belief that real jecsgiiil.ou would only*, ho possible after the I'Lnie.i-Russ.’au Conference, presumably in January, had settled outstai.d i,g questions, especially debts. it is ilec'a red that Anglo-Soviet riegiitiatioms typify the difficulty ahead. The Figaro vo’c -s- the extremist view, declaring France is a vaurjirsheJ. State in tin*. eyes of .Moscow. Under shelter of the red ling and cover of diplomat c immunity » few hundred dctermiied knaves will establ’sli a revolutionary propaganda, t-etife. Tho French Note- to Russia, com ey.ng recognit’on, stipulates that rccogn.tion will in no way - infringe any undertaking rntorei] into by Fraicc: also it exp: «*ft.s!y ro.-ei res tin? r'ghts of the I'iciu!) Government amt claims respecting ohßgat’ons of fin m--r Rushan regia w,. Finally it insists on mutual iion-interference m each otla-r .s ii.tnrna! a'fa n's. The Fovi -t Government’s reply cx-j'-rc.vses a hope that ail onostmns mentioned i'i tiie French Note w!1 be satbifactorily settled in the forthcoming negotiations. It we conies the Fn nob dcclarntlon regarding Internal non-inter ferejicc.-—Reuter. tßeceived Oct. 80. 8 p.m. > PA RIF. Oct. 19.^ Too Times’ corro 1 pendent, meriting on France's <!e Jure recognition of Sov'ot Russia -ays: The general view is that the recognition is merely a formal step intended to hasten tho discuss'cn of the real question, which i< whether the Soviet Government means to pay it* debts.— Times. HARD-UP 8U VIET. SEARCHING FOR CAPITAL IN BELGIUM. LONDON. Oct. 29. The Times’ Brussels correspondent khvs the Bolsheviks are still searching for capital. A delegation recently arrived in Belgium with the object of encouraging Belgian industrialists who had interests in. Russia before the war to restart their activities. The Soviet envoys not only promised freedom for exploitation, hut stipulated thac only minimum taxes on the turn-over would lie collected on behalf of tho Soviet Government and. even pledged themselves to provide the necessary labor. 'J heir efforts, however, were unsuccessful. The Belgian Government held aloof from the negotiations, and informed the industrialists that if they «-onc-luded agreements, they did so at their own 'risk.—A. and X.Z.C.A.