RUSSIA RETURNING TO THE FOLD

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 22, 18 April 1927, Page 1

RUSSIA RETURNING TO THE FOLD

SWISS QUARREL ENDS A BARRIER removed e press Association. — Copyright LONDON, Sunday, i message from Moscow yesterday id the Soviet Foreign Office had announced the signing of an agreement i 1 Ber iin to adjust the long-standing ntroversy with Switzerland about c ° assassination of the Soviet representative, M. Vorovsky, at Lausanne, *°The "announce merit stated that Swit•riand had expressed regret, and pro•d»d monetary compensation for the fimily Of tl e murdered man. \n view of Russia's repeated refusal send a representative to attend meetings ol the League of Nations rid other conferences on Swiss soil i„ee the m-irder of M. Vorovsky, the utmost importance is attached to this te i" 9 ; s recognised in diplomatic quartprs that th 2 reconciliation may have most important repercussion on rurooean affairs. It is reported that Germany Influenced the rapprocheB The importance of the agreement the point of view of the League (Nations lies in the fact that the Russian border States, from Finland m Rumania, have all along contended hat they could not be expected to reduce their armaments so long as Soviet Russia remained outside the disarmamen: discussions. * There is no question, however, that Ruisia's reappearance at a European * 1-ve would be a significant event, she has for so long been isolated, and a non-participant , that very keen interest would be taken in her attitude. _A. and N.'?,-Sun.