Mr. Lloyd George's intermediary went on to say that het
desired peace with the Russian people, "'whatever the character of their Government may be,"" but that the Bolshevik delegates with their Oriental methods of bargaining were making a settlement very. difficult. He referred to the Bolalaevik counter- proposals, which, it seems, nullify altogether the concessions that they had appeared to make. They are now asking, first of all, not merely for full recognition de jure but also for "immediate and adequate financial aid." They desire the cancellation• of- all Russia's war debts. Further, they demand that all Russian property, public or private, in foreign' countries —including land, jewels and ships—shall- be transferred tb them, and that they shall' be empowered to examine-the private accounts of Russian subjects in Allied banks. The Bolsheviks are, in fact, trying to make the Conference at Genoar as farcical as the proceedings at Brest-Litovsk. The Allies, it is reported.
mini now invite them to aooept or reject the Cannes resolutions, to which they were said by Mr. Lloyd George to have agreed at the outset.
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