New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 21, 1922, Page 14

14 e RUSSIAN EMBASSIES: PULLLE T0 1.ONDON Many Appointments Made But None Appeared London, Jilyq 21.~—Just back of the oft did not appear. Uaron Mes return home via Scandinavia, and thus len )n-—'y was the second appointee for | ended the anomolous existence in Lon- This cholce was made early Dut he dld n the post, |in June 1917 {Lendon, The third ambassador-Jesignate, Prince Gregoire Troubatzkol, declared at the 11th hour that he would pre- fer to go to Rome. Nabokoff sought 'mr approval of the British officials that de Giers, then Russian ambassa- dor at Rome, should come to london instead, T.ord Hardinge, under sec- retary, exploded: ‘“Three times has the consent of his majesty been given ot come Lo don of two' Russian agencles, each clalming recognition, neither receiv. ing it, vet both in close touch with the Iiritish government, In August, 1919, Arthur Balfour, British representative at the peace conference, and Eazonoff, who had be. come foreign minister of the Omsk government, arranged in Paris that E. Sabline should assume charge in Lon- don of liquidation of the aftairs of the “late Russian governments.” He took charge in Beptember of that year, From what source comes the funds with which Chesham “House is main. tained is a mystery, for the last known source, the Omsk government, long ago ceased to be anything more than a name. Inquirers hear tales of large amounts of money accumulated In ondpn and Paris by the Kerensky and otheér Russian administrations, re- maining to the credit of individuals who played leading roles in those short-lived attempts to establish sov- ereignty, Scotland Yard customarily assigne a policeman to speclal duty in front of forelgn embassies and legations in London. A white-gloved constable patrols night and day before Chesham House, But It {s not because Chesham House 18 recognized even by Metro- politan police officials as an embassy, It is because, In 1918, Bolshevik agents threatened to selze the place by force, and the constable was placed on duty as a precaution against unscemly dis- turbance in aristocratic Belgravia, Offleials of the Bolshevik trade delegation may be seen any day mo. toring from their Bond and Moorgate street offices to their Mayfalr resl- dence in luxurious limousines. The last official representative in London of Czar Nicholas II rides from the un- assuming I'leet street offices of “The Russian Liberation Committee" to his even less pretentious home in & remote corner of London by omnibu praiistetbe St Thirty thousand head of deer are killed every year by mountain llons in California. Venezuela has the hottest climate of any country in the western con= tinent. » residence of the American Ambassa- dor in Chesham Place, Telgravia, stands a rather dilapldated four- to the appointment of an ambassador. None of these gentlemen ever ap- peared in London and the provisional {government never took the trouble to explain the reason of this extraordin- |ary procedure, much less to apologize for it. This cannot continue indefinite- ly.” ©Explanation of Prince Troubetz- kol's failure to arrive was demanded. Explanation was defdrred pending the arrival in London of Tereschenko, at ithat time Russia’s forelgn minister. |Tereschenkp did not come to London, fand a fortnight later the provisional government was overthrown by the Bolsheviki Livinoff's appointment as Bolshe- vik “ambassador’” soon followed. All only to roy English a court and « then the at slar ambas the topmost strata of acy, and the elect of omatic clreles. It was of the Imperial Rds-; g to a footnote on‘ fe lists, it s use' and daesign- | of Monsieur E, | h the liquidation | cted with the late| Russian government.” The brilliant| companies it knew In former days| have given place to gatherings of mis- celfaneous folk who spend an occasion- al evening there dancing, and paying | admiselon fees which go to Rus«&an refugee funds In Bond street, London's famous Isian delegation that concluded the shopping center, and in _\100"3',11:'»':!3' of Portsmouth at the close of street, within a stone’'s throw of the the Russo-Japanese war. Today, Na- Bank of England, are located the |bOKOff, once the dispenser of an au- palatial offices of the consular and |[focratic monarch's hospitality, slaves trade delegations of the Russian so-'away at a desk in Fleet street prepar- clalist federal soviet republic. In Park |In€ pamphlets designed to keep alive Lane is the magnificent residence of |the anti-Bolshevik cause. With ready Leonid Krassin who, as the represen- Smile and cheerful optimism he talks tative of the Lenine-Trotzky govern- confidently of the day, “not far in the| ment, negotiated the Anglo-Russian future,” when he declares, Russia's trade agreement which presaged the |Bolshevik rulers will be dethroned and | establishment of these soviet agencies [successors, ‘‘chosen by the people,” in London. will bring his land once more within | In an obscure corner of London may the sphere of international affairs. be found the modest, even humble, | After the collapse of the Kerensky dwelling of Constantin Nabokoff, the |provisional government and the acces- |vate” with the British foreign office. last representative in London of Czar |sion of the eLnine-Trotzky regime, all | Litvinoff the Rolshevik envoy was Nicholas II. Nabokoff w - |Russian government funds deposited never officiall recognized, but was in Jor of the embassy when ¢, lin London banks were confiscated by |constant intercourse with the British Count Benckendorff, the Rus: . the British government, but the em- [government and enjoyed certain privi. bassador, died in January, 1917 Ja- |bassy itself was technically private leges, such as a cipher and diplomatic bokoff thereupon became charge d' af- |property and could not be seized. The courier service, which were refused fairs and in that exalted position was |British Foreign office notified Petro- \1\)01\13‘1 the master of Chesham House unm‘graa authorities that the appointment| Then Kameneff, appointed Bolshe- September 6, 1912, when he yielded |of a new Russian ambaeeador to Lon- |vik ambassador to Paris, arrived in to E. Sabline, appointed by Sazonoff don was expected. Sazonoff, former- London. Premier Clemenceau refused foreign minister of the Kolchak gov-|ly a subordinate of Count Bencken- him admission to France. He was re- ernment. dorff, was appointed, his designation |patriated. In 191%, Litvino# was in- Nabokoff was a member of the Rus- Wwas welcomed by the British, but|¢ vited by the British government to including thoee at the disposal of Nabokoff for embassy expenses, were seized by the British government. An officlal in- timation was given Nabokoff, how- ever, that Britain would grant ‘“as- sistance,” and henceforth embassy ex- \anse' were defrayed from grants by |the Rritish exchequer totaling about 190,000 pounds until March 81, 1919, when credits were opened by the Kol- chak government at Omsk. Nabokoff, occupant of an embassy that bore the name of a non-existent | government, subjected to many limita- uont denjed the privilege of cipher lecommunication and no longer accord- |ed the diplomatic entree, continued to |communicate by letters marked “pri- i iRussian government funds | | | | NOW COMES THE MOST IMPORTANT UNDERPRICED EVENT OF THE SEASON To accomplish final stock reduction §n the shortest possible time, we have again recklessly reduced prices to the point beyond all recognition of rightful values. And while the sale will con- tinue for two weeks, it is doubtful whether any of the merchandise on sale will be on hand at that time. Early and often participation is urged because of the unlooked for opportunities to save. 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