Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1920 — GERMANY SPURNS RUSS ALLIANCE [ARTICLE]

GERMANY SPURNS RUSS ALLIANCE

Foreign Minister Simons Says He Was Urged to Collaborate With Reds. AFRAID TO BREAK THE TREATY Declares "If We Had Followed Exhortation* Germany Would Immediately Have Become a Theater of War—Refused Lenina's Aid. Berlin, Sept. 3.—Dr. Walter Simona, (he foreign minister, addressing the relchstag foreign affairs committee declared that he had been urged to collaborate with the Russian bolshevik! against the western powers as a means of breaking the bonds imposed by the treaty of Versailles, but that after mature reflection he had rejected this course. “If we had followed these exhortations,” explained the foreign minister, “Germany would immediately hove become a theater of war. (Furthermore, the disastrous consequences which bolshevism might be expected to bring with it would have fallen with double force upon Germany. Doctor Simons said proposals also have been made that Germany co-oper-ate with the western powers against Russia, \vhlch he considered an equally Impossible course. “No power at war with soviet Russia,” the foreign minister added, “need count on our support.” Ask Truce With Armenia. Constantinople, Sept. 3.—The Turkish nationalists have proposed an armistice with the Armenians until President Wilson has defined Armenia’s boundaries, it is announced here. (The supreme council of the allies on recognizing the independence of Armenia in April last left to President Wilson settlement of the boundaries of the new state. Refuses to Transfer Parley. Washington. Sept. 3. —The Armenian government has refused the request of the Russian bolshevlst for transfer of the peace negotiations from Moscow to Armenia, it is learned from official sources. | In refusing this request the Armenian premier declared that the bolshevlst authorities had so Interfered with the communications of the Armenian delegation and their home government that the government did not know to what extent the negotiations had gone. The premier also said that the antlArmenin propaganda of the Bolsheviki ia Azerboldjan belled the protestatione of friendship made by the soviet government, and that the Armenian government was aware of the activities of the bolshevik agents In Armenia itself.