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Mr. P. Be t e r h sa pointed cut t’ic.t thn '•.■r.iic.n ‘lovom aont, whilà un- Sï I t to reoo-Ttiiao id e n t i ty n&pors i s an d T_v old - i n embassies or o rg an isa t io n s , t r i l l aooert f o r v ise League i d e n t i ty c e r t i f i e s tog issuod in accordance v/ith the Jenevc Qonference o f Ju ly . ;.a r.K.ny Russian rofusrees in îreece doe ire to -orocond to Jormuny, Mr. Bekr'r haa aafc-d Colonel Corfo to b r in ? t h i s L e t te r t o the a t t e n t io n o f the îroek îovem - m n t an6 to ^resa them to iasue id e n t i t y c e r t i f i c a t e s to Russian refu sees ••ho may t e a i r e to hero them.
I.ir. Bioknoll of th e American led Cross has ce.de a f u r th e r nay mont of €5000 on account of i t s c o n tr ib u tio n towaids the C30.000 evi. cu< t io n fund, (13 .Doc.)
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C o n f i d e n t i a l - 20 th December 1952 R/92
L-1AGU.3 0? NATIONS (HiTh Com missar ia t f o r R efuge es)
INTERNATIONAL TJ. JO H 0ÏTIC3 I I A I 3 0 IT R j T 0 B T
C o n s t a n t in o p l e . - / -
Tho F rench Government has w i th h e ld i t a consen t to th e French High C om aiss ione r a t C o n s ta n t in o p le i s s u i n g j o i n t c e r t i f i c a t e s to R u ss ia n re fu g e e s now on T u rk is h t e r r i t o r y (15 . D e o . )
Tho IS R u ss ia n ro fu g e o a in Malta have de c id e d to make t h e i r own a r r a n es monts f o r the f u t u r o , th u s d e f i n i t e l y te r m in â t ing JJr. N a nsen 's l i a b i l i t y tow ards them (1 4 . D e c , )
H.M.G, e n q u i r e s w he the r the H.C. i s p re p a re d to a c c e n t re spon s i b i l i t y f o r 35 R u ss ia n re fu g ee s a i l o r s i n M al ta in c o n s id e r t i t i o n o f a payment o f £40 . a head, i n c lu d in g the payment o f t h e i r p a s sa g e s from t o i t a t o Varna. The H.C. i s d i sp o se d to a c c e p t arti Mr. C o l l i n s w i l l di 30USS the m a t t e r w i th Ur. lodge (1 6 . i»ec. )
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l i r . Zwerner s t a t e s t h a t he has in fo m ed th e S .H .S . Government t h a t tho £ 10 ,000 p a id f o r tho ac c e p ta n c e o f 5000 R u ss ia n re fu sees from C o n s ta n t in o p le i s i n t e n d e d to i n c lu d e t r a n s p o r t c h a rg e s and t h a t i t t e r m i n a t e s a l l t h e L e a g u e 's reap o n s i b i l i t y i n r e s p e c t o f t h e s e r e f u g e e s . The Government wiahee i t t o be c l o a r l y u nders tood in C o n a ta n t in o p lo t h a t a f t e r h a v in g r e c e iv e d these 5000 no more R uss ia n r e f u g e e s w i l l be p e r m i t t é d t o e n t e r tho c o u n t r y . ( 1 3 .D e c . )
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The B u lg a r i a n Government has o f f i c i a l l y informed D r . Nansen t h a t i t a c c e p t s the p ropose d i d e n t i t y c e r t i f i c a t e f o r R u ss ia n re fu g e e s (18 L e e . )
The B r a s i l i a n Govern mont h a s boon reminded o f t h e d e s i r a b i l i t y o f an e a r l y d e c i s io n i n the m a t t e r o f the i d e n t i t y c e r t i f i c a t e (1 8 .D e o . )
The Siamese Government w h i le an x io u s i n ev e ry way to co n c u r i n D r . N a n sen 's work , s e e s no p r a c t i c a l v a lu e i n the a d o p t io n o f tho c e r t i f i c a t e s o f e r as Siam i s conc erned , though i n p r i n c i p l e i t r a i s e s no o b j e c t i o n . (1 8 . D e c . )
il. Reymond haa boon ask e d to approach the A u s t r ia n Government w i th a v iew t o o b t a in in g a fo rm a l c o n f i r m a t i o n a s soon as p o ss ib le o f t h a t Government 's o f f e r to a c c e n t the p roposed i d e n t i t y c e r t i f i c a t e .(12 D o e . )
flfiO.OOO Grant from H.U.G.
The B r i t i s h P.O. has r e q u e s te d t h a t tho a c c o u n ts i n r e s p e c t of th e £1 5 0 ,0 0 0 « ra n t f rom H..Î .G. f o r r e f u s e s from ,g> p t , i^ a l ta end Cyprus be su b m i t te d a s soon os posai, b l a . In r e p l y , D r . Nansen p o i n t s o u t t h a t w h i le th e work o f s e t t l i n g those r e f u 'e u s i s a lm os t com plete d ,
and i t Is p o s s i b l e t o some e x te n t to f o r e c a s t t h e s u r p l u s , Dr.N a n sen 's r e s p o n s i b i l i t y i n regard to c e r t a i n r e f u g e e s w i l l n o t e n t i r e l y ce ase u n t i l A p r i l 19P3. D r . Nansen h a s , howover, asked tho F in a n c i a l
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Advisor t o praparo a p ro v is io n a l sta tement f o r Hoi .S. (180Doo. )R r-p a t r la t lo n . - -? ? /<
J °^n80n has l o f t f o r B e r l i n t o c o n f e r w i th the dovio t a u t h o r i t i e s t h o ro on q u e s t i o n s o f r e p a t r i a t i o n . (2 0 .B o o . )
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M e s s r s . Cadlmatf B ros , have o f f d r a d > . ffcnaea flrfoe to n s o f o i io c o la te ana tyrO to n s o f cocoa/tincL m i lk powder f c r r t h o b e n e f i t o f
I jg e e s . (16.
^ X °* 30 Swiss framfs' in -favour o f tho Asia Gomml *4h = 8oo !• und has ,ttoen made hy tho-'Soorotariu t ^ntortainmonta (14Z d2c! ) nS pro- ^ s from a m c^ th o a t r io a l performance.
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INTERNATIONAL IA30UR OFFICE.
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e S S a i M ^ R ec? “ 3 t l ,uc1 : i o n d e s R é g i o n s D é v a s t é e s » waso o t o f + f o r e i g n - l a b o u r , t h a Io L o O 'a c o r r e s p o n d e n t i n P a r i a h a a been S h o i i f r f f l o w h e t h e r t h i a i n f o r m a t i o n i a c o r r e c t and i f so
ne v,hor i t a f f o r d s a n y o u t l e t f o r R u s s i a n r e f u g e e l a b o u r . ( 1 9 „J )ec . )
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4.Dri ? F a e n h a s beon o b l i g e d t o r e f u s e a n a p p l i c a t i o n f o r a a o n a î j ? + i î m 0 ? ° f I ’° “ C o i o n e l J o h n Ward i n r e s p e c t o f h i a a c h o o l i n C o n a t a n t i n o p l o . I t i s p o i n t e d o u t t h a t i - r . Nona en* a c o m a i tm a n ta a r i s i n g o u t o f t h e C o n s t a n t i n o p l e s i t u a t i o n ma ko t g r a n t e n t i r e l y i m p o a a i b l o a t p r e s e n t . ( 2 1 . D e c . ) . b w u r e i y
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Th e B .C . h a s w r i t t e n t o L ir . K o r e a c h k o f f ( s o v i e t D e l e g a t e a t • A n t in g o u t t h a t h e h a s n o t c o n f i n e d h i s a c t i v i t i e s e x c l u a -
e l y t o r e p a t r i a t i o n m a t t e r s ( f o r w h ich n u r n o s e t l i e o u i S y r i a n G ove rnm en t c o n s e n t e d t o r e c e i v e h im i n B u i e e r i e . ) ;,nd t h a t t h i s i s
2^°^ * to p r e j u d i c e v r . N a n s e n ' s w o r k . Hr- K o r e a c h k o f f i s ( 1 9 ° Dec ) a c t i v i t i e s t o r e p a t r i a t i o n ir . t h e f u t u r e .
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P u t c h Gov o i n ment w i l l a c c e p t t h e p r o p o s e d i d e n t i t y c e r t i -
î l lî î Î ™ 3Q I Z ° t h a t t h o y (1° n o t h e r o b y b i n d t h e m a e l v o a t oÎ r e f u g e e s a p p l y i n g t o e n t e r H o l l a n d . The same
c end i t l b n a p p l i e s t o t h e g r a n t i n g o f t r a n s i t v i s a s , t h o u . * , i n t h e '
V' n ° h a a a l f etLd5' t h e v i 3 a o f h i s c o u n t r y o f d e s t i n a t i o n , t h e D u tc h G o v em m en t w i l l g r a n t t h e v i s a o f t r a n s i t i m m e d i a t e l y on th e r e q u e s t o f t h e H igh C om m iss i o n e r ' s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e .
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Constantinople. Tiio Ru.cian Relief and ^aor&truotlôn |und has decided to transfer the Constantinople Scnool *o Abbnzla, T^-H.C. h . l Seen requested to take uy the mvtter vAth the Italian auth° rities. The school end staff comprises between 500 and 600 peis
(29 Deo, 1988). I*M r a o t from the "Boul- mCTta3.gr. ' ' » e i S i n of E u s iu ee rs :In Court.=a- tinople is mV¥Ing arrangements to sond 1000 Russian R e . ' 1b°United States. The scheme has the support of the U.S.A. high Commis sioner, Admiral Bristol (24.12.22)
Tv/o parties, including several thousand Russian Refugees, hrve now been sent to Varna by the H.C. The Invalids and others noi beinfc maintained bv the A.I’..A. are also being sent. The arrangements _orsending 5000'refugees to Serbia have fallen through as the oonditionsinsisted upon by the Serbian Government were unacceytaole (24.IL.<,2)
It is estimated that 14,00) Russian Refugees have been evacuated fr-n Constantinople by the B.C., to Bulgaria end Yugoslavia. About £3,3.;0 ctill remain in Constantinople (30.12.22)
■■ranee. In answer to an Vij^uiry addressed by the International■■'hmir-Office to its Paris correspondent (see Liaison Report no. a J E y hos been received (27 December 1922) that the U ‘Aon des Entrepreneurs, 3, rue de Lutbce, Paris, managed by M. Grossemy (the o - r nlcation referred to by Mr. SchleSinger) is looking tor labour outside Pranco for work in quarries, limo kilns, plr?ster_ and cement factories. It vould appear‘that there i" insufficient labour in ^rtn- ce willing to undertake work of this kind and that so fpr the er-f°r*® of the Union des Entrepreneurs have been unavaillngl ane H.C. n s De-n
informed of this,,
Iri xeply to an enquiry from the International Labour Office, as to the employment of Russian Refugees in France, the French Ministry of Labour states that employment in industry rnd agriculture has already , been found for nearly 3,000 Russian Refugees from Corsiea ;na Tunis,The Ministry is re to extend its efforts in this direction to Russian'Refugees . v . other places but t’sks for information (I ) r e to the Tjrinoitifl contres in which theso refugees are congregated their number and (3) their professions. The matter has ^enbrought to the attention of the H.C. who will supply the neoessary infoimation
(£ txemtrU• -itI no. pr. Hansen, referring to the, , Dr. Hansen, referring to the Tiaison Report of the 6th"côcT^er, has asked thet the I.L.O. be informed that he is ready to assure the Argentine Government officially that any Russians sent to " r v e r v t l n a will not engage in Bolshevist propaganda. Dr. p n a e n s re- Ï-":tentative will see that only suitable refugees are aent. Dr. I) en £car3*, however, that the plan would be too costly unless special - ' --3 for the prupose are forthooming (22 December).
The attention of the IvI..O. tea been called to the above (2
January). u
I S I & f c H f e - , , ” * ! Ü Î ' » * * * • (12 S e e * * » ) t h a t 300 t i r m m l t e a h i t h e r t o » i n “ ° v '» * e r • (The S o v ie t Covoi'nnonte » M . i S . v ' up °“ HOTorosolalc r.a th e p o r t o f e n t r y ) , i-r«2? n c k l "S a n u i r i o a In to t h e bet t h o - hfve oeen t r r o t â Z
K>. C ovvin’ i a ' t o t h l ' i n - ? 1'e j l r t0 t i la 9“ e"ation pdSreaoea to
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iliS P liS S liiE 'o±_j.cially reported th a t the arena to which th e” rntn-'n ■■•« , n
to S e tu î ï fS Î L 1 î eason, why refugees should not "he oAoouissed to r e tu r n i n the l a t e sp ring and summer of 1923. 0 tt
th« S+r ni n dooe not a ttooh importance to the succeotion t h r t
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S Ê ^ d - r a r Ü t t c n v l0 r e d 5 0 ' 000 ^ re n o h f n n o a t o -o f G a l l i p o l i e h c l l h a v f ' t e e n o ^ o î 2 l ° =™=U-..tion
o v er th e 36 B u a a i ^ a n S î n th e ï “ - C„ fco“ “ « • H .0 . t i l l t r i o include c o s t o f t r . r . s ^ o r t from Melta“ f82 De^omborh t0
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ISfrgjrnatlonal r- > ' Office. Dr. Urn ten's re >resent-tivo, Hr. .ic.-.rdo Baeza (introduced >.■ the I.T..0.) has been reoeivod by the Brazilian Minister .of . gri culture end. Indiatry, who his ax forded Mr. Baez a overy assistance for the accomplishment of his mission.
\ ml A,rC 1 i m* Tho Belgian Government has/directed its legation ct Cons-v_ ntinople to grant visas to 249 Russian Refugees who pre readv to p: y the cost of their journey to Belgium and to support themselves in that country without public assistance, (28 Deoembcr)
lllliSa* Prom a telegram received by the C.I.C.R. from tho Rus ci in organisations at Kharbin it would appeer that aboitt 10,000 Ruf.sin ..eiugees from the Primorskaia province have arrived in China c.r.d 1 vo been handed over by the Chinese to the Soviet authorities. Internation 1 intervention is asked for. The matter hr a been referred by the C.I.C."-. to the K-.C. (23 December). , v /
Constantinople. The Committee of Zemstvos'and Towns, Geneve, reoorts that the departure of refugees from Gallipoli for Ku.igary is p.oceodin'- very slowly and seoms likely to 1; st for several months. The f.oding of these refugees, of whom 450 remain, is assured by the /.R,'. (25 December) ,,
Oreooe. Dr. H area ht. asked 1*1. . dôsides to t;ke over tomoorrrilv the representation of v, ;e E.C. in Greece both for Turco-Greek and Russian refugees, as Colonel Corfe is leaving /.thens for some time (22 December)
l i * r? s 7 / r j -r> *Poland, Referring to liaison Report 2io. 08 of the 6th December end to tho i-reach organisation which is propared to take addition..1 children hr. Philip Baker considers that ateps should be taken iame^ictely to ■end a considerable number of children from Poland end joihass fzon Bulgf. ria also (21 December). ,
/,</' /: a .,//derbia. 7: a Committee of Semstvoti and Towns, Genova, reports thvt the -crolan Government has alloved the entry into Ssrbia of 300 Zuban Cossacks from Greece and 1000 Russians from lulgvria. They rre it'-yc1 in the. quality of workers for whom work has been fouad. The nue::io ."c ' the admission of further Russians, up to 2,000, from Bulgaria L-. bo in" considered. Mr. Horechkoff (Soviet re irosentf.tive in Bulgaria) h a been given permission to remain 2 weeks in oarbia to deal with the reiatria- tion of 10,000 ;-jerbs in Russia *nd of those Eucr.i-.ns in ôerbia who wish to return home. (25 December),
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Repatriation. Replying to a correspondent' the R.C. points out, th t iniormction h..s been received tlr t the Prench Government hove graed to admit a Soviet delegate, Mr. Oustinoff, to Prnnoe -.ith a vie"- to arranging for the retur to Russia of such Rusal .n Refuge vS ( irinol )• lly ex-soldiers of the Riv.sian contingent) in Prance as desire it (20 December,
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T 1 :3t.-tua. ::r. Reÿaond has o stained from the ;.u-,tr.Un Government a formal declaration that the Government •■ill t.dopt the Geneva . : y. ngements regar iag identity oevtifioi’.tes for ; au si an Refugees I 30 December). u
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OonB^-.y-.noplo, - . h-t rotur guparvleingrhcro ho vïlï ro-orocent tue H.G. in tno • o » i jUr_
sa a’aaaas s ™ — s «G ross (22 Deoom tior).
C » n P | i e n t i a l . 5 J a n u a ry 1922 R/96
LEAGUE OF NATIONS (High C om missaria t f o r R efuge es)
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE
L I A I S O N B E P O R T .
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‘.e th e r e s u l t of c o n v e rs a t i o n s a t B e r l in between L r . Friok*I .a jo r Johnson and l.lr. B rodowski, the A c tin g S o v ie t Ambassador in T e f l i n , the f o l lo w in g p r o v i s i o n a l agreement has been reaohcd :
1) The S o v ie t Government u n d e r ta k e s to e x te n d th e f u l l p r i v i l e g e s o f the Genera l Amnesty d e c re e s o f 3 rd and 10th November, 1921, to a l l R uss ia n re fu g e e s r e p a t r i a t e d by th e High C om m issar ia t , n o t w i th s t a n d in g any p r o v i s io n s o f any o th e r d eo reo s to th e o o n t r a r y ;
2 ) The S o v ie t Government w i l l a l lo w Lir. G o iv in , o r any o t h e r du ly a c c r e d i t e d r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f the High C om m iss ioner , f ree a c c e s s to a l l R uss ia n r e f u g e e s r e p a t r i a t e d un d er the a u s p i c e s o f the High Com m issar ia t ;
3 ) The S o v ie t Government a g r e e s t o a l l 07/ d e l e g a t io n s from the R ussian r e f u g e e s , up to I f o f t h e i r number, t o r e t u r n t o th e c o u n t r i e s from which th ey have been r e p a t r i a t e d t o in fo rm t h e i r c o m p a tr io ts
r e g a r d i n g the r e c e p t io n and o t h e r a r ran g e m en ts ;
4 ) Not more th an 2 ,000 R u ss ia n re fu g e e s p e r month a r e to be r e p a t r i a t e d un d er t h e s e a r ra n g e m e n ts . Such r e f u g e e s a re t o bo n a t i v e so f the lion, "Cuban and Terek p ro v in c e s only raid mu:t d e c l a r e t h a t they r e t u r n of t h e i r own f r e e w i l l ;
5) The S o v ie t Government u n d e r ta k e s the t t h e i r r e p a t r i a t i o n d e l e g a t e s s h a l l co n f in e t h e i r a c t i v i t i e s e x c l u s iv e l y t o r e p a t r i a t i o n
6) The S o v ie t Government d e c l a r e s t h a t none of the t r e a t i e s i t has made w i th o th e r Governments c o n ta in s p r o v i s io n s in any se n se d es ig n e d t£> i n t e r f e r e w i th t h e work of D r . Nan son f o r R uss ia n re fu g e e s
Dr. Nansen, 7/ho i s l e a v in g f o r 1 Jo snow on the 14 th J a n u a ry , w i l l o b t a in the fo rmal agreement o f tho : "os cow Government t o the above.
H r . 3rodowski h a s r e f u s e d to g u a r a n te e the immunity ask e d f o r by Grcoce f o r s h ip s used in tho r e p a t r i a t i o n o f R u ss ia n re fu g ee s w i th o u t f i r s t r e f e r r i n g the q u e s t io n to lioscow. He a l l e g e s t h a t many R uss ia n xK ftaçna s h ip s wore i l l e g a l l y s e iz e d by Grcoce and o th e r n a t i o n s , and sh o u ld t h e s e s h ip s a r r i v e i n R uss ia n p o r t s tho S o v ie t Government r e s e rv e d i t s r i g h t t o d e t a in them. T his d e c i s io n c o m p l ic a te s tho - u o s t io n o f tho d e p a r t u r e o f R uss ia n re f u g e e s from
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,.ustria. The Austrian Government has refused to pllow tha entry into Austria of a groun of Russian ctudents roconmended "by the Jewish Colonisation Association. The reasons given are that the Vienna University is alrer-dy overorowdod and that the applicants are of the
Jewish frith. +1**“'*/''Prrnco, M« Hainglalso rep'orts that there is no lack cf_ offers of er'oloyment for Russian Re’fugees in Prance from the Ministère des Ed 'ions libérées and the Office de la Main d1 Oeuvre Btrrngère, With regard to Russian Refugees abroad, the question is mere difficult as the Office de la Main d1 Oeuvre Etrangère is not disposed to r.dmit foreign, to the detriment of Prenchtlabour (5 Jany)
26 Ru,sian children have arrived from Constantinople and a third convoy is expected. ï- number of or.ildron are also expected from Yugoslavia and Poland (4 Jany ) «. j lX7°
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General, I'or ;.ola ::inor refuges I\r0 Hansen lias receivf.5 fr-cm all sources approxir.i.v.toly .,000. t«.0 tons of flour (value £9,000) hr-vebeen bought in Jjypt and' dictribiitaC. to about 10,000 refugees at Chios,1,000 tons of flour (£I„,000 ) lirk 3 be en bought through the Bulgarian Government end 4/5 of this distributed in Greoco tiircugh the American Red Cross» Dr. Hansen’s Constcntkiople Office has provided for the installation (£.18,900) of hospitals end camps for upv.ards of 10,000 refugees in Vestern Thraoe end arrangements made to d lab.xl bute I million rations and supplies and equipment, for three months. An agricxiltural reconstruction scheme is being undertaken in conjunction with these camus End the establisnmefot of four villages has been co nine need. Gifts havo been received Yfrcn the Belgian Government of 2 000 tents aid 2,000 blankets; from the Polish Government 30 It rgc tents rnd from lie-srs Cadburys of a largo supply of cooca= The transport has been arranged of 80,000 refu^p to Greece and 10,000 to Asia
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e o n s tm w a e e l» . A telegram t r e e Donetr n tm ople _t o^thi^ ^ e r l l n ^i Dnl" fô Jan.") state3 thrt the representative in Constantinople oi tne" g ™ b!s âeolereâ the t no r , ? r e s -e lv e m e u r e s « . . « Htemolatod e:cinst Russian citizens or political emigrants. But ^us^iane previously in the employ of the French or British authorities at Constantinople are advised to le^ve Aur.cey . s soon c.s po.Jible in order to avoid excesses by the Huasvlman population.
The departures from Const, ntinople for srerious destinations between I January and 31 December 1922 •••ore as folio- >Bir ? _
Ind iv idua l 5 , « 5 4 ^ ^ ' / 'Convoy 6,326 .... #,•>•
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Be-oatriatlon. n t h regard to the repat/irtion of c5ssacks from^Greece a'l'dTo the difficulties -.itch have .risen owing to th® ooUet Government' s refusal to' guc r ntee immunity oz Gree-z: ships entering Hu sian voters, it is suggested to the High Commissioner s representative in Greece that the Greek Government be urged to send the Coc. sacks to Varna ; nd to pay for their transport from there to Novorossiisk. Jhlfc could be : 11. ngea jy the -igh Commiotioner , t an inclusive cost of 16/- per head.
The attention of Lr. Gorvin Iv.s been called to statements in the Roui (communia, ted by the 1.1.0. ). that 600 amnesties off icers nd men "ore sent to concentration campsin Arghangeljnd Ahi.t -I ere shot in .ipril and Hay last (13 Jany) 7 ^ /
The Soviet ;nd Angora authorities are endeavouring to arrange the repatriation from Constantinople of 2,000 - 3,000 K c ^ ° k s in order th.t thov m:y resume their avocations of horse breeding ana - Erri-ulturo nd a oorirolete amnesty h. s ’oeen ordered for those who desire to re torn, the fJovlet Government sending ships f o x t h em * n e fe t :-aaha h s sired the Soviet iimlsary (a. Bosenïerg) for a . r i t t e n guarantee for the safety of those returning (18 December 192*3J.
rTnpr'rT"— ”— A -ôrô'oosalbeing considered for approaching the 3rl- Tish io '*rd of Tr.de v i th V view to obtain ing credits under the Export C réd ita j chôme ;:or reconstructive -ork among the refugees in Greece, Tn~rp t u n ior a loan of 35A million drachmas the Greek Government offers as guarantee tha receipts of the public debt and certain new tobacco : nd stamp taxes. \ .
Brazil. Certain tentative Xropo.:als h-ve been made x0r pÈvping vroeïT*refugees in Brazil- Ihfol details h: ve been -sked for uy jr.K i. on x-rtioulurly with re g v. XL to payment of transport (Id Janyj.
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-Lns o &.kks *0^ the,,r e p o r t s r r e fo u n d e d (1 3 J a n . ) 2 " 3l ~
C o n s t a n t i n o p l e . t o v i e » o f t h e p o s s i b l e crrlTal I n O o n a t e n t l n o p l e ^ o f ^ 'k n v i p t ' r V i o l â t i o n . H r . B u r n i e r h a s tie en i n s t r u c t e d to f o l l o w t h e a t t i t u c i o a d o p te d b y M r . C o l l i n s i n B u l g a r i a an d t o c o n f i n e h i s r e l a t i o n s w i t h s u c h a d e l e g a t i o n e x c l u s i v e l y t o m a t t e r s r e l a t i n g t o r e p a t r i a t i o n (1 3 J a n . )
The S .G . n d P r o f e s s o r . . t t o l i o o a re t a k i n g s te p s v i s - à - v i s * h f C -o vernm e nt t o e : - r ;e d l to th e a r r a n g e m e n ts f o r t r a n s f e r r i n g t h e R u s s ia n R e l i e f an d R e c o n s t r u c t i o n .T u n d 's s c h o o l f r o m C o n s ta n t l n o ^ . o , t o ^ b h a ^ i a 19 J a n ) .
The D e -o u ty D i r e c t o r o f t h e I . T . . 0 . h a s in fo w n e d i t s W a s h in g to n r e p r o s o n - t a t i v e s t h a t t h e r e • r e some 1 ,2 0 0 R u s s ia n R e fu g e e s i n C o n s t a n t in o p le who e r e -na d lou s t o • iz .oooed t o t h e U . S . A . a n d t h a t e ; : f o r t s a r e u e in g made t o o b t a i n p e r m i s s i o n f o r th e m t o p ro o o o d t h e r e i n o i l e r s r e t u r n i n g e m p ty f r o m
C o n s t a n t i n o p l e .
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R o ' je t r l - t l o n . ” r . B r o d o w s k y - r i t e s ( 0 J a n ) p o i n t i n g o u t t h a t t h e r e a p p e a r s t o be "some d iv o ig e n c e o f o p i n i o n i n t h e n o te o f t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n o f t h e 2 3 r d L e o o v .b e r t : - e r l i n b e tw e e n h i m s e l f sn d I . r . P r i c k en d M a jo r J o h n s o n . H r . '3 roô o w e k y ’ s r e p l y m ig h t be 'c o n ; t r u e d a s a p p l y i n g t h e p r o v i s i o n - o f th e e-m nesty ox t h e I 5 t h j c ember 1921 and s u b s e q u e n t i n s t r u c t i o n s t o th o s e -o e rso n s v-ho d i d n o t t a k e a d v e n tc v ;e o f t h e a m n e s ty d e c r e e s o f t h e 5 t h .-md ‘ 5 t h l io v o m b e r I 9 L I , w h e re a s t h e H ig h C o m m is s a r ia t p o i n t s o u t t h a t t h e f u l l i r i v i l o g o s of, t h e f lo v e m b e r d e c * , es s i ;o u i d ho a p p l i e d . A c o m m u n ic a t io n o n t h e s u b jo o t h a s b e e n c d d r e s s e d i n c o n s u l t a t i o n w i t h th e
T.epi 1 ;; o c t l o n t o U r . B ro d o w s k y ( I I J < n ) .
( I l o t e . T he l io v o m b e r d e c r e e s o f f e r e d a g e n e r a l a m n e s ty t o a l l R .R .* b r o a d an ’, w e re m o d i f i e d , i f n o t c a n c e l l e d b y t h e D ooom ber d e c r e e .T t w as t h o \ ' i g h C o m m is s io n e r 's d e f i n i t e o b j e c t t o s e c u r e t h e e x t e n s i o n o:. t h o l io v e m b e r d e c r e e s t o a l l r e fu g e e s r e p a t r i a t e d b y h i m ) .
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m iS 0|*h a G re e k G o ve rn m e n t w o u ld i . ip p a r t o h a v e a g r e e d some t im e e g o t o ma Iso a f u r t h e r c o n t r i b u t i o n o f 5 m i l l i o n d ra c h m a s b u t t h o n e c e s s a r y c r e d i t
h . .s n o t y e t b e e n n o t e d .
o b s t r u c t i o n o r k . I n tho o d c a g r te h r e g io n a l a r g o h o s p i t a l h a s bo on i s t b i l l - h o d o o f dev l i n g x . i t h : J , J - 0 r-.-fu_.oo8 w h i l o f o u r cam ps~re . . i 8 o b e in g o s t a b l i s h o d i n t h o t . :.:o r e g io n , .
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th e s o v i e t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s c o u ld , l i t t l e h , l i t t l e , o rg a n i se t h e i r
r e p a t r i a t i o n to R uss ia . - (1 2 . J a n . ) .
I n d i v i d u a l d e p a r t u r e s i n December amounted t o 1 ,3 4 7 ; th e o v e r a l l
c o s t o f t h i s e v a c u a t io n -vas a t o u t £ 3 ,000 or 2 g u in ea s a head . Mr.
C h i ld s d oes n o t t h i n k i t p o s s i b l e to reduce t h i s c o s t w i th o u t
m a t e r i a l l y d o cro a i in r r t h e numho.rs e v a c u a te d .
s.-;.The n e g o t i a t i o n s f o r t h e t r a n s f e r o f a f u r t h e r group o f 5000
R u ss ia n r e f u g e e s f rom C o n s ta n t in o p le t o J u g o s l a v i a a r e suspended owing
t o th e r e f u s a l o f t h e A .R .A . t o u n d e r ta k e the f e e d in g .
r r*9or-fldenttal«26th January 1923 .
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A proposal Is being considered to transfor 150 Russian Refugee children from Bulgaria to Belgium where they will be maintained b/ the Belgian Red Cross (17 Jan.) V i-- / ■ /
,: f doh', î^Jor Johnson ex
agreed to Mr. Childs has
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Constantinople. Writing to M. Goulkévitoh:, î^Jor Johnsbn explcine that the figure of 16,200 Russian Refugees evacuated from Constantinople given by Sir Samuel Hoare in his letter to the "Times" is substantially correct and that it represents the evacuations from August I921 to the uro- sent time. The precise number of Russian Refugees remaining in Constantinople is uncertain; of the 5,000 on the A,R=A. feeding 11etc"whom It was arranged should bo sent to Bulgaria 1,200 with visas refused to depart and a further 2,700 would not leave through registered for the purpose. The situation of so1f-supportlng refugees is obscuro. The majority applied to bo evr.ouatod at the time Dr. Mans en was in Constantinople but many havo since reconsidered their decision. A categorical assurance has been recoivcd from the Soviet authorities that they havo no intention of .asking the Angora.Government to oxpel Russian Refugees
The three High Comirsioners at Constantinople have agri countersign Identity certificates issued to refugees. Mr. i
<akea for ta#r" tloa- “t "»>'• ;4r/**it*/KÏÏxItsl^. T!:e Italian Government has agreod to the Secretary General's request for permission to transfer the Russian Relief and Reconstruction bchool from Constantinople to Abbazia (25th Jan).
Roumrnle. A letter has boon addressed to Miss Bacaresco at the Roumanian Legation in Paris, asking that lady to try and uso her influence with the Roumanian Government to reconsider the proposed exoulsion from Roumanian territory of some 10,000 Jewish Russian Refugees '(23 Jan), xhe follûwing action has also be.ën taken:
Dr. lL.neen has made direct representations to the Roumanian Government;;
. . ?he,P;1;?"*1*0 nhioh ia sending a delegate to Bucarest has been askedto deal with the matter.
li. Lucien Wolf has boon informed (17 Jin). f , ^ , x
Serbia, The Genova Union of Zomstvos and Towns v r l / o that the Serbian Government has consented to receive 300 Co:,sacks from Greece end 8.000 Russian Refugees from Bulgaria. The 11,C 1— - " - • ■ ■ --Zwerner for a detailed report (22 Jn).
Unite A Klr.gdotn. Sir Bernard Pcros, writing to "] .. . Ui. u ^ j. liavLL to an appeal for Ruuslen Students which is being issued bÿ thé Lord Mayor of London and asks for particulars of what other countries are doing or students. Sir Bernard, v/ho is anxious to obtain tho support of the League of Nations will try and see Mr. Philip Btker with a 'v te v i to getting him to Join the .Universities Committee of the Imperial V.’cr Rellei Pund (23 j' n)
has referred the nfctter to M.
W - : -) I..r,/Dickinson, refers
A proliminary statement of aooountg of the £150,000 transaction id being prepared for E.M.G. fb the 4,600 r.'fa- gees in B ypt, C,' prus and Yugoslavia for •vhom the sum pr.id, have now been substrntially liquidatod. The conditions attached to tho offer provided that half of any balance remaining over should be returned to H.K.G»
L o r s I Statu p. Guatemala hes adopted the Ide-1-*J"' " te
China has not yet sent a reply (84 Jan).
The Greek Government has formally rrtified the arrangement.
Repatriation* Replying to tho H . C . *b letter of the Ilth January, Mr. Brodowekt (Soviet Representative in Berlin) maintains that the-iee there is no difference between his own and the L:x ,71e 1t.: wording of the article relating to the Anneety D crees of Hovember and Doooipber I92T, He hr.s proposed an alternative draft which hrs be on submitted to the L;-. gal 'Joc-
propodals.
tion (18 Jan)»
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D r . Ncn sen h a g s u c c e e d e d i n a a k in .? a r r a n re m o n ta f o r th e e v a c u a t i o n o f a l l i n d i g e n t R u s s i a n r e f u g e e s . « i t h r e g a r d t o t h e s e l f - s u p p o r t ins* r e f u g e e s ( a b o u t I F , 0 0 0)- , D r . N a n s e n , i n c o n s u l t a t i o n w i t h t h e S o v i e t a u t h o r i t i e s ha3 i n d u c e d t h e G o v e rn m en t t o m o d i f y i t s o r i g i n a l a t t i t u d e w h ic h t h r e a t e n e d a l l R u s s i a n r e f u g e e s w i t h e x p u l s i o n ; a s a r e s u l t , t . . e i m m e d ia t e e x p u l s i o n o f s u c h R u s s i a n r e f u g e e s w i l l n o t h e i n s i s t e d u p o n .T h e i r l o 7c l s t a t u s , h o w e v e r , h a s e t t o be s e t t l e d . The a u s j p e s t - i o n w as made t h a t t h e H.C„ s h o u l d i s s u e i d e n t i t y c e r t i f i c a t e s as r ecom m ended by t h e Geneva C o nfe renc* and t h a t t h o s e s h o u l d be c o u n t e r s i g n e d by t h e A l l i e d Hiffh C o m m i s s i o n e r s .
T h i s , h o w e v e r , w as n o t v i e w e d w i t h f a v o u r by t h e j- n ?o rc G o v e rn m e n t , whose r M j r o a e n t a t i v e a p r o p o s e d t h a t suc.h c e r t i f i c a t e s h o u l d be c o u n t e r s i g n e d by t h e A n g o ra Government w h i c h wou ld - ive 6 m o n th s p e r m i s de s é j o u r . The o b j e c t i o n s t o t h i s c o u r s e w e re
( 1 ) tHaT- T t- w c ü T o " a p p e a r to i n v o l v e e v a c u a t i o n w i t h i n 6 m o n t h s , a m a n i f e s t i m n & a s i b i l i t y , and
( 2 ) guc £ c e r t i f i c a t e wou ld n o t b e r e c o g n i s e d i n o t h e r c o u n t r i e s f o r v i s a a nd wou ld t h e r e f o r e d e f e a t i t s own e n d s .
D r . N a n s e n h a s , t h e r e f o r e i n s t r u c t e d h i s C o n s t a n t i n o p l e j e l e g a t e t o u r g e u pon t h e Anizora G ov ernment
( 1 ) n o t t o i n s i s t upon t h e e v a c u a t i o n o f a a l f - s u - R u s s i a n r e f u e z s o a ;
( 2 ) t o a d o p t t h e Geneva C o n f e r e n c e I d e n t i t y C e r t i f i c a t e ;( 5 ) t o e x t e n d t h e 6 m o n th s p e r m i s de s é j o u r , v/hen n e e d f v l ,
u pon r e c o m m e n d a t io n o f t ' c HigH- C o m m T s a a r i a t . ( 2 6 . J a n ) .
R e p a t r i a t i o n . -
7 r i t i n ~ t o M r . C o l l i n s , t h e E ,C , s a y s t h e r e i s c o o b j e c t i o n i n p r i n c i p l e t o Ur , K o r e c h ic o v 's s u g g e s t i o n t h a t th e B e l g r a d e o f f i c e s h o u l d o c c u p y i t s e l f w i t h th e r e p a t r i a t i o n o f R u s s i a n r e f u g e e s f ro m Y u g o s l a v i a , p r o v i d e d n o f i n a n c i a l o b l i g a t i o n s a r e u n d e r t a k e n . B u t i n p r a c t i c e i t m i g h t be d i f f i c u l t t o c a r r y o u t s u c h an a r r a n g e m e n t u n t i l t h e S o v i e t a u t h o r i t i e s r e c e i v e p e r m i s s i o n t o e s t a b l i s h a r e p a t r i a t i o n d e l e g a t e i n Y u g o s l a v i a , R u s s i a n r e f u g e e s s h o u l d b e p r e v e n t e d f r o m f i l t e r i n g t h r o u g h f r a n Y u g o s l a v i a , i:a o r d e r t o s e c u r e r e p a t r i a t i o n f r o m t h e r e u n d e r t h e c o n t r i b u t o r ys c h e m e . The p r o p o s a l o f J r „ K o r e c h k o v t h a t s h i p s s h o u l d bec h a p t e r e d on t h e H . C . ' s r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r r e g u l a r f o r t n i g h t l y o r m o n t h l y s a i l i n g s c a n n o t be a g r e e d t o , ( 2 9 . J e n . )
; i r . B ro d o w sk y 1 s l e t t e r o f t h e 1 8 t h J a i t z a r y r e g a r d i n e the: a m n e s t y d e c r e e s o f 5 $ n d 1 0 Novem ber and IB Drcembc. r , 1921 h a s been c o m m u n ic a t e d t o Dr . N anse n f o r o b s e r v a t i o n s . I t h a s b e e n p o i n t e d ^ o u t t o D r . Nr n s ■’ n t h a t t h e p r o v i s i o n s o f t h e d e c r e e o f t h e 1 ct h D ecem ber 1921 t e n d t o m o d i f y i f n o t c a n c e l c e r t a i n p r i v i l e g e s c o n f e r r e d by t h e two o t h e r s and t h a t f o r t h i s r e a s o n i t h a s bo ane n d e a v o u r e d t o s e c u r e f r o m t h e S o v i e t G o v e rn m en t a d e c l a r a t i o n t h a t t h e « e n t r a i a m n e s t y w o u l d be a p p l i e d n . o t w i t h s t n n d i n g a n y p r o v i s i o n s i n o t h e r d e c r e e s t o t h e c o n t r a r y . The L e g a l S e c t i o n f e e l s s u c h a d e c l a r a t i o n w o u l d i n v o l v e a new d e c r e e and th u g b e beyond t h e c o m p e t e n c y o f Mr. B ro d o v s k y . I t i s s u g g e s t e d , t h a t , i n t h i s c a s e , P r , N -n s e n s h o u l d b e a b l e t o .* rr n t h e :.t. t t e r i n UoacWo ( 2 P . J a n . )
6th February 1923, Confidential, R'':i04
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Liulgaria. The 3ulg. risa Government has made a -»dntributi.on in money towards the maintenance of Russian Refugee children in Bulgaria. Mo details h:ve yet been received (31 Jan) ,
Czechoslovakia» The Czechoslovak Government has refused to sanction the ëntiy of a group of 46 students in v/hich the Conférence U- niverselle Juive de Secours is interested# The Government points out that there are already 3,500 refugee students in Czechoslovakia and that the universities are, in consequence, overdrowded (31 Jan)
z, a * ■» iy 3 3 J J ?Greeco. 300 Xouban Cossacks in Gï'oece have received permission to proceed to Yugoslavia, There ere still between four to five thousand practically destitute Cossacks in Greece end the possibility of further transfers to Yugoslavia is being considered (I Feby).
Huagr.ry. It is proposed thet Me Reymuni, the C.I ,C.,R3 delegate, should act , s temporary delegate of the H..C, in Hungary (2 Feby)
Roumanie, It is proposed that the services of I.i. Robei t Brunei of the C.I.C.R, shall be placed at the disposal of the High Commissa- ri, t ior R.R. work in Roumanie.. / ,,4 c a s tj-o / * r - -/■advisory Committeec Replying to M, Lucien Wolf, who has made enquiries cs to the dite of the next meeting of the Advisory Committee, Hejor Johnson points Out that Dr, Hanson is expected to arrive from Moscow towards the end of the week vhen the suggestion for another meeting will be at once brought to his notion’*
Repatriation» Mr. Collins -.rites that M. Koreschkoff in now Uniting his activities to the work for which .he waa sent to Bulgaria (31 Jan) . /srA 5 7
visit to Russia. The following is ^rom'the Soviet Wireless communiqués:
"The Russ it n press cordially welcomes Dr. Hansen v/ho has arrived at Moscow. The “Iznestla" points out the.t Dr. Hansen, who continues to realise the needs of Russia, understands tfuite well that uhilan- throplc relief for the famine stricken does not solve the question of the famine. It is above all things necessary to give attention to the economic regeneration of Russia end to the fact that Europe and America are directly interested in the resumption of normal relations with Russia".
- message of 23 January says that "Hansen's arrival at Moscow is certain to lead to an increase in foreign relief whioh may take new forms". «
A message of the January, after referring to Dr. Hansen’s popularity in Russia :Jid the banquets given in his honour says : "Hansen is taking active stops to put into execution his new scheme for relief which coincides completely with the Soviet Government's soheme. He has left for the Ukraine to meke investigations in the regions which have suffered most from the famine or where agricultural economic life has not yet boon re-eptabliehed. Baneon wants to continue relief for the population oi the famine stricken regions until no::t June. Ho h, s concluded an agreement as to tho organisation of medical relief, oi .. „fl distributions to peasants in dt- II and of tools, for tho purchase of which Hansen h-.e'at his Ai.. ai newly millions of rvcV.ies i.i geld", Comnranioated by * ’ ' % )
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Contributions,decision to v/itha. . _ ,In tho circumstances iH is felt that the Laeguo cannot officially ask to double Di\ Hansen’s offer of £3.000. For the samereason it will not be possible to ask that the proposed Greek contribution of 5 nillion\r. be doubled, seeing that no official intimation has yetN^een received from the Greak Govern-
j?hX British Government cannot reconsider its raw 'the offer of £50.000 for Hear E.-.st Relief.
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H i r:h C ommi s s a r i - t .ML f o ^ J ^ o n . kou. l,e3n appointed Joint Assistant High Commis
sioner (18 Jan) . 4^yl3 ee’// 7/5
O o n ^ n t l n o . l e . The S o v ie t R » ^ * | = £ = = ^ 8 f " f sS S j f " ” " trie IÏ.C. t h f r t h e R uss ian Government h^s never oommvLni CFt i o n
a^tBa,“pS2ffi,-S“ f ™ w the T „ klShGovernment. i r / - ' '
Ha-3£triwtion. It to-s been 9 ° ^ e n * de sire^to^lford everyanX to nr. ïïollins c.n Refugees who may wish to be repatriatedpossible Protection to Ito^en B ^ e e 8 ^ 0 e M i ot Q0 flnaaoial assis-
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Wfèu. & ÎS1 »ssss.M»» srs iK 5*r»is£i0' recom end t o I t s Covernment t t o t t h . H .O r Se a . „ l s e le certain recognised Russian -ie fagee g-- R-jvsir-n R e fu -= ,rtl£loat.= in approved eeses t o w l l l t,ls0 6e mad, that
g i l f s E i s & s s K K S s s ' rthis measure ••
Confidential» Ftth^Fobruory 1923.
LU;'.GUIS OP NATIONS (High Commissariat for Refugees)
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L I . . I S 0 li P. B f 0 S T .
J fd W ill*OoniilBBsrlat. M. de v;<.ttevil.le ha, been granted 3 months' alck leave
: vie or; Committee* ?' e proposed meeting of the Advisory Committee Its. a been postponed oving to the inability of Dr» îknsen and o or tv. In oi the •irltlsh organ! set Ions to be present.
Austria. In view oi the visibility of placing Rarsian agriculturists in Trrnoe7 ■•» Raymond lu.s been asked to sty how many Russian Refugee agri-, oulturiPts would be "llling to leave Austria for employment in Franoe.0 i. ; . lpt of this Information the metter rill bo taken up with the French Ministry of I; a our (8 Feb ). ç/n
■;ojiBtentinox)l0. Hr. Childs repoirts thr.t there are still in Constantinople 15,000 R.Rt rho desire to be evacuated and that lie hopes to have re uced this, figure by 1,000 by the end of February; Hr. Childs points out the t an rnc.lysis of the situation shows that Constantinople under a ?- i’kish régime cannot possibly support more then 8,000 Russians and that very 1; r -e numbers now self supporting will be forced to evacuate for ■ohio ret-Qone. ;:r. Childs suggests t h t these self-supporting refugees should be eve our ter’, by the League end adds that tho A.R.A. and American Re Red C-.oss have rsked their headquarters to be allovod to devote funda to tills purpose.
Czechoslovekla. Czechoslovakia has refused the sdm:.ssion of 800 agriculturists from Constantinople (10 Feb).
\ , :~.QQe ' ith reference to complaints of the treatment accorded to Rus- ülr.l children transferred from'Constantinople to Prance, K. Hainglr.ise he s enquired into the matter and lus 1 scertcined that these complaints
ic.te to a cert.-in convoy transferred from Constantinople to Franco - „ j:r. .':o-onthal rt his ov.i expense and independently of the H.C. The p‘0e was not even aware of the action of Ur. J.osenthal u -til after the children h- d loft Constantinople and cannot there.ore, accept any responsibility. M 0 Hainglaice is maintaining the closest possible touch with the children transferred to F.anoe through the H.C. and no case of hardship h. s been brought to his notice « There lie ve been one or two isolated c ses of children having left the homes provided for then but this may be attributed to the ■ emor.vlisod condition of the children before they left Cbn-tantinople (8 Feb).
II. H. in;-;laiee will take up with the French Ministry of Labour tho question of the employment In France of Russian Refugees from other countries. A c03,7 of the letter from the Ministry tio the International^ Da- bour Office has been sent to V.a H&ingleise together vlth lists of the nmuer oi refugees and their occupations, M. Hainglaiso’s attention has been especially called to the 600 refugees in Gallipoli who formed p'-t of General ,r angel’s technical Corps (Û Feb).
I!. H-.inglaise reports that 54 boys from Constantinople have c. rived in ?r. noe. O'-ing to the sudd n death of the Abbé Sentol, director of the "Macement F.mlliel", some difficulty was experienced in their re- oa'ition but ma tters wore ■rr. nged by Halnglalse end the boys will leave shortly for the families who ire tj have nh-.rga of them. J
r hs t ..ofur.-ùBa. v f I th o 5 0 , JuO i r . n c s v o to d ’oy th o Coun-
r .'dm ;n i r . t r t i o n enoensos, th o " o r2: i n c o n n o o t io n • L th ii.o m io s Commission! - i l l _? robrb ly . cc o u n t f o r 25,000
f iv n e o .ne’, th o rom-: . . n d o r V m oc. d v o te d to t l i s À thhna o f i ’ i 00 o:rpen£os. As th o ru l l l y t h u s bo i r c t i o ; l l y no .p ro v is io n l o f t th o vonétt.ûv iaop iLo o f f i c e , l . r» O h ll f le h: s boon warned th c .t th o i.c : t i r a T '- r . oo oeheme must ’oo rac.do i e l f - s u j r i o r t i n g u n le s s C o lo n e l ,7 ,-oo to r een secure fro m th o r i t i s h Government th e Vovvrnr.-iLnt1. h . ' l f oi to o s u rp lu s on th e . : Î5 0 ,0 0 0 t r c n s p c -
t l o n ‘ ’ 4 sZsl/ni...ju ram i . ? -j A eunv.nl n C'overnmont hr.s a s s u re d ; r * ti$.nsent h . t no m e;.suros t r e o o n to n p la to d f o r th e e m u ls io n o i jK s s ic n -iefugeos from .:oumznlva t e r r i t o r y (8 J'ob) * /
* 4 ^ * 3 a 7 3 --lo-j); t r i - , t i o n t Th e s e c o n d c o n t i n s o n t o o n p r i s i n g 1 1 7 0 R u l e ! ' t : :o f u : , - c c s r e s t r i c t e d f r o m . O u l g r r i r l s 0:000 toc'.
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3ttls-glc., "? 3: 1_\ rien OJV..rnraent hs-a appointed a spécial Commissionconsisting of Ii. Kanoff, I \ e-ctor rt the Ministry for Poroign :V.~.r ira,- Piince obr.nof f «-R o a t ovsk; ..nd the R. r:i':n - ofesaor 3 aanoff to deal with the question of finding Fccomodatlon .nd protection for Russirn
-ugees in 'j l::aria. I.»., Co mission has received from the ».\lga- rirn Government the funds neceasary for its working* The Coi-jicll of Ministers hea also decreed the eatablifhmont of a Committee vhich, from Li rch 4 onwards,. ’.-ill orgnise collections in :11 countries in aid of P. 'ssian and -'.lgerian voter ana of the war of independence y-ho are still tlive end living in D'lgarie. (i.ireleaa communiqué from bo .1 7 P_ )»
Co.i omtlnople. Dixficultiea have /rricon An connection with the transfer of the Russian Relief and Reconstruction Pund’s school from Constantinople to Abbezio w i n g to the Italien Government having stipulated th t the school should be established at a diatance from the frontier.Suitable buildings in the interior ere difficult to procure r nd the ochool vill not be able to accept the offer of the Italien Government unless this stipulation is ■ aived (13 Peb).
Constantinople. During the summe- a'group Of $00 refugees (known s the "Biratofx invalids" " ere offerod ev:cu:tion by the i'igh Commissariat from Constantinople but the offerwaa refused. The Jar toff invalids subsequently applied to Dr. liens, en for evi cu- tion but were refused on the ground t h -t they hid declined the first offer which Dr. Dan&on considered terminated his responsibility towards them. It hes now tieen de
cided, however, on compassion te grounds, that the Brr. toff inv. lida shf 11 De evacuated to xU';oal,'vi; nd an • 11 cz.ti.n ~>î ,Z 2 i per head h..a
oeen n?ade for thct purpose ' "hich it is intended alii 11 cover the oost jf their transport, the V I nee, if cny, being devoted t.’ their establish- -ment in Yugoslavia (13 Peb). ,
•>’ ,11GQ * .itn reference to the .r . posed tr. nsfer of oOO Ru: si; n Refu-L. geos xrom Gallipoli to Prenoe, it is learned thrt one of the R.R. orga
nisations h s the sum ox about 5u,000 French fr ncs ;v ileble f„r expenditure on behalf of those prrticulrr refugees n<" if ev ou tion oen be secured this sum "ill be paid t. tho .'-I.e. II. Halngl. ise h s been informed T'ith a view to his m: king eapeoiel exf^rta to plcce theae refugees .
Information has boon received Indicating th. t there are still r bout 800-1,000 pgrloulturicta rntong the R.R. ,:t Const ntinople. Confiera tion has been telegraphed for -nd if tho information shoulc iruve tc be correct it is hoped there r.ry be little difficulty In >lîcing th'ftse refugeea in Fronce.
-.outh America. II. Hogue ira, ho will shortly visit S, America, hrs beenc shed to approach the Governments there with a view to securing their support for the Genevr identity ocrtifloato system and for the'employment of Ruaslen nd Wear LI; st refugees (13 Peb, )
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LEAGUE OF N-TIONS,(High Commissarlet for Refugees)
IBTERîlATIONAL 1/iBÜUR OFFICE,
L I A I S O N R E P O R T
Rc_3r.tria.tion, report from Lr. Gorvin (30 Jan. ) states that10 delegates from among the Kouban Cossacks who r-ero to have returned to Bulgaria to report, have not yet left as they are not assured of return visas. Three Cossacks h, ve returned to Varna to reportc Mr, Gorvin has heard that there are 500 officers in Bulgaria waiting to proceed to Russia end he asks for a list of these„ Hr, Karakhan has complained thct there is unnecessary delay in repatriation nd has .- skod for prompt measures to be taken as the emigrants will be useful for Spring work on the land.
732 Cossack refugees, including women and children, arrived at Novorossiisk on the Ifflth January.
The refugees on landing are put into camps and examined as to their political views, e proceeding which entails some delay.The camp accomodrtion appears to bo satisfactory but the r.tions are insufficient0 Tho physical condition of the refugees isgood and for this reason they are considered suitable for reconstruction and field workc It is not thought that the refugees are suitable material for the Red Army.
21 Refugees arrived at Novorossiisk from Constantinople on the I7th January« . /
United States, Mr.. GVeenwood hi s sent a draft of the letter which he thinks he should have to enable him to negotiate with the U lited States authorities3 Mr,, Greenwood has seen the representative of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce who hopes that within a short time the matter can be taken up with some decided prospects of success (I Feb).
SOCIÉTÉ DES NATIONS^ HAUT-COMMISSARIAT POUR LES RÉFUGIÉS RUSSES
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de l'Action du Docteur Fridtjof N ansen pour le Secours à la RussieSecrétariat
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hA u s tr ia » .. i t h re fe re n c e to th e ox rangem ent rarde l e s t Autumn^ w i1 h the P r o v in c ia l Government o f K a r in th la f o r th e r e c e p t io n o f 160 R u^s i& n Refugeeo A g r i c u l t u r i s t s fro m B u lg e , r ia , Mr® Reymond w r i t e s t h a t th e o n ly q u e s t io n nov: re m a in in g to be s e t t l e d i s t h a t o f wages f i x e d by th e c o l l e c t i v e agreem ent i n A ugus t w h ich no lo n g e r meets p re s e n t cond i t i o n s , These a g r i c u l t u r i s t s a re needed i n A u s t r ia by th e end o f M arch a t th e l a t e s t (17 Feb)#
3?ho U k r a in ia n re p re s e n ta t iv e a t V ienna has n o t i f i e d th e p re s s th e t a l l U k r a in ia n re fu g e e s i n A u s t r ia who do n o t r e g is t e r w i th the U k r a in ia n E u t h o r i t i e s b y 30 M arch 1923 w i l l bo c o n s id o ro d as h e v in g l o s t t h e i r n a t i o n r l i t y *
B u lg a r ia , , A p e t i t i o n h: s been re o e iv é â by I I . A d o r fro m c e r t - i n THTasIH- Refugees t r a n s fe r r e d fro m - g y p t and Cyprus t o .B u lg a r ia . The su b s ta n ce o f th e p e t i t i o n i s t h r t th e se re fu g e e s h :v o th e c h o ic e 'Detween d y in g o f hunge r i n B u lg a r ia o r r e p a t r ia t io n to S o v ie t R u s s ia ,I n r e o ly , 1.1. A d o r h a been in fo rm e d t h r t th e o b s e rv a t io n s o f th e E .C .Ts d e le g a te i n Bulg- r i a show t h a t a l l a b le -b o d ie d re fu g e e s can f i n d w o rk th e r o and t h a t th e r e has n e v e r been any q u e s t io n o f r o p r t r i e t i n g RoR.
I n s t t h e i r w i l l » The a t t e n t io n o f Mr™ C o l l in s end H r . C h ild s hes a ls o been c a l le d t o th e m a t te r and an i n v e s t ig a t io n asked f o r (20 F e b ) . y, _ ' .... - ,
s u g v e s t io n h a v in g be on made t h a t th e T e s tc h e ra s c h o o l i n B u lg a r ie . g h o u ld "b o t i c n s f e r r o d t o B e lg iu m ; H r . C o l l in s p o in ts o u t th . . t the c o s t o f th e t r e n s p o i t t o M a r s e i l le s a lo n e w ou ld m a in ta in th e c h i ld r e n f o r 6 months i n B u lg a r ia and t h a t u n d e r th o s e c irc u m s ta n c e s i t w ou ld be more adventegeous to r e t a in th e s c h o o l i n B u lg a r ia where t j ie c o s t o f l i v i n g i s a t l e a s t th re e t im e s cheaper t h . n i n ^ . l ' ; iu m (17 F u 'd ) .
C .y r A v n t in o y lo . M r. C l . i ld s r e p o r t s t h r t th e 3eb6k orphanikge l o f t C o n s ta n t in o p le on th e 14 Feb.. en ro u te f o r H - t i t , th e t o t a l convoy c o n s is t in g o f 280 - o p le o f rhom 130 " e re c h i ld r e n . T.'.c E .C , assumes th e r e s p o n s ib i l i t y f o r t r a n s p o r t ezcpenses o n ly f o r th e 130 c h i ld r e n and 40 members o f th e s t a f f t o Namur (16 Fc'>. ) ^ n J q s/ t x j j y - - /
3 r n „ The Japanese Embassy i n P a r is , r e f e r r i n g t o th e H.C<,*s re q u e s t t h a t c e r t ; i n r ;cR , fro m V lv d iv o s to c k m ig h t be t - l lo v e d to la n d i n Jcpan ,• r i t e s t h f t th e a t t e n t io n o f th e J nanese Government lie.a been c e l le d t o th e n r t t e r i n a memorandum, o2 w h ich a copy i s f u r n is h e d to th e H .C . She Japeneso Government w i l l u::e e v e ry endeavour t o a s s is t th e s e re fu g e e a 0
(N o te . The re .u g o e s i n .u e s t io n number abou t 7 ,000 and l e f t V l r d lv o s - to c k i n 25 ^ a r - v e s s e ls commanded b y A d m ira l S ta r k . W ith th e crow s o f th e v o s s e ls t ; :0 abou'iJ 9 ,0 0 0 p e r s o n s ^
T eK.-i s t c t u s . M r , Pe 9 c k e r he 3 been asked to c o n s id e r th e d e s i r c b i l l t r o ' î c T k ln ^ T h ë ’ B r i t i s h Government to e x te n d th e is s u e o f i d e n t i t y c e r t i f i c a t e s t o i ! u s s l . n re fu g e e s i n B r i t i s h p o s s e s s io n s n o t re p re s e n te di n th e L e .'ùuo .
rtho rhilc.rraonir.n Loague th.:t admit into thoir territory a refugees, the Uotoow press s £'. v>arm v.'oloomo. The l.Ioscovv goes cro enorgetio cultivrto: introducingip v/ith tiie help o: agricultural f : rma on lend sr (Moscow ireloss communiqué,
Hot.r m a t SatoKooa. tu tm m t0 îo lilto lie r ln 'B at.-tm s n t to— rrr^-* • — - •‘• ' th e inv.sirn Government l e o.i^.)0„od to
considerable number of ..rrnenlan ... tes that the arméniens Will reçoive Pravda" points out th. t these rofu- ,, highly q-.c-lifiod . nd o.pc'jlo of tho Union of Soviet Republios, model ailablo in Russia end tho "J2ci\ ine
‘obel >4r// x n( [*Palostino. communie. tion from the British V.O. f t tes^thatthe 3'ionTst liitccutlve in Palestine are pr opr rod to dofr. y the imigrction fees on bohalf of any Ru-.sianJe’/ish roxu'joes not in possession of the necessary funds (15 i'ob. ) . ^ ///v $ <7
Poland. T'e Polish Government h; s Y'lthdrcvm its -^ormLssl on relative to tho sojourn in pol.nd of RuLSl*n Rofugoos and h. s orderoc. the eitpulslon by the I5th April of all R.R. who hcve not secure •. formel permission to remain in Pol.nd. iloaponslblo Jewish Or*. nls<..- tions re-Dort/Ino deep, toll of bout 0,000 to the frontier h c s cl- ro.dy come need - .id vs the- Russirn /uthoritios v/iir not cooopt them on tho lea that these refugees kyo not complied wit.’, by o-Dting for Russian n.tion.lity before January 19^3, the situ-.tion Is oc'using tho H.C. very considerable anxiety. ^ ^
1 >uiKnia. In rel tion to tho possibility of Rvxsicn Joxvish refugees "in iiessarabia being cupelled to Russia, M. Brunei, the representati- vo of tho High Commissi..rivt in Roum.nia, h: s oht-ined a c,tQAorio assurance from M. Ducr. end M. B::atiano th. t no opulslon of refuge os '••ill bo allo-.'od v 1thout tho authority of the Central Government (14 Fob).
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I n a l e t t e r t o t h e H i s h C o m m i a a a r i a t M r . F r i c k s a y s t h p t t h o R e n a u l t f a c t o r y i n ? a r i a h a a a omo a o v e n t o c i p h t h u n d r e d R u a a i a n w o r k e r a a i d t h a t t h - r : s h o u l d b e a d e m a n d i n .<’r a n c o f o r s k i l l e d R u s s i a n l a b o u r . Li. H a i n f t l a i a h a s f o r some t i m e b e e n c o n s i d e r i n gt h e p o s a i b i l i t y o f s o o u r i n g e m p l o y m e n t f o r s k i l l e d R u s a i a n r e f u g e e s
i n t h e F r e n c h a u t o m o b i l e i n d u s t r y .
Confidential. r.ry Ii23.
Lü-üUj OP H-TIOHS (High Sommissarift for Refugees) IMT-JHCI—ÏIOM..1 luiBOtfH OJ-ICB.
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Yugoslavia. Hr. Z crner reports thrt 791 persons hive arrived at Zolenilca' from Co-.' tintinople. Ox these 227 were sent to various destinations v-liile the reso rem; ined at Solenlka. Anong the arrivais were 490 invrlids. T. ■. Y . cslav Government has agreed in principle to acceot 1.500 more refugees or 5000 in all, but as the condition •Droposed tre unacceptable to the High Commissariat, the matter z x e still remainô to be sottled. Lr. Childs announced his intention of sending convoys of 100 refugees from Constantinople trice weekly but II. Z erner h-.a csked thrt no refugees be sent from Constantinople until certain questions v-ith the 3.H.S. Foreign Office a m Li-dctry of Railways hcve been settled.
Bulgaria. According to particulars furnished by the H.O., the Bulger u'iT’Gov e rnment in A >-11 1122 hrd agreed to assume res >onsl >ility for 638 Ru r.ian children from Consti ntinople -ho - ore oelng m.intflned In vrrious schools. T U.ilon o:C ï’û ns rlso contributed to the support of 549 children in schools, the Secondary School Council at V rna 180 nd the "Commission Russo-bulgare de seoourp ch..rit,bles I-j* addltion to the abtive there rre Io500 Rurslan children in neeu of assistance of whom about 600 receive daily relief. Ii Jul, l.àà it was announced that the million lovas which the B'l-v. rlan Government hc.d set aside for this relief vork vould be exhausted r vithis created a difficult situation as no further credits vere available. The H.C., ho-.ever obtained a further grant for the support of 531 children but as this was exhausted in February 1923 the situation of Russian children in 'Sul,-aria a',,-in became very greve. T. o H.C. has now succeeded In obtaining a further g r n t for the Bv.l -, rlen Govern- ■ ment which will enable the children to be maintained penoing other r rangements for their upkeep. '
Poland. A draft letter h s been submitted to Dr. N iv en for M. Tchitche- rine relative to the proposed expulsion from Poland of ell Rv. si an non-political refugees before I5th April. Tl'C letter points out that the contemplated measure affects some thousands of R«R., e lerge ,number of whom tra Jews who are anxious to return to Russia if peçmit- ted to do so by the Ru. i.n authorities. Tlie Russian authorities
will not allow these refugees to return : s they did not register with the Russian lo rtlon before I t J.r.y IV23 and ere therefore oonsldo-
red to have lobt thoir Russian nxtion. lity. T." u i.t.er suggests that the Soviet Government should rllow the refugees to be repatriated upon tho same conditions as refugees from 3 lkan countries, and M. Tchitche- rine la eeked r-hethor tho Soviet Government will agree to this in principle in order that Dr. 11 ir on rv. approach tho Polish Government.1-2 F./J-'a ry) .
LJ.-GU , 05 W.ÎIOUS 1(High Cotim ssr.rl t ior Sefugeee)
L.rfuHiL-îioj.j, 1.300:.. o ï ï i c a . ;LL—JL I A I S 0 H R E P O R THi r U 1 •
Prmce* ïhe 630 refugees in Gollipoii willt . r0 Hringl^-ise thinks be received in France es the "Office de lo. Lain d Oeuvre étrangère regerds the propose! f.vourebly end M. Haingleise only v/aits official confirmation»
tilth regard to the 800-1000 agrloulturlsts, M. Enlnglrlee has not vet consulted the "Office de la M&in-d*Oeuvre Agricole end he believes that department will insist upon a very serious control rt Constantinople in order t< " - uteble
Me Fainglcise states that the Russian press campaign directed agpinst the "Placement Pamilial" has had the deplorable result of inducing ten "boys to run away from the families adopting them. The "Placement Sc.millfl” h; s refused to take further responsibility for those boys a nd Iks r sized the SÛrettf Générale to send them back to Constehtinople but Mr, Eainglaise, hrving obtained e temporary suspension of the application of this measure, h; s asked the lius- sien organisations in Paris to make themselves responsible for the boys and M, de Giers, the Pussian ex. Ambassador in Paris, is attending tb the rut tter, If the reply should be uasat is factory the lur sians will have to be returned to Constantinople. Pe- oresentative Russian P.efugee or;;rnications have assured the High Commis sari rt that- they do not in rny way associate themselves with these attacks nr de af> inst the "Pl^ep^r^ J^miJ/icl” ,
Yuc,osl°via# M. Zv-erner writes that he can procure free transit to the ' BuïgTri.: n frontier ::o: ..u.sian P.efugee a in Yugoslavia desiring to be repatriated provided their nun than t enty-five»
H linger..'» A convoy of 114 refugees .... .. _ 1 army technical
men being sent (24 IPebJ 4 s / i ? f - s 1 / / :
corps has gono to H ngarye
Confidential,
L.: GUJ OP HATIONS.(High Commissariat for Refugees)INT.JRM ■" TIOti.Ji JW.BOUR OPJICE.
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Greece. The question of the restriction oi Cossacks from Greeeo isboino settled satlsi. otorily end tho K.C.’s clole : to in Grooeo hopes to receive the consent of the Greek Government to their oonvev t.nee to V r- na. The number of Cossacks wishing to return to Russia h s been reduced to 600-650 owing to many of them hr.ving been sent to julgc.ria and -Serbia. The Greek Government '•ill probably not agree to _the proposai thr.t it should pay the difference ")e tween the cost of the journey to Varnc and the direct journey to llyorossisk (Athe >s Æ-4-th 4>b).
. . f , r/ 2-2 -7 /'•> *Hungary. H. P.:.ymond, the representative -of the High Commissariat in"ustria, will also take cl'.r.rge of the High CommissarL-t’s delegation in Hungary ~*nd \ ill leave Vienne from time to time for this purpose (Geneva 28 Peb). v //Jr/ -7
Pclrnd. T. e gravity of the question o£ tho Polish expulsions continues.1,1. iuoien Wolf writes that thé Joint Poreign Committee c.nd all the1er ding Jewish orgi ni sat ions in -.stern iînrjpe and America are strongly opposed to repatriation as a remedy for this problem JLondon, 2 March).
Roum?nia. M. Lucien V.olf, referring to tho expulsions from ::oum.-nia,■ rites thrt the expulsions from Bessarabia continue in spite of the assurances from thé Roiun,'nian Government th~t the expulsion decree would not bo enforced (London, 2 Meroh)•
United St.•.tes» Mr. Greenvrood writes with regard to the Immigration ofR.R.to' the "D.0 , thft tho chief difficulty is tho resisted Ivmigrt nt iixciusion clruso in the immigration law ’.vhlchexcludos any 1 mlgr nt x:ho me y be assisted by ;--ny xoreign government, cor-oorrtion or association. Mr. Greemood observes thft in tho c. so of R«R„ the assistance of the U.S. Govt, ;nd of the Red Cross is involved end while it might bo
possible so to interpret the law as to exclude the U Ited States from the term '!foreign government" the feeding of the immigrants by thç Red Cross during the passage would undoubtedly bo assistance from an associetion u. less the Rod Cross could take some sort of obligation from each immigrant. Mr. Greenwood will discuss this matter with tho competent department end will then approach the Shipping Borrd. At the srme tirùe, Mr. Greenwood calls attention to tho fact thrt the Russian quota (21.613) for the fiscal yecr ending 30th June is nearly exhausted as 10,358 had been admitted by 7th February, leaving a balance of 2,411. ( shington I5th Pob.).
tlo,.r East RefuRoos, A furthqr consignment of clothing for I-ocr R.v.st Refugees valued rt 3»2,140 collected in tho U -.ited Kingdom, as a result of Dr. Hansen’s Appca], h; s tfeen sent to Greece (London, 2 M :.-oh).
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/a) Aotive efforts ; re being made to complete the av: cu tlon of the 7o000 refugees referred to above jut sufficient une s
(4) The orlsintl estlmr.to of .:30,000 for completing the =v. omtloi
mrâz i f t ï S » thr9Cteof the ingorti. Government to expel oil R«Ro from bon _(Geneva Iûth March ) y-V-5 J
h Lu'lon " olf writes thrt hie organisation e&pcots shortly Ti To~ln. -oosêesBion of a report from the JaOoAo jJmlgrctlon U^ CI" rt V ■ r^aw v'hlch ’ 111 encble a definite scheme of evrcu-tlon to he fnl^ÎAtfld lS. ' olf's orgrnlBctlon .s desprtching a special commissioner to Warsaw to orj;nise and supervise tho ov.cuatlon (London
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Roumanie. H. Lucien Volf writes that his orsanisftion cna th®V G .Ao~ hTve sent a sjecirl commissioner to ashenexf to exemlna the situation in Roumanie, rnd present a concrete scheme for dealing 'ith I S S e n the commissioners report *■ S r SJLa -he formed to co-operaten as far as possiole, with local Jewish org.ni.a
tions to or. cnise emigrrtion (London, 7 Mar,h)•
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II, B rudere r h a s a r r i v e u from N ovoross iak and f u r n i s h e d a v e r y s a t i s f a c t o r y r e p o r t r e g a r d i n g the o p e r a t i o n o f the a r r a n ^ m e n t s made by the Hi<?h Commisaionor w i th the S o v ie t Government f o r t h r e p a t r i a t i o n o f rofurreea who ex p res s the d e s i r e t o r e t u r n
LI. B ru d e r e r r e p o r t s t h a t a a a r e s u l t o f the g u a r a n t e e s o b ta in e d by Dr . Nansen from the . i t v i e t Government, s t r i c t i n s - r u o t i o n a have boon i s s u e d t o the l o o u l a u t h o r i t i e s i n iu sa le t o a f f o r d r e n a t r i . t e d r e f u g e e s the f u l l b e n e f i t o f juch e u a r a n t e e s . S te p s a r c a l s o t a k e n to secu re th e observance o f such i n s t r u c t i o n s by the l o c a l a u t h o r i t i e s .
1 th o r* h r e p a t r i a t e d r e f u g e e a a r e a l lo w e d f r e e a c c e s s t o the r e p r e s e n t a t i v e a o f the Hi<?h Commissioner in R u s s i f , no t a s i n g l e com pla in t has be on re c e iv e d up to the p r e a en t t tae , ^ o m any o f t h e ' r e f u g e e s r e p a t r i a t e d une e r th e a u s p i c e a o f the Hi<?h Commis s a r -
2 . I t i s i n t e r e a t i n 1? i n t h i a c o n n e c t io n t o n o te t h a t i.I. . . a t r o v , r e - r e a e n t i n » the Jem stvos and Ruaa ià n ToWns Commit tee , which up to the p r e s e n t has a t r o n tr ty opposed any form o f r e p a t r i a t i o n , has now asked the Hi.’h Commi s a r i a t t o c o n s i d e r th e p o s s i b i l i t y of e v a c u a t i n g th e r e f u g e e s t h r e a t e n e d w i t h b x p u la io n from Poland by r e p a t r i a t i o n to Russia*
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On 7 th February the number o f R uss ia n Rofuspes a t C o n s ta n t in o p le w i th v i s a s fo r the U.StA* was 8RO, o f whom RRO have s ince s c l i e d . The re m ain d er ’d l l no t be a b l e t o e n t e r th e U .o .A . u n t i l 1 s t J u l y when th f new quo ta ’. / i l l be open . , . t r t re ae n t only sp e c ie l i s t a a r e a d m i t t e d ebove th e quo ta and t h i a p r o v i s i o n does n o t e x t e n d to t h o i r l 'a m i l ie f l . These r û g u l a t i o n a re duce the number o f R u ss ia n s a t C ons ta n t inople ) a b l e t o le a v e a t onco to ab ou t 100 . s i t i s c o n s i d e r e d v e r y d e a i r a b l e t o encourage Russ ia n e m ig r a t io n t o the U.-i, . . . ar rangemen t a w i l l 'x made t o e n a b le a t l-.iaat 1200 re fuge os tq leave by the- f i r s t b o a t s a r r i v i n g a f t e r 1 s t J u l y . I t i a e s t i m a t e d t h a t some 40# o f t h e s e w i l l be o b i e to nay h a l f f a r e s and 60# q u a r t e r f a r e s , a t i c k e t c o a t in g £T90 (a bou t £ 1 ? . s t e r l i n g ) . The b a la nce w i l l "oe p a id by or r a n i a- a t i o n a a s a i a t i n ? e m ig r a t io n ( p r i n c i p a l l y the American R e l i e f
d m i n i a t r a t i o n and .mo: loan Red C ro a a ) . (C o n a ta n t . 1 s t , . a r c h ).
C z e c h o s lo v e k ia . -
Russ ia n pedagog ic i n a t i t u t i o n haa bcvn founded a t Prague w i th t h ' h-1 ’•> o f th e lovernm.'nt. I t i a hoped i t w i l l bee in work in
& t h e Fc " c h i l d r e n ” /ho l e f t C o n a ta n t in o p le on 2 6 th Ja n u a ryv i t h the Placom n t F a m i l i a l convoy a l l bu t t h r e e h; vo been s e t t l e d Th ae t h r e e h r .v in " r fu se d to ac c ~ " t employ en t - ' i l l br d e p o r t e d by th ■ Sur' -td Jér ié ra le to C o n s ta n t in o p le a t the- c o a t o f t h e Hi-zh Cotnr-is s i » r i a t , T>U eeuent a ia i l i i - l une Comité de P r o t e c t i o n i n co u a l ahi re a . (Pai i a , 14 Li» rc h ).
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; ; r . Tu o i e n o l f t e a boon a s k e d w h eth er th e a u g g e a t i o n made by ;;aj or B o r d e z f o r t h e c s t a o l i s h n v n t o f a o one on t r a t io n oc..i« i o r the aooon- .iodt.tion o f r e f u g e e s t h r e a t e n e d v- it h e x p u l s i o n fr om P o la n d m eets -vi tb b i g a ■•'■or o v a l and w h e t h e r i i r . " o l f ‘ a o r r n i a a t i o n w ou ld tua r a n t o o th e m ain te n a n c e o f a s p e o i f i o number o f su ch r e f u g o o a in th e canm end would g i v e g u a r a n t e e s t o th e P o l i s h Government t n a t su hh r e f u g e e a would be e v a c u a t e d a t th e d a t e a g r e e d u" o n . I t i s added t h a t i t would bo e x t r e m e l y v a l u a b l e i f c o r r o s c o n c i n g g u a r a n t o o s c o u ld be o b t a i n e d from o t h e r J e w i s h O r g a n i s a t i o n s i n t e r e s t e d .
In r e s p o n s e t o a r e q u e s t f r an U r . . s t r o v , r e p r é s e n t â t ! -e i n Geneva o f t h e U n ion o f - e m a t v o s & R u s s i e n Tow ns , ~-t . N -nso n w i l l a s k the S o v i e t Government to a l l o w t h e r e p a t r i a t i o n , un der s u i t a b l e c o n d i t i o n s , o f t h o s e r e f u g e e s i n P o la nd who d o s i r t o r e t u r n to R u s s i a ( -onr.vr, 2 0 march . )
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‘ ri t h r e f c r o n O' t o the q u e s t i o n o f th e w e l f a r e o f R u s s ia n c h i l d r e n i n B u l g a r i a , i t i s p o i n t e d ou t by the H ,C . t h a t th e R u s s ia n o r g a n i s a t i o n s t h . r o h ave a c c e p t e d r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e i r m t i n t o n - a n ce end t h a t a n y t h i n ? don e by th e E .C . i s o f a v o l u n t a r y or oonroeaa io nate n a t u r e . The H . C . , i n v i e w o f t h e n e a r e x h a u s t i o n o f f u n d s earmarked f o r t h e s e c h i l d r e n , r e c e n t l y made a r r a n g e m e n t s f o r t h e i r t r a n s f e r t o 'ranee bjit i n d e fe r e n c e t o the w i s h e s o f R u s s ia n o r g a n i s a t i o n s and on th e e x - r e s a u n d e r s ta n d inf? t h a t th e o r - v - i a a t io n s would a c c e p t r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e c h i l d r e n , t h e s e a r r a n g e m e n ts w e r : n o t c a r r i e d o u t ( t in--va, 2 0 inarch) .
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The J a o c n o a e Ambas -ad or i n T a r i s has in fo r m e d th e H.C. 1 1 a t t h e s i t u a t i o n o f R u s s ia n r e f u s e os i n Corea i s a s f o l l o w a : -
Of th ■ 900 0 R u s s ia n r e f u g e e s who a r r i v e d a t >enaan a b o u t 2000 ' hav- 1 f t "f or l l a n c h u r ia w h i l e 800 a r e s e t t l e d i n th e zone a d m i n i s t e r e d by the S ou th ern 1 -an chu rian R a i lv 'a y . . . n o t h e r 2 000 have s t i l o d - i t h ' d m ir a l 3 t a r k , 2 4 h ave r e t u r n e d t o V l a d i v o s t o c k s o t h a t the number r e m a i n i n g i s ab o u t * 0 0 0 . Of t h i s number 3 0 0 0 a r e c i v i l i a n i n v a l i d a f o r ’t o . i accommod at ion ha a b een f o u n d . I'ho m i l i t a r y r e f u 7 c o s a r e accommodated on bo a rd f i v e R u s s i a n s h i p s b u t a r e a l l o w ed a s h o r c . , . . . . .
The refuT Oca a r e b e i n g f e d by th e C ore an a u t h o r i t i e s , th e J a ^ a n e a e Rod C r o s s and o t h e r P h i l a n t h r o p i c o r g a n i s a t i o n s . I t i s , h o w e v e r , p o i n t e d ou t t h a t th e s i t u a t i o n i a n o t one w h ich cf.n c o n t i n ue i n d e f i n i t e l y and t h a t i n the n oar f u t u r e th e J a p a n e s e .-or-rnm :nt - i l l be o b i i z e d t o onc i t e i t h e r w i t h the a s s i s t a n c e o f nei^hbourir .f- c o u n t ’- i ' s or o f th e l e a g u e o f N a t i o n s ( P a r i s , I e t h H a r c h ) .
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The J a p a n e s e Governor nt h a s been i n v i t e d t o r a t i f y th e i d e n t i t y c e r t i f i e - t . n ron oa- . l s . I t i s p o i n t e d o u t by th. H.C. t l- t h - n o s i t i o n o f R u s s ia n r o f u s o o a i n th: *r,r ( .a t no1; r e n d e r s i t d e s i r . b l - tht t the;/ s r o t i l e b - r r c v id f .d w i t h some f o r m o f i d e n t i c .
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,-ustrla. The Dele_:\te of the High Comm ...sioner in Vienna (M. Reymond) points out that, in view of the union of Aussla and the Ukraine into a single federative State, Ukraini. n refugees in Austria will henceforth be considered rs R.R. proper, to whom Identity certifie.tes may be issue d• There are from 5 to 6 thousand Ukr. ini: n refugees in Austria and ..bpât the s::.rae number of Russians (Vienna 26 JTobrucry).
Hr. P.oynond calls attention to a letter to trhe "Roui" from a group of R.R„ in which great s .-.ticfaction is e:c?ressed at the oonsidorate treatment invariably accorded to R.R. by the H.C.'s delegation in Austria» (Vienna 10 Liaroh).
leg-■!..Status. 1,1. Raymond calls rttention to a proposal of the Austrian Government that R.Ri should be given tho same passports as persons without nationality (Staatenlosepass); the Government h s enquired whether the H.C. would approve of such a measure which would Involve the withdrawal of all identity papers now in force. M, Reymond does not regard the proposcl with favour and points out (I) thrt it is as yet very indefinite and far from being capable of realisation involving, s it does, internal mersures nd negotiations with neighbouring States;(2) even If adopted it is difficult to foresee Its moral value while the present iden tlty certificate, in spite of imperfections, has sho-n its value; (3) ii; Reymond con:-;i..ers it is not desirable th.t R.R. should be lost in the mass of persons in Centr 1 Europe without nationality, moreover it is import-nt thrt R.R. should have universally recognised idontitv certificates attesting their status as political refugees (Vienna 13 Li. rch ).
The Austrin Government h s decided to issue R*R. identity papers to refugees xrom Georgia and the Ukraine (Vienna 13 Mr roh ).
inland. The J.C.A., Me.r Victims Pund and Joint Foreign Committee are prepared to undertake the evacuation of Jewish refugees from Poland aiid tuve already voted large sums for the purpose. They are not, ho over, in favour of a concentration o:mp in view of the rapidity with viiich they hope to c_ rry out the - ork of évacuation. They consider the whole question should bo brought before tho Advisory Committee as soon ,s -possible and the opinion of Dr. Hansen is sked for. As, in vie-- of the difficulties with great immigration countries, a certain proportion of the refugees will h;ve to bo repatriated the offer of the H.C. to obtain
xacilities from the Soviet Government is ’-oloomod. These observations also apply to Jewish Refugees in Roum.nia (London, 24 1.1 roh ) .
noucvni:-. Vith reference to Jewish Refugees threatened v/lth exroulsion Ærora Roumania, see the ob orvations u idor tho herding of Pol rnd".
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2. The, 1 i n i a t r y « r’ «*} £££?* Hâtions t o tho l oan o r : - ' • „ ' V i ^ s heen Ï Ï t o d to suy for «hatto the loen -, t , a toon acted iVi t ïviooaf r o m t h e a l s t I , a r c h . j.x . J r i o * . r e u U i r e M r . O o r v m 'B B e i v l o o s ,p e r i o d h i s o r g a n i s a t i o n i s l i k e l y 0 wor k i s c o n c e r n e da n d i t i s p o i n t e d o u t t h a t , bo f a r ^ a a r ® e 8 0 n ta t . i v o i n , oucow + k Q n i g h C o m n i c a u r ia t v i l l n e e d n P * d i f t h e r e p a t r i a t i o n £ % f £ e en » » f t h « o u „ o „ t , o a r a t ^ .« ( a o , a l a „
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3 . T h e h o u m a n ia n I d i i i s t e r a t o 0Q Goas a c k s i n H id t o . K o r e s h k e f f t h a t t h e r e m 4 h l 0 G o ve rn m e n t « 1 1 1houxoan ia who w a n t t o he r e p a o r o t h o r B la o lc oea p o r t ,t r a n s p o r t t h o s e r e f u g e o a t l l o v ; i : r . K o r e s h k o f f o r h i sThe R ou m a n ia n g o v e r n m e n t w i l l a l t h e n e c e s s a r yr e p r e s e n t a t i v e t o 8= Ï S t h e K o u m a n la n O o v e rn m e n t
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h e a d . ( 3 o f i a , 2 7 H a r o h ) .
L e R a l o t a t u s ^ A d o s id e s ( H i g h C o m m is s a r ia tI n r e p l y t o an e n q u i r y *Jo m t h e f o l l o w i n g
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1). The o e r t i f i o a t e i B n o t ^ n t e n d e d o to ^ n to r fo r e w i t h ^
t h e i s s u e o r u t i l i s a t i o n o f B l n t e n a e d t o h o u s e d i n c o s e s
ï ï e r ê ^ ' ê ï ^ r r e a ™ ^ n ù s s ia n d o c u m e n ts o f i d e n t i t y c a n n o t
e f f e c t i v e l y h e e m p lo y e d ;
8 ) t h e c e r t i f i c a t e de es - t o u l ^ f o ^ t h ^ i n t e r v e n t i o n o f
a n y Sus s i H I a u t h o r i t y . „ n d i t s u t i l i t y f o r t h ea u t h o r i t y o f t h e _,overnm a o r 0 a 3 J0t h e r c o u n t r i e s , d e p e n d s
o n ^ u o h countriea having r e c o g n i s e d ^ ^ c h e m e . ^ T h o r ^ i ^ n o
S t h e ? î u e s ‘ f r L » S » Sa 2 t I ? i t i e B t h e s y s te m i s e n t i r e l y d e t a c h ™ ,
3 ) a G o v e rn m e n t i s s u i n g “ ^ ^ ^ g g ^ ^ t h o r e i s n o t h i r g
23 M a rc h
r . w iY R / 119 ,
C r n f ld e n t la l . 9 th A p r i l 1923.
Lfi/iGUE OF HATIONS.
( H igh Commis s u r i a t x’o r l .e fu g e e s . )
IITTL.: JvV.TI ONi'.L IABOUI-. OPl'lCa.
L I A I 3 0 K E E P 0 P. T .
ASIA I.Il.'Oh li-ü.-TJÜ^o.
W estern Thraco ocheme. - T h is schefne was o r i g in c .te d b y C o lo n e l 1 r o o te r f o r -foe e s ta b l is h m e n t o f re fu g e e s e t t le m e n ts i n W estern T h ra ce . j? i f te e j i thousand re fu g e e s from A s ia M in o r and V/e s t e m T hraoe have been s e t t l e d i n cutmps and v i l l a g e s and i t i s e s t im a te d t h a t by th e end o f . J u ly , or & months a f t e r t h e i r d e p a r tu re from A a iu I . in o r o r i/os tonn T h r^ d e , th e s e re fu g e e s w i l l be s e l f - s u p p o r t in g . The o o s t p e r head o f - ^ s W b l i s h in g t h is s e t t le m e n t has n o t y e t been v.orkad o u t b u t i t i s e s t im a te d to be c o m p a ra t iv e ly s m a l l .
ji te le g ra m from W ashington to The Times da te d 3 A p r i l r e f e r s to a s ta te m e n t made bÿ. i--r. Hugh-qs f o r th o need f o r perm anent r e c o n s t r u c t iv e r e l i e f me ...sures to re s p e c t o f H ear E a s t re fu g e e s now in Greece and tx> th e acce p ta n ce b^y th e Greek Government o f what must e v e n tu a l lÿ be a c o n t in u in g o b l i g a t i o n . I ' r . Hughes sugges ts o c -o p e ra t iv e hiet:3ures between th e n tt-tions in t e r e s t e d to abso rb th e / s iü i in o r Refugees as q u ic k ly as p o s ^ b le i n t o th e econom ic l i f e o f th e co u n t i r e s where th o y f i n d themsà!h<es and adds th a t i f th e B r i t i s h , F rench and I t a l i a n Governments acvcopt t h i s s u g g e s t io n tho U n i te d L ita te s w o u ld welcome an e a r ly exchange of v ie w s » (L o ndon ,
ADV I iàOl.Y OOiJIilTTEii!. - A - / % ' ? * / ' ‘ ^
In v ie w o f th o im p o r ta n c e o f th e P o l is h q u e s t io n and o f çequests made b y i ' r . W o lf , D r . Eon sen has been u rg e d to come t o Geneva* d u r in g th e fo r th c o m in g C o u n c il i 'e e t in g , i n o rd e r t o meet th e a d v is o ry C o m i t t e e . (Geneva, 4 a p r i l ) .
YUJ t v L / . V I a . - ^ 1 ■ !
The D e c re to ry G enera l has fo rw a rd e d to H r . Y o v a n o v itc h (3 .H .S . . ' . . in is te r a t Berne ) a memorandum c o n ta in in g D r . H a nsen 's o b s e rv a t io n s on th e v a r io u s p o in ts r e is e d in l . r . Y o v a n c v i to h k le t te r s o f Feb i'uary üù and L.arch 1 9 , r e l a t i v e to D r . H a nsen 's d e le g a te i n 3 , I I . 3 .The memorandum d e t a i l s th e u r ra n 'ements under v .h ioh th e II3#h C om m issa r ia t Bent a re > r e s e n ta t iv e to th e 3 .H .3 . o ta te , and r e fe r s to th e subsequent c o -o p e ra t io n betv-een th e H igh C o m m is s a r ia t 's delegate and th e Joverniuent. I t goes on to p o in t o u t t h a t a la r g e number of re fu g e e s i n th e Li..K. Li. 3 t ; - te d e s ire to be r e p a t r ia t e d i f
1guarantees aim be aooured and that this con only bo done by Dr.Kunaen huving a representative in Yugoslavia.
... ■ ■ S ''HUHOiihY. -
An arr n :euent was recently concluded vith the Hungarian Government, b;, which that Joverr-ment agreed to receive the remaining Gallipoli refugees provided they were sent in small parties. An opportunity having arisen to Bond the Gallipoli refugees to I-’rance and Yugoslavia the Hungarian Government has been asked whether refugees up to the number of 1.000,from other places than Gallipoli, may be sent to Hungary. The Hungarian Government has assented to this. (Vienna 30 K=rch.)
lir* BrQdowaky (soviet representative at Berlin) hr.s agreed in principle that Dr. Nansen should organise the repatriation from Poland of the huasian refugees threatened with expulsion £rom that country. It is pointed out in this connection that before any practical measures oi.n be taken a detailed plan vill havo to be prepared shoving the number of refugees concerned and their occupations, while the extent tc which the Jewish organisations will help financially towards re-establishing the refugeoa in hussla will also have to be ascertained. Certain Jewish organisations are already negotiating vith the Soviet 'Jovernment and to prevent overlapping Ur. Wolf and î.fr, Aberson will be asked to give Dr. Bans en an exclusive mandate. (Geneva, 5 April.)
CONo'iV'ItTI I; OI’L - j . -
The European Student Heliof has arranged for the transfer of a cortain number of nuaaian Refugee Students from Constantinople to Germany. (Geneva, à April.)
BEI.5IL1.ir-
The High Commissariat has sent a note to the Congrès International de la jeunesse, which is now meeting at Brussels, pointing out the urgent needs of many thounsanda of l-.ursian children scattered throughout Europe. (Geneva, 4 April.)
i« a a a . . jfÿ/rnÿ"-***The Hungarian Government has stated that it has no objection
in principle to tho adoption of the identity certificate and a meeting vill be convened in the immediate future to study the question.
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(Hi ?h C om missar ia t f o r Refu ^ o es ) R/1P0INT.:3g.' TINTAT. M30UR Ol-VIOE.
9 th A p r i l , 1923.l i a i so:: r :” 0RT.
1CONSTANTINOPLE.
The fo l lo w in g f i g u r e s have boon re c e iv e d froui tho C o n s ta n t in o p le o f f i c e
Refugees i n C o n s ta n t in o p le on 1 J an u a ry 1923 17,D e p a r tu r e s , 1 s t J an u a ry to lP th F eb ru a ry 19 2 3
Rr..ii i n i n g , l<Sth Fob. 1923. 14 ,
A l l r e f u g e e s have now beon o f f e re d e v a c u a t io n and tho m a jo r i t y o f thoso rom ain in g a r e o o l f - s u p p o r t i n g .
r .;p/.tr i ; .t i o n .
The L l in i s t r y of A g r i c u l tu r e and F i s h e r i e s has o f f e re d to second H r , 0:>rvin f o r c o r v i c e v ' i t h t h e High Com missar ia t in R u ss ia u n t i l 1 s t O c tober 1923. Tho Hi -h C o . jn i s s a r i a t has ac cep ted t h i s o f f e r (Geneva 29 th Lli-.rch) »
EG/ L STATUS.
The Logal S e c t io n has been aaked f o r an o p in io n on th e su g g e s t io n made by tho A u s t r i a n > ve rnm ont t h a t tho i d e n t i t y c e r t i f i c a t e now i s s u e d to R uss ia n r e f u g e e s i n A u s t r i a should be r e p l a c e d by a S ta a t e n l o s o p a a s . Tho High Commissaria t co n a id o rs t h e p roposed eTfcerTTion v e r y i n a d v i s a b l e ,( Geneva, 6 th A p r i l ) .
ROULANT..
Rogardincr tho o f f e r o f tho Roumanian Government (which has n o t y e t been o f f i c i a l l y c o n f i rm e d ) to u n d e r ta k e tho r c p e t r i r cicii o f ’. 'rangel s o l d i o r s from Roumania and t o pay one h a l f o f th e t r a n s p o r t f rom Roumanian 31ack Sea p o r t s t o N o v o r o ss i i s k , xno High Com missar ia t p o i n t s o u t t o Ur. C o l l i n s t h a t i t i s d e o i r a b l o to kno7/ who i s t o pay th o o t h e r h a l f s i n c e tho High Commis c a r i a t has n o t th e r e q u i s i t e fu n d s , n o r i s i t t i e s i rn b io t o ex te n d tho B u lg a r ia n ar range m en t t o o t h e r c o u n t r i e s . Tho High C ommissar ia t auRRests t h ü t i f th e Roumanian Government i a n o t d i sp o se d to pay tho whole t r m a p c r t o::ponsoa the ques t ion should bo c o n s id e re d o f a s k i n g th o S o v ie t Government t o p ay . ( Geneva,6 th A p r i l ).
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;m oü:: o? ha:'ions.
(Hi xh Co... dasariat for Refugees)
IirT^.NATIOHAL IABOUR Qy'i’ICj «
11th April 19?3.
LIAISON REPORT.
PO IA HD . 7Mr. Lucien Wolf agrees with tho Hi :h C o . A s s a r i a t 1 g
suggestion that ail the work of repatriation of Jewa from Poland and Bessarabia should be confided to the leadership of Dr. N nsen, inateed of being cone by individual Jewish organisations. Sr.ch a combination would comprise the Jewish Colonisation Association, the Alliance Israelite Universelle, the Joint Distribution Coia.littee and the Jewish <lar Victims Relief Fund. Dr. N nsen should, Mr. "'olf considers, take tho lead and devote hi.use If to negotiations with the Soviet Government for guarantees and facilities, while the Jewish combination, working in close collaboration with the Hi •"* Commissariat, would du the rest* V/ith regard to a point raised about collaboration with other Jewish societies, thia would be welcomed on any reasonable terms and negotiations to that end have already been initiated with the Conference Universelle
Mr. wolf writes that the French dinlomatio intervention at 'Vi r 3 i - \ was undertaken at the request of the Alliance Israelite. Mr. '/oil' ha a asked the British Foreign Office to instruct His Majesty1 a Minister at Wr.raaw to associate himself with tho French Minister in this matter. The Alliance Israelite has written a second time to M. Poincare emphasising the urgency of the question in view of the possibility that maas expulsions may take place on the l^th Ap ril. Hr. wolf Jib a written in u similar sense to Sir Mieceslaa de Rutkowski, the Polish ",’inanoial . gent in London. (London, 9th April).
M, 'ioymond, referring to a group of about 100 or more Russian women in Hungary who wish to return to Russia, aaya that the Russian organisations at Judapest agree that the Hi?h Commissariat should repatriate these women at the expense Of the organisations or of tho Soviet Government./(Vienna, 31st March).
The i-'ungarlan lovernment, in reply to a request for the appointment of a delegate of the Government charged with relations between the .-overament and the High Commiaaariat, has replied that it is unable to nominate a special delegate but haa asked the High Commissioner's delegate (M. Raymond) to apply directly to M. de Kany.., Minister for roreign Affairs, when needful. M. Raymond considéra this decision satisfactory. (Vienna, 31st a .arch).
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c e r t a i n m e d ic a l c o u r s e s ab ro ad ;
o f f a r a o f j e t l B h O r g a n i s a t i o n s t o a s s i s t t h o e e t a b l i s h - 151 m en t o f r e f u g e e s r e l u m i n g t o K u s s l a .
i n o onneo t lon w i t h (4 ) I r . j j j j ^ ï ' p o ï o r s ? The r o l l ovin gGovernment to send a r e P ” s o n t a t l v e v i - t i n ^ Wara ; t h e Beverendhairs a l s o been i n v i t e d t o be p r e s e n t . c l a a 4 e H i l l ( l e a g u e ofH aro ld Buxton I ^rmcnla ii h e fu g eo s „ paid ,L ondon ; Major BuxtonRod C r o s s ) ; Mr. Bolden ( w v o t t e j a i Id r e n ^ o f I n t e I ? a t l o n a l( I m p e r i a l War A e l i e f ) * !■*-• t . ( T i n i a o n O f f i c e r ) ; Lir. B r u n e i ,l a b o u r O f f loo and h r . PloV.-nBon < (European S tuden t B e l i e f / i( C . I . O . K . ) : t o . c o n lk o v i t c h ; u . h o t i m n l - g e r n B t v o s and t o n w l l C oun tess Pan In e and j „ i v e de Secours) ; S r . l e d y g e n s * ?H r . «hors on (C onfe rence U n iv ,s rB s l l , f c v l s , IY .M .O .A ., ;( n u s s l n n h o d C r o s s ,f> .0 . ) , M r. . , , , l l e d e r r i è r e (S a v e t h e C h i l d r e n t e . B e r r y l l e u r h a s t « e l l e . ( J a w l s h C o l o n i s a t i o n A s s o c i a t i o n ) .F und , C e n o v a ) , a n d . . r . l u o i e n ( G e n e v a , 1 1 t h A p r i l .
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vies to rn J ^ j£ a o j3 j3 2 t t^ e m £ n t^ ! jp ™ i* ~ ^ e g^Qr n 0ni^r^oQSjoheme3 Bin eath e “ v.'ork. d^ne in uu n n ëo tion v.ren w e ^ \its inception. ^ J
The scheme is one for the es tablishment of feeding °™ps and se tt lem en ts in Western Thrnoe and ^ o e d c n ia , for reiugeesfrom ,i8 ia M nor and Easte rn Thrace, and for tho ° r t ithese camos%nd se tt lem en ts upon a oonstruotivo arid se l f -su p p o r t in g
In October 1922, 10.000 Greek refugees a rr iv e d in WoeJcrn Thrace in a s t a t e of complete d e s t i tu t i o n , ns a ^ e U m i n ^ f r r e l i e f measure a s e r ie s d-i feeding s ta t io n s and d i sp e n sa r ie s , v i th rat ions fo r 3 months, vero organised by tho high-Commissariat and IIovember h o s p i ta ls uh,d base camp for 10.000 persons v e ie organised in Western Thrace u n d y lao ed un dor the management of Colonel Tre loar . Towards the ccat of t h \ b a s e camp and hospit . 1, " a^ L n r l o r ' V7as ’ the League of IT-1ions c on tr ibu ted I 9 do 5 and the remainder vas con tr ibu ted by Lady i.umbdld's JMnd ( I 967 ) . the G r e e k ^rchbishop (S 4.500) and L.ryptiun h o u \ i t - l equipment (loun 4 . d f b ) .
Golonol T re lo a r ' s in s t ru c t io n s permitted him to co-operate v,ith the loca l a u th o r i t i e s ' i th a viev to e s ta b l is h in g d e f in i te a reas for the -ermanont se tt lem ent of lands ï th oand n ego tia t ions to th i s end v-ene undertaken a t Gumuldjina ttho c a p i t a l of Western T hrace) . as a r e s u l t of those n eg o tia t io n s i t vas agreed th a t 100.COO acres (Greek) of land betwoon Gwouldjina ; nd Port Lagos t rave rsed by the mti'in road (and \ i th i n easy rea-h ^f the railway| should bo u l lo ca ted \for co lon isa t ion purposes.The land v.as reported as being of f i r i r t c la s s q u a l i ty and ' t h e neighbourhood ^s hea lth y . The c e n t r a l h o sp i ta l was e s t a b l i : ™ the maJn road and th e s i t e s of th e v i l l W s were marked ou t . The refugees a re accommodated in t e n t s upon these s i t e s and as farmhouses and hutments are erec ted (which w i \ l be done with th e a s s i s ta n c e of the Gveel Government) th e ten t encrapmen L v - h n on moved to o ther are^u. F a c i l i t i e s for *orkiHg the land hav . boon granted by the Groek a u th o r i t i e s , th e boundaries of each sott lomert definod, and a cou n c il , presided over by a uoVorn:..ent o f f i c i a l , e leo tod by tho s e t t l e r s .
By the middle o f February 1923, s u b s ta n t ia l progress ha been made and tho h^bj/ ta tion of seven v i l l a g e s v;a\ :reported Difficulties were ox/oriencod ov.ing to tho shcrtag© o i draught Animals but s a t i s f a c to r y progress ' a s noverth lesa be ing made
To deal vi/th o ther than a g r i c u l tu r a l a c t i v i t i e s , a 1 Bureau vas e s tab l ish ed a t Gumuldjina and a t the d e s i rù ind ’ the a s s i s t nee of the loca l a u th o r i t i e s , the vhole of t ea cl burning indust ry in the d i s t r i c t has been placed undor \ h e con tro l of the League o f Lations Oorpmission and i s beingbrganise-d upon a large and o r /duc tive s c a l e . The success o f t h i s in d u s t ry a p p e a r s to be assured and i t is hoped t h a t in a few m onths.i t v a l \ be e n t i r e l y s e l f - s u >porting. * t the p resent time i t mal.es n o \c a l l upon th e f inances of the se tt lem ent and ; rcduces a small ' ^ f i t . lirtinmoments a re being made to t ak e ever, upon s im i la r lineSv, the E n t i r e b>ick making ind u st ry . For v omen refugees a laundry ^ v u s t iy5 " s b e e n e s ta b l ish e d while Lee-making and embroidery K l o X j t for a to u t 40 of tho v.1 omen. I t i s hoped to organise the S u f a e t u r e of carpe ts upon a l a rg e - sc a le as many o f the refugees
™ a v e r t s a t t h i s work; a small carpe t fac to ry a lready ex is ts and / s more ' ork on hand than i t can cope v.ith. The manufacture o f hand-made blanket h- s a lso been s t a r t e d .
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V/e s te r n T hraoe S e t t le m e n t . - T h Z O c v o rn v r G enora l o f T h ra ce h â s ^h T lo g ra rô T T iô üho League i n f e r r i n g tu th o s p le n d id e f f o r t i n rec< n s t r u c t i v o v o r k b y t h o /s e t t lc m o n v on th o la r .d o * d e s t i t u t e re fu g e e g " f ï . m th e Hoar i & s t . R e fe rence i s a ls o mado t v th o s u c c e s s fu l v r , g ro ss o f t h o /o e t t l omen t i n v.-hxch e ig h t nev v i l l a g e s have boon e s ta b l is h e d und s e v e r a l o th e rs e x te n d e d . The te le g ra m adds t h a t p lo u g h in g bA s o i l in g a re p r o g r e s s in g and th a t perm anent s h e l t e r i s b e in g p ro v id e d w i t h th o h e ip <o f th e Greek G overnm ent. Tho i n d u s t r i a l /B id e o f th o s e t t le m e n t oem prises c a r p e t m a k in g , la c e m a k in g / e m b ro id e ry , la u n d r y , c h a rc o a l b u rn in g and o th u r i n d u s t r i e s . T h / Greek Gcvornment i s g r a t o f u l f o r tho u n t i r i n g and s y s te m a t ic h u m a n ita r ia n w o rk and e a r n e s t l y bogs t h a t C o lo n e l T r e lo a r be g ra n /e d f u r t h e r a u t h o r i t y t o e x te n d t h i s a c t io n w h ic h i s most / o c e s s a r y , th ro u g h o u t th e w ho le c o u n t r y .I n th e W estern T h r a c e / i r e a a lo n o a b o u t 5 0 .0 0 0 d e s t i t u t e f a m i l ie s need h e lp and o r g a n is in g . (T h ra o e , 14 A p r i l . )
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A l e t t e r h a s t a o n a d d r e s s e d t o th e A u s t r i a n F o r e ig n M i n i s t e r communion t i n g t h e d e c i a i c n r e a c h e d by t h e A d v i s o r y Committee on t h e 2 0 t h A p r i l t t a t th e A u s t r i a n C uvem m ent he aa k ed t o remove the r e s t r i c t i o n s p l a c e d uoon t h e a d m i s s i o n v. R u s s ia n s t u d e n t s t o th e V ienna T e c h n io a l I n s t i t u t e .( Geneva, 22nd A p r i l ) .
The Fr ench M i n i s t e r o f Labour haa asked Mr, Fontr.ino ( P r e s i d e n t o f t h e Govern i n s' Body c f t h e 1 . 1 . 0 . ) w h e t h e r th e R u s s ia n r e f u g e e 1.- b o u r e r a , wham i t v c a p r o p o s e d t o s en a to work i n F r a n c e , c o u l d be de ar ie tohed b e f o r e Jun e a s i n t n i s o o s e employment m i? h t b e found f o r s k i l l e d v'or ko ra i n th e b u i l d i n * i n d u s t r y (m aso ns , p l a s t e r e r 3 , c.r r p e n x e r 1: r .n d j o i n e r s J a s w e l l aa a g r i c u l t u r a l w o r k e r s ( e s p e c i a l l y herd sm en , s h e o h e r d s and s p e c i a l i s t s i n b e e t r o o t c u l t i v a t i o n ) , I n f o r m a t i o n i s a s k e d f o r r e g a r d i n g th e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f su ch r e f u g e e s who might b e ' s e n t t o F r a n c e . As s o o n a s t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n i s s u p p l i e d , th e M i n i s t r y w i l l t a k e t h o n e c e s s a r y m e a su r e s t o s e l e c t w ork ers who mi-rht be employed i n F r n e e . ( P a r i s , 1 8 t h A p r i l ) .
The D i r e c t o r o f th e B . I . T , h s commun icated t h i s l e t t e r to t h e H i s h C o m m issa r ia t and h a s aaked f o r th e n e c e s s a r y p a r t i c u l a r s a s so o n aa p o s s i b l e . (G enova, 2 0 t h A p r i l ) .
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A l e t t e r h a s b e e n a d d r e s s e d t o M. du C h ; y l a aumm r i s i n g th o p r e .- e n t p o s i t i o n o f th e r e p a t r i a t i o n and a s k in R i.i. du Chayla t o ap p roach th e s o v i e t Government w i t h a v i e w t o o b t a i n i n g f u r t h e r a s s u r c n c e s i n th e m a t t e r o f guar n t c e a . I t i s p o i n t e d ou t t h a t th e n e g o t i a t i o n s f o r r e p a t r i a t i o n beg a n w i t h a l e t t e r o f t h e 23rd J u l y , 1 9 2 2 , fr om 1.1= IC r e s t in sk y , ; -u th o r i s in -? tho r e p a t r i a t i o n o f c o a s a c k a from t h e Balkan S t a t e s , and a l e t t e r f rom M. T c h i t c h e r i n o t o Dr . N:.nsen c o n f i r m i n g t h i s . The r e p a t r i a t i o n a r r a n g e m e n ts w e r e , i n Decembe r 1 9 2 2 , e x t e n d e d to a l l r e f u g e e s who might be r e p a t r i a t e d by Dr . Nanaen, and the S o v i e t r o m e s e n t a t i v e in B e r l i n , M, Brad ow sky, c o n f i r m e d , in January 192 " , a 1 t h e a r r n Remonta e n t e r e d i n t o e x c e p t i n so f a r as* t h e s e co o e r n e d th e ca n c e l l i n g o f t h e d e c r e e o f t h e lf i thDecember 1 9 2 1 . ( T h i s d e c r e e s t i p u l a t e d t h r t th e g e n e r a la m n es ty d e c r e e s o f 3rd and 1 0 t h November 1 9 2 1 would n o t , i nc e r t a i n c a s e s , a p p l y to r e f u g e e s who d i d n o t r o s ? i s t e r w i t h
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th e s o v i e t A u t h o r i t i e s a s R u ss ia n c i t i z e n s | 2 n d Î ™19 5 8 ) . M. Bradowgky has c o n s i s t e n t l ydeoroe o f 1 5 th l e c e n t e r 1921 l o o s n o tr e p a t r i n t i on by Dr . Nanflen, t u t th e Hinh C m m i s s o r i s tL e ^r l a a o t io n o f the League do n o t a c c e p t t h i s v iew .
The whole aspeOt o f r e p a t r i a t i o n i s l i a b l e t o be changed by a p ro p o s a l made In F ebrua ry by U. P eohnkon is , o f the S o v ie t M in i s t r y f o r t h e i n t e r i o r , s u j g e s t i n f th ea r ran g e m en ts made by Dr. Hansen a r e t o be [" " j® 1q o l d i e r s i n B u l g a r i a . The High C ommissar ia t d oes n o t artmit t h i s c o n t e n t i o n . ' The i n t e n t i o n o f th e S o v le t t h u s t o l i m i t t h e scope o f r e p a t r i a t i o n would a p p e a r t o tie c onf i rm ed by t h e o iroum stanoe t h a t c e r t a i n r e f u g e e s f r r a t h e Don, Kuban end Terek p r o v i n c e s were t hQB u lg a r i a f rom N o v o r o ss i i s k a l t h o u g h they had re c e iv e d S o v ie t v i s a i n B u l g a r i a . M. du Chay la i s asked t o b r i n g t h i s m a t t e r t o th e n o t i c e o f t h e S o v ie t Government and t o r e u u ë s t t h a t r e f u g e e s r e p a t r i a t e d by Dr . Nansen shou ld be p ro v id e d w i t h s p e c i a l i d e n t i t y c a rd s e n t i t l i n g them t o t h e p r i v i l e g e s ag ree d upon w i t h Dr . Nnnsen. (Geneva 1 8 th A p r i l ) .
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Constantinople, On representations from the High Commis s.■: rlat, Signor Montagna\ the Italian delegate at tho Lausanne Conference, succeeded in January list in coming to a verbal agreement with the Turkish delegate, Riza Hour, that 5000 Russian rcfugoes would be allowed to remain in Constantinople after the departure of the Allied tropps, on condition that they did r.ut conspire against tho Soviet Government and took no part in political questions. Riza Hour also promised on behalf of his Government that it would deliver certificates of identity to the so refugees, in accordance with the recommendations of the Conference held in Geneva in July last•
Captain Childs writes from Constantinople that Riza Hour remembers having come to this verbal agreement with Signor Montagna, but says that verbal agreements had been reached on many other questions which have not yet secured inclusion in the Treaty. Riza Hour hiuself, however, is in acoord with this project, and pivmisod "tv support it should the question come up again. It had not been discussed at Angora owing to pressure of more important affairs0
Germany*. The request ox the Russian Refugee Professors, with regard to the Scientific Institute theyy propose to create in Berlin, hes been submitted to the Sub-Committee on University relations of the Committee on Intellectual Co-operation, at its last meeting in Brussels. The Subcommittee considered the question with great care but did not feel competent to take any decision. It was therefore necesrary to postpone it until the next plenary meeting of the Committee which will take placo at Geneva in July. One of the Members of the Sub-Committee hes promised to raise at the Plenary Meeting the question of assisting Russian intellectuals in general, r.nd more particularly the refugee professors.
Vienne, Les associations ukrainiennes établies h Vienne ont attiré 1 'attention des autorités autrichiennes sur la situation juridique délicate dans laquelle se trouvent les réfugiés ukrainiens en Autriche.Les Ukrainiens établis en Autriche n'ont que deux possibilités de bo orocuror des passeports. La première est de s'adresser au Consulat soviétique, ce'qui est impossible vu leur qualité de réfugiés politi
ques; la seconde est de ce procurer d. s certificats d1 identité proposés -oar la Conférence de Genbve. La principale objection soulevéo par les Ukrainiens contre ce dernier procédé est que les Ukrainiens ne veulent o-s être confondus avec les réfugie's russes pour des raisons de sentimentalité notion .liste. Pour ces raisons, les Ukrainiens ont prié le Gouvernement autrichien de bien vouloir mettre à leur disposition des passeports spéciaux.
Devant ces revendications des réfugiés ukrainiens, le Délégué du Haut- Coran ssariat h Vienne pria le Gouvernement autrichien de réunir uno conférence de représentants du Ministère des Affaires étrangères, de l’Office des passeports ot do la Direction de Police, Cette conférence décida d donner nârtiellement satisfaction aux sentiments n;-.tion:<llstes des réfugiés ukrainiens en ce cens que l'Office des passeports serait autorisé Yt inscrire sur le certificat d'identité h coté de la rubrique "D'origine russe" lu mention entre parenthèses "ukrainienne". Cette modifie Jtion n'est qu’une précision sur le terme "d'origine russe" et ne constitue pas un changement au sens juridique du terme du modèle . dop- té par la Conférence de Genève,.L
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