LATVIA AND RUSSIA LATVIA & RUSSIA ONE PROBLEM OF THE WORLD-PEACE CONSIDERED BY ARVED BERG (_Member of the National Council of Latvia_) [Illustration] 1920 LONDON AND TORONTO J. M. DENT & SONS LTD. CONTENTS PAGE The World-Peace and the Civil War in Russia 9 The Paris Conference faced by the Russian Sphinx 10 The Representatives of Russia 11 Relations between Russia and the Borderland Peoples 13 Proposal to postpone the Solution concerning “the Borderland Peoples of Russia” 14 Practical Consequences of the Postponing of the Question 16 It is doubtful whether the Russian People will soon be in a Position to participate in the Solution of these Questions 18 Right of the Russian People to participate in the Solution of the Lettish Question 23 A Definite and Immediate Solution of the Question of Latvia is necessary 26 The Reconstitution of Russia 27 Project of an All-Russian Federation 28 Point of View of the Russian Groups in regard to the Federation of Russia 29 Impossibility of a Russian Federation 33 Historical Impossibility of an All-Russian Federation 34 A Common Civilisation, indispensable to a Federation, does not exist 36 The Economic Problem of a Federated Russia 40 The All-Russian Federation from the Point of View of Constitutional Law 44 The Leaning of the Peoples of Russia towards Independence 49 Economic Disadvantage of Separation from Russia 50 Settlement of Accounts between Latvia and Russia 51 Economic Interests of Latvia 53 Aspirations of the Letts 55 Protests of the Russian Groups 58 Economic Interests of Russia 59 Strategical Interests of Russia 62 Guarantees of the World-Peace 70 Principle of Political Equilibrium 70 Russia as a Factor in Political Equilibrium 71 Internal Weakness of Russia 72