SOVIET RUSSIA

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 209, 29 May 1920, Page 7

SOVIET RUSSIA

TRADE ENVOYS IN LONDON ; POSSIBILITY.OP POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright London, May >S!. 11'. Krassin, lieatl of the Russian trade envoys, has arrived and joined his colleagues. The delegation ostensibly is negotiating 1 with . the Allied' Economic Council, but it is suspected of seeking recognition of the Soviet. The envoys nro accompanied by 22 experts, sec retiirics and others. M. Xrassin is described as an engineer, who was closely associated villi German business interests before 1917.—Au5.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

(liec. May 2S, 8.15 n.m.) London, May 27. Krassin, the Bolshevist trade delegate, lias arrived in London to confer with the Allies' Economic Council. There is. a disposition in some quarters to believe that the meeting is likely to pave the wnj- for political 'negotiations it the Bolshevists guarantee that military enterprises outside Russia shall cease. M. Krassm bears the reputation of holding moderate political views.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. : WAR WITH THE POLES AN ADVANCE AND A BETIKEMBNT BY REDS, London, May z~. A Bolshevik communique states:—We advanced fourteen miles north-west of BorisolT. Fierce fighting ,in tho direction of Minsk caused our retirement six miles west of' the Bevesina River.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SITUATION IN CRIMEA -.- • IMPROVEMENT EFFECTED BY : WRANGBL. •• • ■ Constantinople,. May 27. General Wrangel has greatly improved the situation in the Crimea during tho last two months. He is hanging mutineers, profiteers, and thieves, including! officials, and has also dismissed fifty field officers.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.