TRADE WITH RUSSIA

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 48, 20 November 1920, Page 9

TRADE WITH RUSSIA

BRITISH CABINET'S DECISION. AGREEMENT TO BE PREPARED By Tclwranh-Proaj Aisoolatlon-Oopyrlghi London, November 18. In reply to a question in the Houso of Commons, Mr. Lloyil George said tha-/ the Cabinet had 1 decided to prepaTO a trade agreement with liiissia. It would be submitted to the Russian. Government in a few days. Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (Rec. November 10, 10,30 p.m.) London, November 18. The Premier in the House of Commons said that the trade agreement ivitli Russia. v.nuld not be concluded until the. pledgee regarding British prisoners were carried mil.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SO'. IST GRANTS CONCESSIONS AMERICANS -SECURE IMMENSE CONTRACT. Paris, November IS. A message from" Stockholm reports llmt Jlr. Yanderlip, the American financier, states that the Soviet Government has granted a big syndicate, including leading American banks, a lease of 591 square kilometres (about 260 square miles) in Siberia for sis years, and also concessions in forests, mines, and fisheries. The , Bolsheviks have contracted to purchase in tlhreo years 3000 million dollars' worth of material, payment to 'be in gold, platinum, furs, uingaJiesc, petroloum, leather, wood, cellulose, flax, and cereals. The Bolsheviks' purchases include SCO!) locomotives, 50,000 railway wagons, 3,000,080 tons of rails, 10,000 aeroplanes, 50,000 dynamos, 2000 motorboats, 500 steamships, 1,000,000 6eed drills, i and • 10,000,000 tons of coal.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. j