TRADE WITH RUSSIA.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3505, 17 June 1920, Page 3

TRADE WITH RUSSIA.

\’l*adilni.x' N. Busli[l;iroli"s managing (ll1‘€‘(',IOl' oi‘ the lfnion of the Siberian C:-eaxnery As.~.ociations, told an American eon-e.~:pondent that in his opinion the .-Xllier‘ had. connnitted a great mistake when the Suprenie Council}, at l’a'l‘is recently decided to lift; the liloekade on Russia and resuine tl'zl_dingl with ;lE'l'. Mr Bashkii-off said that 111- l .~'tea:_l of accomplishing the reported aim of’ the Allies to weaken the SO- - (love)-ninent by reaching the peasants, the decision would benefitland .<tx-engthen the Soviet Government. “'l‘l.-e Sm-‘it-,t' nnny e.ont':'o3.s most of lll:.<si:i." .~:::i«l .\l'. Businl<ii'oi't', “and so in my opinion it will be iznpo;-tsible for the llnssiam coupe:-utive ol~g-miisatioiis to climrili-nte what goods the Allies uenul to Soviet. Russia; among the pens—-:-.:2t.x. for the So\'iet Go\‘ei'llnlent will .<ei7.e all the goods, or at least infint‘lll_‘.c} their (listl'il)ution. The I‘e.~‘nlt will he that the S’o\'iet Go\’el'l]smellt will see that its army and employees are supplied first. When this has been I'xC'(fOIl1pll>'ll(:‘(l there will be little; if :ulytl)inj_;_‘ left to go to the Russian ‘,H"li}ll¢‘ v.n<l pens:lnt.<, for I don't think the ;\.llie.< can send to Russia the tre-m<-n«_lon.< sznpplies that would be neces.<:n'_\;' to :~'upl>ly the Soviet army and Soviet enlplo\jee.< and also the Russiuii peraple unrl ]»ensnnt.<. A mexnber of the So<:i:xlist< party in Russia, with whom I .~‘pol<e reeentl_\f, and who was in l‘etro;_gfr:ul. Rn.<.~‘i;l. in October. said that the l?u.<.<inn people and pe:is:lnt_< Fin not \\':lHl' the blo(',l(!_Hl<‘ lit'te«l. l)G----.~nn.<e they renli.<e their benefits. if :r.n\j. will he \'er_\' .<e:ml‘. \\'llll(-‘. on the 4*?!" 1‘ h::n«l_ the ."~‘m'iel I'e;g‘lnue will l)(‘.