Arizona republican., 1917-07-09

proHlem of years Our great hope Cf speedy improvement lies with the Stevens railroad commission the American commission) f. om which w. expect much"
 Asked whether the United States could improve Russins own manufac- ture of munitions by sending experts, Prince 1Noff expressed inc opinion tha. 1t could hot. declaring that the prob lem of the employment of American aid in Russian workshops was too complex. but adding that American munitions machinery was highly desirable.
 With regard to American help gen. erally,' said the premier. T lay down no specific program. It will be simplest to say that all conceivable American aid is wnnted ip every domain. But the Key to the solution uf all our military and economic difficulties is transport. amelioration in which it is impossible to do too much.
 Send my hearty thanks for the American project. the dispatch of the Red Cross mission as here we have serious defects and defic' 'encies. I fol- low the news on this subject from New York with intense interest. but having myself ceased to direct Red Cross and Sanitary affairs. can only beg Amer ica. as far as possible to meet the re- quests for material and personal help made by our official Red Cross, in the consciousness that the triumph of our common cause will be furthered there- by.
 T hope also for further American if nanCiar support. 1 am unable to say what form this will take, presumably a loan, but on this subject our finance minister, NJ. Shingaroff, in his discus sion with the financial members of the Root commission, will no doubt pro- duce a practical program which Amer 1ca can helD realize. America should note that We ourselves are ready to bear the heaviest monetary sacrifices and have already passed more drastic measures res accing taxation on prop erty than any oe he other belligerent powers and are ready to go much fud- ther
 Among cur other economic prob lens. the most vital is food. Here again the central question is transport. and if America helps in this we can do the rest ourselves as the total stock of food IS sufficient for both the army and the civilian population Our winter crops were very good; our spring crops were injured by drOughts but by the end of July we shall know our ex- act position, and unless there is an es- pccially bad harvest. which we have no reason to expect. we are absolutely secured against hunger for the rest of the year
 For next years crops arises the problem of an increase in the amount of agricultural machinery and we should be grateful if America submits a plan to help in this matter on a com prehensiVe scale"
 Prince Lvoff proceeded to discuss the internal situation. declaring that this has had a marked influence on Russia's ability to carry on the war with vigor.
 q am glad" he said Ito see last weeks marked signs of ameliorat ton Tell America that l have daily evi dence of the railying of all the rational clements of the nation around the CO., alition cabinet. The ira tional ele- ment such as the anarchists and Bol- sheviki are in such a minority that there is TO reason to fear their get ting the upper hand. Their present ex- cesses are merely a last desperate re- action against their consciousness of this.
 Note that though every week there have been loudly advertised plans tC overthrow the government by force there has not been one attempt to ex- ecute the plans. Furthermore I may