Evening journal., 1917-01-31
NEW ship line TO
siberia next JUNE
Jonas Lied Tells OF Chances
for American Trade in
Cars Domain
FIVE BOATS
NOW ACQUIRED

NEW YORK, Jan. 3t.-Wielding a
ran Of Chinese ivory and ostrich
feathers, one picks flowers Of the ST.
berian summer in the steppes near
Tomsk, say; and then, at ones pleas
,ire dimes in evening dress at any
restaurant where the music is good
and the girls are attractive.
This little picture of life in Siberia
Is offered by Jonas Lied, well-known
authority on the development of the
zar's vast Asiatic dominion, who ar
lved in New York on the steamship
Bergensfjord and who purposes TO
interest American exporters and COM
mercial associations in the pOssibili-
Ties OF new American-Siberian
steamship line which is TO be put in
operation this summer, probably about
June /
Mr Lied's conversation as regards
Siberian flowers and all that goes
with evening dress in a still little
known part of the world was entirely
for the sake OF correcting the impress
sion that IBERIA is utterly cold and
dreary. He wants Americans 20 un-
dorstand. and in lectures TO be de-
ivered before the Harvard Club in
his city on February IA and before
nc National Geographic Society in
Washington on February lG is going
o do his best 10 make them under
tand that Sibera a is one OF the most
agreeable countries in the world 10
live in
But his principal mission is TO make
business for The new steamship line
which is planned 10 avoid German sub
marino perils aud to establish ON firm
footing a big trade between the United
States and Siberia, trade that shall
hc direct aud not need TO await the end
uf The war before assuming large pro
portions
~ am the founder aud managing di-
rector Of the Siberian Steamship, Manu-
facturing and Trading Company Linn
ted said MIR. Lied last night at the
Biltmore. "We have a capital Of 10000,
900 roubles and have acquired a feet Of
five steamships with an aggregate ton
mage Of $4,000 We have decided TO run
mr. boats between New York and ST.
IBERIA by sea route which viii be
north Of Ireland, around Norway and
our boats between New York and 81
through the Arctic ocean direct TO the
mouths Of the great Siberian rivers, the
Obi and The Yenisei The project is
novel. but we have satisfied ourselves oi
its practicability.
1--WE have already been sending ON
ships from England around Norway an,
rhrouch the Arctic 20 the river mouths
Ets.a 4
establish a direct trade between tN
United States and Siberia. In the frs
place we viii be able TO avoid Germai
submarines In the second place, Il
becoming more and more difficult 70 oh
tain IN Europe the goods we need TO
distribution IN Siberia. Our proiec
amounts 70 considerable diversion o
trade from England TO the Umite'
states
TN order TO. get the best expert
opinion on the possibility OF regular
annual navigation of this route we
persuaded DR., Fridtjof Nansen, the
celebrated explorer TO so over the
route. He wrote a very interesting
book called Through Siberia" IN
which he draws attention to tho I'm
portance this sea route is bound "a
have in the future development of
Siberia. I have made voyages with
my own big cargo steamers by this
route and have taken into Siberia
an kinds OF American and English
goods, obtaining in exchange furs
timber. fax and other Siberian pro
ducts Our idea now r. to send
ships especially fitted out for navi
eating IN ice directly from America
to Siberia without calling at an,
European port 7 am here 90 bu,
cargo for our ships and 70 nctur'