The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-12
Ambassador Francis Tells of
Opportunities America Should
Grasp In Russian Situation

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Ing that II a stable government Is 10
established In Russia, Germany Wi
utilize Russian resources and man
power and again become a great men
ace TO the people of Europe was giNer
today by David X. Francis, American
ambassador to Russia. Mr., Francis
il recupcrating here from Illness which
compelled him 10 undergo a surgical
operation in London on his way home
from Archangel He is awaiting or
ders from the state department,
Mr.. Francis was prompted TO make
the statement by the recent speeches
of Frank a. Nandcrlip, formerly presi'
dent of the National City Bank of New
York in which Mr.. Vanderlip gave his
views of the industrial situation in
Europe ana told America that she must
be prepared TO extend her credit to put
European business on its feet
Il have read with great interest, y
said the ambassador. Mr., Nanderlip $
note of warning delivered before the
Economic club in New York several
days ago. Mr. Nanderlip had unequal
ed facilities for studying conditions in
Europe during his four or five months
visit and his address coming as il does
from the president since resigned Of
the largest financial institution in Am
erica ,imparts most valuable informa'
ton He Is not i'm the diplomatic ser
vice; If he We're he would have
thought a second time concerning his
utterance about labor conditions in
England. Those conditions are more
or less serious in every European coun.
try ana merit attention even in the
United States.
FrOwn Upon BOlsheyili
"The bolshevik spirit which is now
manifasting itself in the Canadian
strikes, lam glad to see it frowned
upon by the labor unions in that coun-
try as well as in our own. If that
spirit should dominate in the new
world or even if it should permeate
labor circles to the extent it did in
Russia in the beginning of the Dol
shevili revolution, it would as it did
there attempt to appropriate the lands
and that would be very deplorable for
the labor unions of America Here
the public domain immense as it was
has practically all been taken up by
settlers who own the soil they till and
would not listen with any patience
to the bolshevik doctrine of rationale.
ing the land.
"Lenine has realized this as. before
left Russia. he said bolshevism had
no cause TO fear the large land own
ers or feudal barons as he called them, |
but the SSlall holders among the peas
antry wS~e the most powerful enemies /
of bolshevism.
"I did not intend to digress, however,
even to this extent from what | wished
to say concerning Mr.. Vanderlip's adj
dress While ne visited almost every
accessible country in Europe, bellger
ent and neutral, he did not go to Rus
sa nor mention the resources of that
afflicted country in his comprehensive
statement. lie did not even take into
account the productive capacity in Rus
sia when he stated that the population
of Europe had grown from 10 million
to 44O million and without increasing
ito productivity nearly in the same
ratio
Grain Production
Russia during the five years end
ing with 1915 produced an average of ;
134 ,329 200 bushels of wheat as com
pared with our S02 ,0j5 500 bushels dur
ing the same period. The year before {
he war began, 1913, Russia produced {
900, 900 900 bushels of wheat as com !
pared with our 763, 300 600 bushels.
During those five years the average
production of oats i'm Russia was l.,
)45.C95 600 bushels as against our aver