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ing the land.
Lehtne has realized this as, befof
III left Russia. ne said Bolsheyism hal
no cause TO fear the large land owner
or feudal barons as he called Them
but the small holders among tn
pehsahtry were the most bowerfu
enemies Of Bo1sheyism.
II did not intend to digress, how
ever even to this extent from what
Wished to say CONCERNING Mr., Wander
lips address. While he visited alinos
/ every accessible country in Europe
A belligerent and neutral, he did not Gt
to Russia nor mention the ~resourcel
lof that afflicted country in his com
prehensive statement, He did moi
even take into account the productive
capacity in Russia when he stated
that the population Of Europe had
grown from lao million 10 440 million
and without Increasing its proddctiv'
ity nearly IN the same ratio.
Russia during the five years end
ing with 1915 produced an average Of
f84,329, 200 bushels of wheat as com
pared with our 802.0 5 800 bushels dur
ing the same period. The year before
the war began. 1913, Russia produc-
ed 100000. 900 bushels OF wheat as
compared with u 7GS,300,000 bushels.
During those five years the average
production Of oats in Russia was IL
GAS, 095, 800 bushels as against our av-
erage of l,224,1 1888 200 bushels, Like
wise Russia's average production OF
barley for this five year period was
4S2,551, geo bushels while ours average
was only 1888; 777,60 bushels. The
disparity of rye production is still
more startling; Russia's average for
the five year period was 1886 900
bushels ana ours was only 39,424 400
bushels. The Russians eat more rye
bread than bread made of wheat.
The grand total for the five years
1915 both inclusive for the crops OF
wheat, oats, barley and rye was as
follows:
Bushels
Russia V. 4. ... ,285, 500, COO
United States Ii, 1922, 100000
Average of Russia 5 yrs. S,247,100,0Q0.
Average of y. s, s. ....., 2,264, 446,0UO
1T viii be see from these figures
that Russia notwithstanding her popu-
lation OF 1870 million people can fur
nish enough surplus to feed all Of the
remainder OF Europe, These figures
show only the capacity Of Russia for
growing those grains which sustain
European 1ife-Europe has not yet
learned to eat corn-brehd.
81 shall not tire your readers on this
occasion to mention other immeasir-
able resources OF Russia except to
say that that country has boundless
forests of timber. enormous deposits
of coal, copper and lead, to say moth
ing Of her deposits OF the precious
ores, gold, silver and platinum.
German influence In Russia.
Germany has not only been study
ing the immense Resources 0f Russia
for a half century but during the past
several decades has given careful at
to the Russian character go
ing so far as to place German teachers
in Russian schools, AS ] said in my
testimony before the Oyefman Cont
of the Senate and on various
other occasions, if Germany had de-
the war a decade or five years
even, she would have had such d
strong foothold in Russia that IL would
have been impossible to dislodge her.
! have also expressed tile view many
times that it would be difficult if pos
sible to establish peace in Europe
with chaos prevailing in Russia or
with Bolshevik rule dominating
Russia. 1t is also my conviction II a
Stable government is not established
IN Russia that GermAny will Utilize
the resources of that country, organize
its marlpower as Germany Knows SO
we'll how to do and become as power
full and as great a menace to the peo-
pie Of Europe at the end Of one or
two decades as she was at the Begin
ming Of the world war. Lloyd George
said to one Of his colleagues at the
conference any peace which we
negotiate here with Russia left out
would be a travesty for Russia, com
prises half Of the dryland of Europe
and half of Asia also'-and he might
have added over one-seventh of the
Try land Of the earth.
Relations between our country and
Russia have always been of the most
character and were not inter-
by our abrogating the CONNER
sial treaty with that country as we
lid in 1912. When | went to Russia as
ambassador early in 1915, one year
we entered the war, my first
jr main object was 10 negotiate q
rev commercial treaty. / broached
he subject to Sazaroff. Minister pf
eoreign Affairs, under the empire at
1ur first Interview, and was greatly
disappointed when he said to me that
Russia would make no more treaties
Until her commercial relations with
Ter Ailies were defined and determin-
sd.'
""That conference was April 20,
L916; the treaty with Japan which
vas then being negotiated was con-
within two months; that
.reaty was signed by Motono, the
Japanese, ambassador, who was also
It that time dean of the diplomatic
,orps and Sazanoff. the Russian min
ster OF Foreign Affairs. The secret
PROVISIONS of the treaty we're not Dir
lulged until the Bolsheviki came into
late iii 1917 and published all
II the secret treaties. That treaty
vas hailed with such delight in ia
Jan that Motono was recalled and
made Minister of Foreign Affairs and
iscounte and there were numerous
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