Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-22
AMBASSADOR QIsCLOSEs
NEEDS OF RUSSIAN FOLK
Sounds Warming That Germany Will
Utilize Her Resources and
Man Power.
VIEWS OF DAVID r.. FRANCIS
Says That America Must BE Pre-.
pared to Extend Her Credit to
Tut European Business on Its
Feet
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esinDiished in Russia. Germany will
power and nga fgs'q become ana nan
menace TO the people Of Europe has
a aGsn s1ve a:ns by PAVE FranSis,
francis is recuperatin. here from Ill
ness which compelled him TO undo rgo
way home from Archangei he is
n n,r.,, orders from the state De-
the statement by the recent speeches
G 1a rrank \. Wandering, formerly presi-
York, in which MIR VanderIip gave his
E Hv OF the industrial situation in
must be prepared to extend her credit
20 put European business on It's feet
said l havf a fsaa Ml,n sTsa' in,srfs
note OF warning delivered before the
dd .%g CUP in New York several
eaualed facilities for stu ,i "a" con "n :.
Nor a'ons IN Enrope during. his four or
nsr months f visit. and his address i'm
par. most va liable Information lie
Is not in the diplomatic service: If ne
were he would have thought a second
lhhor conditions In England Those
n;ohnitions arc more or less serious
attention even in the United States.
Frown ON BoishevIsm.
ne BolsheEist spirit which is now
manitestiinS itself in the Canadian
strikes. ] am glad 10 see is frowned
upon by inc labor unions in that coun-
81 + s S as ad IN a5 oM n ,bi N 91
labor circles 10 the extent II ala in
RUSSIA IN the beginning OF the Boil
there. attcmp, 10 appropria;c ,bn
ihhns; ana that would lac very dep!or-
abi. Tor the labor unions OF America
icre the public domain. Immense AS
IL was, has practically all been taken
w oE settlers who own the soil they
patience TO the Bolshev.st doctrine
OF nationa!izing the land
LEFT Russia. he said lsoi ih vi nei haS
no cause 10 fear the large landowners.
Su, the the sm nsTohS a. ne called them
t psasa,mTg W@T" the mos, powerful
even 10 this extent from What wished
To saE concerning Mr.. vanderlip's ad-
dress. While he visited almost every
erent and neutral hc did not 20 10
nnss'a nor mention the resources Of
tha' Afflicted country In his co,npre-
hensive statement. lie did no, even
take INTO account the productive ca :
paeiiy In Russia when he stated that
from 10000 OOD 10 40. ooo. 600 and
wi5nSoni Increasing its productivity
what Russia Produced
Russia during the five years end
1ls ,W%!th iHln produced an average Of
nsrc a'I f,b GMShSls OF 81 wheat, as com
III war began. 1913, Russia produced
sso,ogooo9 bushels Of wheat. as com
during those five years the average
produciion OF oats in Russia was .O45.-
o9"'SI" % n."iSMs!S as against our average
Kussia's average production OF barley
i ior ms hveIyear period was 1851 900
l?S,1'7.6o0 bushels. The disparity Of
rye production is sim more startling:
RuSsias average for the hve-year
ours was only 3?42440O bushels The
russians eat more rye bread than
The grand total for the five wears
1911 i5. both inclusive for the crops
OF wheat, oats, barley and rye was as
hnssia, l ls$ ss6 bushels United
average of United States, 2,26i.446.oSo
Il, will be seen from these figures
that Russia: Notwithstanding her pop
nlation of 10000. 900 people, can FUR
nish enough surplus 10 feed all Of The
rSnM n,,iy Of Of Europe: These figures
EUROPEAN f%S T has n s9s'y ye,
~ shall no, tire your readers on
lhis occasion TO mention other i'm
neasuraoie resources of Russia except
70 say that that country has boundless
forests OF timber enormous deposits Of
coal; corner and lead. to say nothing
gold silver and platinum.
German Influence in Rus.in.
Germany has not only been study
ING thc immense resources of Russia
LOT nan century. but during the past
several decades has given careful Al
tention to the Russian character 90
ing so Tar as TO place German teachers
testimony before the Overman romri,
tee OF the Senate and on varions othnr
1:as rs, If Germany had deferred the
would have had such strong foni
hold in Russia that it would have been
impossible to dislodge her. have also
expressed the view many times thar II
would be difficult if possible to estobe
lish peace in Europe with chaos pre-
shevist rule dominating Russia II 10
also my conviction If a stable govern
ment Is not established in Russia that
that country, organize it's man power
as Germany knows so we'll how to do
and become as powerful and as great
n menace TO the people OF Europe M
the end OF one or two decades as she
was at the beginning of the word war.
leagues at the Paris conference. any
peace which we negotiate here with
Russia left out would be travesty.
for Russia comprises half of the dry
land of Europe and half of Asia also
and he might have added, over one
seventh Of the dry land of the earth.
Relations Most Friendly.
Relations between our country and
Russia have always been OF the most
friendly character, and were not In
terrupted by our abrogating the com
mercial treaty with that country as
we did in 1912. When went to Rus
STA as ambassador early i'm 1916, one
year before we entered the war my
first or main object was to negotiate
q new commercial treaty, preached
the subject to Sa2onof. Minister of
Foreign Affairs. under the empire al
our first interview. and was greatly
disappointed when he said to me that
Russia would make no more treaties
until her commercial relations with
ner allies were defined and de-
termined.'
THAT conference was April 90. 1916:
the treaty with Japan which was then
being negotiated was consummated
within two months; that treaty was
signed by Motono, the Japanese am
bassador. who was also at that time
dean OF the diplomatic corps and
sasanoff, the Russian minister OF
foreign affairs. The secret provisions