Evening star., 1920-06-21
WRANCEL SEEKS
AMERICAN AM|TY
South Russian Commander
Wants Closer Relations
With the United States.

SEBASTOPOI. June Is (by the AS
sociated Press).-Closer relations be-
tween Russia and the United States are
desired BY Cen. Baron wraneal. com
mander Of the South Russian volun-
| teer army. he declared today, He said
the United States had SHOWN itself
champion Of real democracy by in
tervening in the great war" and
said he hoped worthy Russian stu
dents might attend American uni
lversfties.
American mechanical experts. the
general said, could assist in the re-
Ihabilitation Of Russia's railways and
| the developments of her natural re-
sources after the war. and he said he
| wanted American capital to seek COM
| mercial arrangements in southern
Russia. as American activity would
| be of a purely commercial, and not Of
a political nature.
Gen. Wrangel believes new Russia
| will not be highly centralized state,
and that much latitude will be given
the many races of the country to
govern themselves. He said recogni-
tion Of the independence of Finland
would never, in principle, be subject
| to any doubt, but he expressed the
opinion that it was of the greatest
Importance for both Finland and Po-
land to come to an understanding
which would guarantee their mutual
strategic interests.
AS for the other new states arising
within the area of old Russia, Gen.
Wrangel said those that were virile
will continue to live in a sort of fed
eral relation with the Russian states.
The generals plan for a division of
land includes establishment in Crimea
of a land commission to divide terri
tory on the principle that a man may
own only as much land as he can cul-
tivate himself intelligently and prof.
tably. AS a remedy for peasants lack
of training. he said he would estab-
lish agricultural schools on large es-
tates belonging to the government.
Advice to the Allies.
The allies cannot bring about a read
| justment Of the worlds affairs without
| the cooperation of Russia, but it is not
from a bolshevik Russia that such CO.
operation can be secured, declared Gen.
WrangeL
"The treaty Of Versailles" continued
Gen. Wrangel, "does not settle Rus
sia's problems. Russia will rise again,
and the allies cannot assume to set
tie the worlds problems without Rus
sia's cooperation. She is potentially
1y without her, and Russia cannot live
without cultural and commercial re-
| lations with the rest of the world"
wrangel Ii Optimistic.
Gen. Wrangel is optimistic in regard
to his army. He said it's fronts were
| being strongly held, and that the ef-
forts he had made to restore order
| and discipline had been successful. He
explained that civil officials were ad-
vancing with the army and establish
| ing local governments to avoid con-
fusion which followed in the wake of
| Gen. Denekine's forces.
With regard to the question of gen.
eral peace. the Russian commander
said he did not believe it would be
effective without strong interna-
tional army and navy. He expressed
the opinion that the Dardanelles and
the Bosporus must be safeguarded in
against interruption in war time. but
he gave it as his view that none of
| these questions could be solved until
| Russia had q place in the council of
| the nations.