The Washington herald., 1920-04-19

transportation IN Soviet Russia, leads
lment.
Negotiating Two Weeks.
Negotiations between the two dele
cations have been in progress for
almost two weeks. The Russian dele
gates are reported to be seeking from
England an exchange Of goods with
Russias cooperative societies. On
her part England herself. like Italy,
is becoming insistelt upon the re-
sumption of trade relations with
Russia.
Meanwhile. krassin is discreditcd
by American oiicialdom. He is on
the Official BLACK list" here and IS
Niharacterized as a former Gernan
subject
Among His Acu,Itic~.
The following is n chapter Of his
ALLEGED bioerarEH:
kraSsin is connected with Ger
mans who are Interested in TIE ex-
though a former German subject.
he became a Russian upon the world
wars outbreak. He represented
German interests ia Russia
In 1907 the Cars government ar
rested krassin at Viborg. He was
charged with revolutionary activity.
lie was imprisored cd for time. but
was subsequently liberated.
Russia granted him amnesty
while he was working at the Sic
mens-Schuchcrt factory in Berlin.
This was n large German concern
closely affiliated with German in
tcrests in Russia. Krassin eStab-
lished a branch of that factory at
Petrograd and became its chief di-
rector.
Friend OF Lenine.
The present col1missar Of trans
portatiun in Soviet Russia is a
close friend Of Nicolai Lenine. He
is also said TO h one Of tie ad-
visors OF the Russian premier.
Krassin has been intimately as
sociated with Clman. German
prominent in the Siemen-Schucher
Company. When Furstenberg-Gan-
etzki became CommiSsar Uf the
! state Bank Of Soviet Russia. Kras-
sin became Russian Soviet commits
sar OF railroads and took charge
of the quartcrmaster's department.
I Of the red army. FurstenberS-
Ganetzki is the German agent of 4
great Rhenish industrial combine.
The same krassin dispatched u
man to Berlin FOR the purpose OF
lettering the German DeutSche Bank
concessions on the Murmaa-Petro-
grad Railroad.
Originated IO-IIour Day.
The ten and twelve-hour day
working plan in Soviet Russia WAS
ioriginated by kr2Ssin. He was
/ Bolshcvik commisSar OF commerce
and trade at the time.
Railway cars consigned from the
Ukraine to the German association
/ at PetroSrad were rcquisitioned by
1.-THE Nicolai railway employees IN
February. 1919. Through Krass MS
efforts the provisions were recov-
cred and four Of these employees
executed.
Krassin made report. faVorins
the employment of a large number
Of German faborers in Russia. This
report was upheld by the council
Of commissars.
1
sin comes from an official Ameri-
can source here. II sounds like
! belated reecho OF the old-tinle
scharEe that Bolshevism is Pr1ssiar-
ism in disguise. Diplomatic prcpa-
Eanda on occasion uses the chan
mel Of the press for its flow.
Conflicting Tendencies.
Italy and England are reaGy -
recognize the Moscow government
/ as the de facto government II Rus
I sia. France and the United Statos
are emphatically not. These antag-
onistic tendencies will face and fight
each other over the san Reno con-
/ ference table this week.
A year ago President Wilson was
disposed to recognize Soviet Russia.
Now he is said TO be ENed in his
i opposition TO such recognition. Dur
/ ing the interval there has been a
gradual .rspprochement with Rus
sia on the part OF En-lan1 ard
/ Italy.
: In fact. Italy e. rumor~d 10 h-ve
| signed secret trade acre sitis q
| with Lenine's representative. TO
! avoid economic chaos ~ hoHa". Eng
! land needs a commercially active
Russia and Germany. Downing
Streets attitude toward Berlin and
Moscow is based upon economics.
! pure and simple
Americas official bearing toward
I Lenine centers on the hope .of a de-
| Bolshevized Russia and a Russian
J United States. The Old RtvEs!an
states. which have set up indepcnd-