The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-01-20
ING ALL
PLANS FOR THE
.RESU MPT| ION OF.
TRADE RELATION
WITH RUSSIANS

WIN uOUUInVuI
Paris, Jan. 20.-Elaborate plans for
the resumption Of commercial rela
tons between the Russian people and
allied nations, have been worked
out and it is expected the bolshevild
VIII permit the free interchange Of
manufactured goods and raw mater
i1ls. II viii be a comparatively sim.
pie matter to distribute goods among
the Russian people. under the agree.
ment announced. last Friday, by the
supreme council, 1t is said by Rus
slams who assisted in the negotiations
that preceded the announcement. Sur.
plus stocks Of wheat. flax ana lum-
Der await export from Russia, and
all that Is needed is ocean tonnage
TO carry these products TO the mark.
cts OF the world
Details Of the plan to be followed
were given the Associated Press to-
day by Alexander NJ. Berkenhein and
Vely president and member of the
foreign board of the Russian coop
eratiNe union. through which trade
will be carried on They conducted
the negotiations with the supreme
council. which brought about the
adoption Of n policy reversing that
followed by the allies during the last
TWO years.
1T must he understood the agree
agreement has no political character
whatsoever" said NJ. Berlenheim. 1T
is merely on economic, financial and
humanitarian arrangement Russian
cooperative unions, organized 80 years
leo, now number 800 branches ana
nave ~ local societies with 5000 900
members These societies operate
throughout Russia whether under Dol
shcyili rule or controlled by other
government. 1t is sort of Russian
economic Red Cross
In February 1919, We laid before
the secretary OF Premier Lloyd George
our plan for the exchange OF Russian
raw materials for manufactured goods
from allied countries. VI. krovopous-
koff, nnd myself were summoned last
week before The supreme council
where the plan was adopted.
This plan is very simple. We
have in Russia great stocks Of wheat,
cereals. cattle and flax which, ow-
ing u the complete suppression Of
expectation during the last few years,
and the record crop OF 1919. are now
larger than Russia ever disposed OF
previous to the war. This Is especial
Is true in the interior Of Russia,
where consumption has also diminish
ed.
I'VE require in return farming and
agricultural implements, cloth, shoes,
locomotives. motors, automobiles and
medical supplies. Ship tonnage must
be furnished by the allies as Russia's
shipping has completely disappear
cd
1--WE must import first in order to
export. Ships may enter Black, Bal
tic and White Sea ports loaded with
goods needed by Russia and may re-
turn without exports
NJ Berkcnheim, would not say
whether this tonnage had been prom
ised by Great Britain
Russian peasants absolutely refuse
TO accep, any sort of paper money
and the question of payment for goocs
.yported presented considerable diff
Guilty but a solution was reached. ac'
cording 10 NJ Berkheim as follows:
Imports will come to Russia con
signed TO us" he said. They will
| be distributed to our stores through
out the country and we will purchase
grains and cereals from peasants, pay
ing them in rubcs at n fixed rate,
We will also give them scrip emitting
them to purchase from our stores
imported goods for the identica
amount of ruhles we paid them when
they we're selling their stocks. All
dealings must I've done through our
cooperative societies.
The correspondent informed NJ
Gerkenheim that il was the belief IN
France the bolsheviki would supervise
distribution and allow goods to reach
their adherents while the rest of the
population might go barefooted ana
naked.
"Our stores are not under control
of the bolsheviki." he replied. "When
the Moscow government nationalized
all stores and closed them our stores
continued business undisturbed. This
was not true Of any undue friendship
with the de facto government nut
because OF the high esteem in when
/ tn cooperative societies are held by
the population throughout Russia, AL
though the Moscow government con-
sidered us somewhat reactionary
organization and elaborated plans 10
close our stores. they were never
put into effect. We do not wish 70
enter into politics but feel sure our
headquarters in Moscow can reach
satisfactory agreement with the soviet
authorities for an impartial distriou'
tion."