The Washington herald., 1921-08-23
Leader Outlines Scheme
For Power in Every
Industry.
WANTS AMERICAN
GENIUS TO ASSIST
Proposal Most Gigantic
Ever Entertained by
Any Nation.
Especial cabls 10 The washingtou Herlk
and United Eeva)

ana United Kswa)
MOSCOW. Aug. -. - George
Tchitcherin. who for nearly four
years has been the Soviet foreign
minister and right hand man OF
Lenin and Trotsky. ha soutliend a
scheme for the electrifcstion Of all
Il, ssIan industry and agriculture
v hIch Is amazing in its scope and
hich would call for the co-opers-
ton OF American technical and
inancial leaders II his dream" a.
he calls IL Is to be fulfilled
I'VE plan to establish the most
cCmplete, most modern system OF
electrifying our industries and agri-
culture the world has ever seen.
IL pos ,Ible we will do Il with
.tmerIUan assistance" Tchitcherin
declared. we intend 20 establish
treE endously powerful electrical
enters throughout Russia, each OF
which will utilize the natural
powers Of its own territory-coal In
the Don regions and certain parts
OF Siberia; naphtha 1 nthe southern
Listri is: waterpower wherever we
have it
To Give Concess'ons-
"We are prepared TO give conces-
sinns for the build ng OF these cen
teIs, and We will give with them
every possible guaranty for the
proteo ton of those who hold those
concessions.
The world may rest assured that
We will live up to our promises.
We have always kept our agree
ments and promises with other
states"
Outlining the system under whict
concessions would be granted tho
Soviet foreign minister told Of the
organization OF a special Russian
trade committee which he's the com
plete backing Of the Moscow gov
ernment and which would handle
all the details incident to the com
mercial agreements surrounding the
concessions
I'VE will wiliinEly give sufficien'
guarantees that the properties o.
our concessionnaires Will remaiT
absolutely untouched by the gov
ernment The committee will hav'
full power TO fix the percentage oi
return swhich must go 20 the state
nd the amount Of such companies
receipts which must remain in Rus
sia for the protection CT labor.
Needs Trade Agreement
But in order 10 enable the stat
TO deal in a bus ness with any othcl
state We must have some officia
acknowledgement similar 10 that W
rave from England. admitting OUT
trade repr esentatives 10 purchas.
supplies Of various sorts and ne.
Cotiate with contractors.
We must also be permitted q
wise all passports"
Turning to the present condition
Of the country. Tchitcherin de
| cared that some Of the RusSiar
mines are now working. although
many Of them are stiil inoperatiV'
Cor lGck OF equipment
We need machinery" he said
and accordingly many Of the mine
are closed.
The workmen attached to othe
| mines are in want-and yet the,
| N ght resume opera tions tmmedt
tely II the machinery defcienc,
could be rectified.
Some OF our other industrIa
needs are engines. wagons and AZ
railway materials. We are IN nee,
Of Agricultural implements ant
electrical supplies, particularly dy
namos
For a part Of these imports w.
"an pay now. But we need credit
for larger part OF them"
Famine Outlook BLACK.
The foreign minister then turne,
to discussion OF the famine sItus
tion, admitting that. while som
success had attended the Soviet
| Efforts to rlieve conditions. IN.
outlook was dark in the affected re
gions.
TT is dreadful" he said. I'll
much of the famine district no rail-
has fallen since spring. For that
certainly nobody can be held re
sponsible. can he? II would hav,
happened under czarism or an.
other political system This ts III.
greatest famine in the history
Russia"
To questions regarding the possi
bility % irrigation systems whic'
would prevent q recurrence OF IN
vast economic loss OF crops. Tehit
cherin held the prewar regime re
sponsible fee agricultural back
wardness and ineH1ciency.
TT has been Impossible 20 bull.
an efficient irrigation system @
Far" he said. because agricultur
was not .eveIop~d at all beror
the great war and the revolution.
As for what Russia needs most
the foreign minister. locking 70 IN
future rather than to the present
-aid:
The most important thing 70
Russia today Is seeds-for mex
years crop"