Evening star., 1921-08-02

war; Is Ill, and also that there mas
been q split between Nikolai Lenin
Senator Joseph France OF Maryland.
who is leaving Riga tonight for Ber-
lin.
IT saw Trotsky July 8. He was TO
bust and bronzed. He has the shoul-
ders of an athletic man. He appeared
to be perfectly well. and there was
nothing to give him the appearance of
being q victim Of cancer. Lenin and
Trotsky are working in harmony.
II am amused to read clipping OF
paper saying that Lenin had arrested
Trotsky. The arrest was supposed to
have occurred the day before saw
Trotsky. I found him working In &C.
cord with Lenin.'
Sees Diplomats.
Senator France conversed with q
number of diplomats and several
pressed Views differing widely from
his relative to the honesty and efi1-
cheney of the bolsheviki, but the SEN
ator informed the correspondent that
he was leaving tonight to carry on
fight for Russo-American relations
and the extension of credit to Rus
sia, and that his views had not been
changed.
He still thought that the third in
ternationale could not harm America
and that assistance for Russia would
relieve the conditions which caused
revolution He estimated that the
credit necessary for Russia.s immedi-
ate needs would amount to $4,000, ,ooo.-
600, which he thought should be in
tho form Of an outright loan to the
Russian government, instead Of an
advance on concessions.
While in Moscow Senator France
failed to receive several telegrams
nd YaRfAG4r6d l0tS0I
forwarded there, and he said that
some Of his kilograms, which soviet
officials promised to send to Riga,
had never reached his secretary here.
Whether intercepted or merely lost
is not known in Riga. One American
business man who had been in Russia
for q long time told the correspondent
that many messages sent by him
through bolshevik channels had failed
to arrive.
Mrs Margurite e. Harrison Of Balti-
more leaves Riga tonight with Sem
ator France.
VIII Send Food.
DR.. Edward w. Ryan. American Red
Cross commissioner to the Baltic
Trotsky. the bolshevik minister OF
war, asking for permission. owing to
the probable release OF the American
prisoners in Russia, to send food to
! them at Moscow through 2 soviet
courier. The request Of DR.. Ryan has
been granted.
N. Ganetsky. the soviet minister to
Letvia. this afternoon sent by mes
senger to John 3. Hurley. the Ameri-
can consul, q note. written in the
third person. to which was attached
a copy of the reply Of NJ. Kamanefr.
head Of the Russian famine relief
| commission. to Herbert Hoovers note
giving the terms under which aid
| would be given tho famine-stricken
districts in Russia Whether this
note will serve as an official reply to
the communication of Secretary OF
State Hughes is not known: but 1t
marks the first Official dealings be-
tween an American official and the
ibolsheviki in Riga.
'~ Collecting Tat.
While the aid committee in Russia II
doing its utmost for the immediate re-
lief Of the starving population in the
provinces stricken by famine. the soviet
government Is working to prevent a fail
ure next year in Russia's grainary. the
Volga provinces. In order to accomplish
this end. 100000 pools e. pood IL
about thirty-six pounds) Of grain foI
| winter sowing must be delivered at the
latest by September ]. Today will begin
| the difficult task Of collecting the natural
| tax, which will be- the main source fol
| securing seed grain. and on its success
will depend the salvation Of the most
fertile grain belt in Russia The area
where crops have proved q failure was
expected to furnish 60,oo0,oe0 pools Of
the country's 24.oo0,o00 requirements by
| the natural tax, hence the scale Of taxa
ton will be raised in the fruitful prov-
tnces.
Migration Of peasants from the famine
districts. except whero It In organized
by the government, has been prohibited
| by an edict Of the famine committee. &C
cortling to the Moscow Pravda.