The New York herald., 1921-04-01
REPUTATION OF
B0LSHEVISM NOW
A LAW IN RUSSIA
Manifesto of Moscow Gov
ernment Shows Lenine's
Proposals Adopted.
PEASANT NOW FARMER
Finland. Esthonia and Lat
via Prepare to Handle
Big Transit Trade.
PEASANT NOW FARMER
TIMBER READY TO EXPORT
Yorkshire Man, Back, Says
Good Harvest Will Put
Russia on Feet.

II Special CQbie 20 IHE NEW 1Ukh ftEhALb'
Copyright, 1891, by The New YoRK HERALD.
REvAL, March 31.--The Russian So
Wet Government in Moscow has
granted full amnesty TO all Russians
who fought with the Poles to over
throw the Bolsheviki. The official or
gan of Premier Lenine in Moscow has
| just issued an appeal to these political
refugees urging them to come home,
/ telling them that all has been for
given. 1t says that the new situation
in Russia makes it possible for the
| Soviet Government to approach these
political exiles in this way. This Is
one Of the many instances of the new
Soviet policy.
| While all Bolshevist representatives
deny that Communism has been aban-
doned in Russia. it is obvious why they
/ do 50. for to admit it would be to con-
/ fess being guilty of having tried on
Russia for three long years a terrible
experiment which in the end proved
| wrong.
| Nevertheless, facts prove that the
4 whole course Of the Bolsheyist policy has
| been changed. Lenine's proposals to the
/
ton of Bolshevism have already become
law in Russia, as is proved by a mani
1 festo by the Moscow Government just
4 issued to the peasants 1t is signed by
1 the Central Committee and the Council
Of the Peoples Commissioners.
l To Lower Tax ms Trade Grows.
| This manifesto says that the tax In
! kind on agricultural products is tempo
rary and will diminish as foreign trade
4 increases. Russian farmers as the
peasants are called for the first time in
the history or Russia, are urged to put
forth all efforts to the end that none OF
\ the acreage of ploughed land remains
unsown this spring"
Farmers" 1t continues, should bear
well in mind that the more land sown in
grain the more grain will remain at their
absolute disposal"
This means the abolition of the Boil
shevist denial or private initiative and
the rights of private property which
constituted the basis Of BoIshevisn.
However. the Russian farmers may
4 refuse to trust L4enine, and Lenines
l Communist subordinates may misapply
4 the Soviet Premiers reforms.
Finland Esthonia and Latvia are to-
day the only countries having regular
I diplomatic representatives in Moscow.
\ Therefore, IL may be presumed that they
are the only ones having correct in
formation regarding latest developments
4 there. They have made enormous prepa-
| rations to handle the trade TO and from
4 Russia which they expect to pass through
the free ports and splendid transit ar
rangements in connection with the free
i port OF Hango have been made.
Big sales Reported.
Mr. Grimshaw a Yorkshire manufac-
/ turer who has had long experience IN
| Russia, has returned here after having
sold to the Soviet Government f200.-
900 worth Of cloth. He says that a good
harvest this year would put Russia on
her feet and set the current of trade
going again. A Mr.. Campbell, a British
tinlberman, who reached here from
! Archangel to-day said he saw 100000
lots of timber in Archangel ready for
export when that port reopens, and that
there was a similar quantity of timber
IN Petrograd.
According to NJ. Pip Esthonian For
/ eign Minister Lenine is giving an ever
wider freedom to the Russian coopera-
tive societies, and he expressed the opin-
ion that they would play an important
part in the new trade. Finland also is
expected to do big business, as Is
shown by steps which the Finnish Gov
ernment has taken with regard TO
Hango. That port has been turned over
10 a private corporation for development
in order TO enable it to handle the Rus
sian traffic which is expected to go that
way.
Although the Finnish Government is
strongly anti Bolshevist, il has received
a Bolshevist commission of more than
fifty members and is making arrange
ments for the handling Of foreign goods
for Russia through the port OF Hango
duty free. whether 1t is stored or even
assembled on Finnish territory With
this trade In view Hango Is being rap
| idly turned into a miniature South
Brooklyn. with railroads, warehouses
and shops Little Baltic ports are being
developed IN a way that was never pos
sible in the old days. when most OF the
Russian maritime officials we're cavalry
\ officers.