The Washington times., 1921-08-12
Relief For Russia
To Be in Full Swing
Within q Fortnight
BY international News Service,

RIGA, Aug. 12.-NActual relief work
in Russia under the direction of Ameri-
cans will be under way early next
! week, according to all indications here
today.
! The negotiations of Walter l.. Brown.
head of the American relief organiza.
ton in Europe, and Boris Litvinoff. the
envoy of the Soviet government, are
proceeding favorably and probably will
be concluded on Saturday or Sunday.
This would enable the relief campaign
| to open next week, as 1t Is expected
that the remaining American citizens
! will be out of Russia in the meantime.
1t is predicted that the International
Red Cross at Geneva will name Secre-
tary Hoover honorary director Of the
consolidated relief movements; that Is.
| the relief work of the various countries
and humanitarian organizations.
DIR. hansen To Direct.
DIR. Nansen. who is now in Riga, and
who has won the confidence Of all
stricken nationalities by his relief cru
sades Of the past two years, probably
will become the active chief OF the
movement in Europe.
The chief fear of NJ. Litvinoff was
that the countries giving relief to Rus
STA might attempt to make political
capital out of the work. Some of the
na lions that have volunteered aid are
hostile to the Soviet and the Moscow
government feared they would attempt
TO take advantage Of the present oppor-
tunity to work for the overthrow OF
the Lenin-Trotzky administration.
Litvinoff voiced this fear to d.
rector Brown and it Is understood
Mr.. Brown gave assurances the
United States had no Interior motive
in Russia. 1t was pointed out that
America has been actuated only by
humanitarian motives as mas been
made evident by her dealings with
all nations since the war. Litvinoff
said he was under instructions to
inform the American relief organize
ton that the Soviet government, de-
spite the deplorable conditions in the
famine and cholera districts, would
not tolerate any political interference
with Russian domestic affairs.
America Russia's Hope.
Russia is pinning her chief hopes
upon America. While the United
States has not shown any friendship
for the Moscow government, the
Bolshevik leaders were impressed by
the noninterestedness of the Ameti-
cans and felt that they could he
trusted.
News Is eagerly awaited here of
the whereabouts of the remaining
Americans who have been released
from Russian prisons AMI are now
supposed to be on their way to this
city or some other city on this side
of the Russian frontier. 1t was said
yesterday that there were only TWEEN.
ty-one Americans to be heard from,
but today 1t was reported that thore
was a greater number of them.
Lettonia has appropriated $500. 900
roubles for the purchase of grain for
the Russian famine sufferers.
Exodus Not Great.
NJ. Litvanoff in an interview with
the foreign correspondents said the
reports that millions of famine -strick-
en- Russians were migrating from the
starvation district along the Volga
was incorrect.
AT the utmost only about 100000
Russians are leaving the famine
zone" said M. Litvinoff, most of
them had been driven from their
homes in western Russia by the Ger
man invasion during the war. They