The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-08-10
RUSSIA TO ACCEPT
HELP FROM AMERICA
Soviet Agrees to Release Prisoners and
Take Advantage Of Famine Aid From
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Take Advantage of Famine Aid From
United States, Says Senator France
OF Maryland.
Riga, July 30.-Soviet Russia has
| agreed to release American prisoners
and to accept famine aid from the
American Relief association Just at
| the moment that United States Senator
Joseph l. France, Of Maryland, has
returned to Riga from Moscow deter
mined to advocate renewal Of trade re-
| lations and perhaps diplomatic reia-
tions between Russia and the United
States and bringing with him one Of
the prisoners, Mrs. Marguerite T.. Har-
| rison, OF Baltimore, who was freed by
his efforts at Moscow.
Senator France. who entered Rus
sia several weeks ago skoptical OF the
| advantage of immediate diplomatic re-
lations with the soviets, but believing
that trade relations were advisable
has returned an ardent enthusiast for
| both
While American officials in the
Baltic are specializing as to what ef-
feet the release Of the prisoners and
the entrance of the American Relief
association into Russia will have in
clearing up the Russian situation, SEN
ernment was starting a new line OF
development in Russia which "can not
backslide into racial communism
| again"
In reply to a question as to whether
the Moscow Bolsheviki were trying to
revolutionize the world, including the
United States, Senator France said :
'"l know nothing about the third in
tcrnationale but no man worthy Of any
ttention ever believed that propaganda
could start revolutions. Conditions
are not propaganda, history shows"
Washington. July 30.-Oncial word
OF the Russian soviet authorities de-
cision regarding the American relief
administration offer to furnish food
| to starving Russian children, condi-
toned on the release OF American pris-
oners, and the state departments de-
mand for their release still was lack
ing late today. The state department
however, was officially informed late
in the day OF the arrival at Riga OF
Mrs. Marguerite iE. Harrison, of Bal
tmore, one OF the American prisoners
Beyond press dispatches announc-
ing the soviet governments accept.
ance OF the relief offer and its willing
ness to free American prisoners, Sec
administration, was without a reply
to his telegram sent last week tt
Maxim Gorky at Pctrograd. Rcceip
Of the telegram was acknowledged sew
cral days ago.
On the basis Of press reports tha
the reply was being sent by way o
London, official here declared that tn,
answer might be expected at any time
State department officials, on the 9th
cr hand, suggested that no formal an
swcr would be made to the demand o
the American government for the re
but if they were freed under the con
ditions Of Secretary lloovcr's offer, tn,
Russian authorities would let the ac
tion stand as speaking for itself Re
lease OF Mrs. Harrison unannouncct
was said to Indicate the possibl,
adoption OF such a course
Secretary Hoover indicated that re
lief work could begin within IS hour!
from the time American prisoners were
out of Russian and representatives o
the administration would be sent a
once to Riga to negotiate the detail:
OF food distribution.
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