The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-29
Harold Veo, Russian Violinist, Relates Remarkable Talk With
 Czar's Daughter m America
By DOLLY pALRYMPLE

Tt was during the summer of 1918 at Atlantic City where my orchestra was playing that l met the Princess Tati- anna, the second daughter of the Czar and the Czarina of Russia and-she made the startling assertion to me. which has never been printed in a newspaper, as far as 1 know, and that is that her parents were not dead. In fact, she wept when 1 mentioned the report to her. She declared that the Czar and the Czarina were at that mo- ment on their way to America-her [ father, disguised as a sailor, and that for all she knew California would be the objective point when they arrived here"
 Harold Neo, the distinguished Rus sian Violinist-a former member of the Imperial Orchestra of Russia-made the foregoing startling announcement to me the other day when he was. telling me of his surprise and at the same time delight at meeting the Princess Tatianna in America.
 MT. Veo, who has come to Birming- ham to live, and whose organization of one of the most up-to-dat dance or chestras in the south has been effected
 
 sessions, while of course soviet Russia is undoubtedly ready to make new overtures at any time the American gov ernment sees fit to change its viewpoint toward us
 But one thing is certain" he added, despite all newspaper reports to the contrary, Russia will not give up com munism and revert to the principles of private property.
 In brief. our situation is this:
 We now have for the first time peace with. our neighbors and have things well in hand at home. Our government is willing to become a capitalistic concern itself in order to maintain communism within it's bor ders. AS a government it will deal with foreign concerns, granting and guaranteeing concessions but the re- suits of these deals in produce neces- sary for our people will continue to be distributed communistically by our government
 "The peasants now have and for some time have had a more Or less free opportunity to trade through the co operatives, the communes. etc, but as for reopening the middlemen's busi- ness and the shops of individual prof iteers, that is impossible as We will not surrender the ndln prlHcIpleSs ol communism.
 Last year we were able supply | the people of Russia with about 70 per cent of the necessities of life through communistic distribution. We must furnish the other 30 per cent. too, and | foreign trade will permit us to dc this when our transport IS reorgan- | ized
 The machinery is available and we have a certain amount of gold fol purchases for immediate needs but we must rely upon concessions and new dev elopments for the future" l M. Behrsin said that soviet Russia had certain amount of raw products l including wood, ready to offer tc America now but that the principle il view in the trade offer was future concessions in Siberia and elsewher, the minister pointing out that vas territory Tn the Russian domain wa: still undeveloped,
 Conditions in the interior are la from satisfactory" he added, but arr \ better than at any time since the revo lution For the moment all is auie save for a few spasmodic events alon: the trans-Siberian line which alread, has been liquidated with the ,esul that there is free road for traffi throughout Russia only awaiting | eouipm ent"