The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-04-02
KRASSINE SURE OR
U. S. RUSSIAN TRADE
Believes Washington Will Re.
cede Despite Attitude Of
Hughes Note.

| LONDON, April despite the uncom.
promising tone OF the recent note oil
Secretary OF State Hughes in reply &c
representations by Russia for Che open.
Ing of trade relations with the United
States. the principal objective of the
Russian Soviet GOVERNMENTS foreign
policy Is and will continue to be thS
United States. according to Leonid Kras'
sine. the Bolshevist representative here
who negotiated the Anglo Russian trade
| treaty. lie refuses to recognize the at.
titude Of Washington as an insur-
mountable difficulty to the establishment,
Of relations with the United States
whereby trade would be possible.
| 1t was inevitable, he said, that com.
mercial relations would be reestablished
with America. The sooner they were
started the sooner Russian reconstruc.
ton would get under way and this
would mean an earlier economic peace
for Europe and the world. There would
be no peace in Europe. he added EN-.
phatically. until there was a peaceful
Russia.
| He stated that the admission to
America Of Russian commercial repre-
sentatives was the first requirement. The
initial transactions would then be car
| ried out by means of cash payments
with the question OF credits naturally
arising later
In Its relations with foreign govern
| ments the Soviet Government is pre-
| pared to respect the principle OF private
property and act upon the policy of ex-
change OF equal values in trade" said
Mr.. Krassine. IF these guarantees
are insufficient. deposits will be placed
acceptable to financial institutions, in
surfing against violation of contracts. "
| NO predictions or promises OF any
great volume of trade We're made, but
the fact that trade had been carried on
by Soviet Russia with the Baltic States
for year, Mr.. Krassne pointed out,
was proof of Its practicability.
The Soviet Government" Mr.. Kras-
4 sine declared, looks to America as O
country where Russia can obtain ex-
perienced men and the materials needed
\ in the gigantic reconstruction facing
Russia. Nowhere in the world can her
present problems be faced and solved
as in America, which is the only coun-
try which has found realization of Rus
sia's dreams Of railway reconstruction,
the development of mines, water trans
port and tho oil industry and electrifi-
cation.
IF central Russia is suffering from
1 lack of food the cause is lack OF loco
motives TO transport supplies. America
can remedy our transport problem inn
mediately by the shipment of locomo-
tives already built in America. Our
horses and live stock are depleted. but
iron. horses and tractors from America
would rehabilitate the agricultural in
\ dustry.
millions of tools are needed A sew.
ing machine in every peasants cottage
/ Is our ideal All these supplies America
i has furnished Russia In the past. and
she knows the peculiarities Of Rassia's
/ needs"
] In conclusion reference was made e
1 the Soviet propaganda, which Krassint
said was the only means for Russian
intercourse abroad as long as she was
| Enable to establish normal relation
snipe. Active propaganda against The
1 United States had never existed. hc
| said, and that presented more reason
why negotiations should be started
lie expressed confidence that as soor
as America became convinced that ths
very existence of the Russian Soclalis
republic is not propaganda then we vii
| be able to establish relations to the mu
/ tual interest