New-York tribune., 1921-04-02
Reds to Keep
Up Fight for
U.S.Recognition
Undismayed by Rejection
of Trade Proposals, So.
Wet Will Continue to Seek
Relations, Says krassin
10 Guarantee Contracts
Declares There Will Be
No Peace in Europe Un-
til Russia Is Orderly

LONDON, April l (Ry The Associ-
ated Press Despite tho uncompro-
missing tone of the recent noto Of Sec
rctary of State Hughes in reply to
representations by Russia for the 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 the
establishment of relations with the
United States, according 70 Leonid
Krassn, the Bolshevik representative
here. He refuses to recognize the atti-
tudc of Washington as an insurmount-
able difficulty to the establishment Of
relations with the United States
whereby trade would pe possible.
M. Krassin gave these views when
interviewed by The Associated Press
to-day.
He said that the admission to Amer
lca of Russian commercial representa-
tives 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 gov
crnments the Soviet government is
prepared to respect the principle Of pri-
vate property and act upon the policy
of exchange of equal values in trade"
said Mr. Krassin. ''If these guarantees
arc insufficient deposits will be placed,
acceptable to financial institutions, in
suring against violation of contracts. -
No predictions or promises of any
great volume of trade we're made. He
expected the immediate difficulties
would be transport. Concentration Of
the Russian peoples energies for three
years on defensive warfare had reduced
production to minimum, and the only
remedy, he declared, was the opening
of relations with foreign nations.
The fact that trade had been carried
on by Soviet Russia with the Baltic
states for a year, the Russian repre-
sentative pointed out, was proof of its
practicability. 1t was inevitable that
commercial relations would be reestab-
lished with America. The sooner they
were started the sooner Russian recon
struction 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.
"Thc Soviet government NJ. Krassin
declared, "looks to America as a coun-
try where Russia can obtain expert
enced men and the materials which are
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
country in which are found realization
of Russia's dreams of railway recon
struction, the development of mines,
water transport and the oil industry
and electrication."
Surveying present-day Russia he
compared it with the United States
after'the Civil War. A great undevel-
oped country surprisingly rich in nat
ural resources, he said, America
forged ahead. Russia, saddlcd by the
Czarist regime to vicious landlord
system, which the Bolshevik revolution
had absolutely destroyed, only now
was able. to make progress, but seven
years of war had left the country need
ing every kind of machine which the
Western nations produced.
"Tf central Russia is suffering from
lack of food" NJ. Krassin continued,
1.-The cause is lack of locomotives to
transport supplies. America can rem
edy our transport problet immediately
by the shipment of locomotives al
ready built in America Our horses
and livestock are depleted, but iron
horses and tractors from America
would rehabilitate the agricultural
industry. Millions of tools are needed.
sewing machine in every peasants
cottage is our ideal. All these supplies
America has furnished Russia in the
past and she knows the peculiarities of
Russia's needs