The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-21
BIC CONTRACTS AWARDED PROVE
 OF FAKE KIND
Russian Government Con tracts Many Times Only
 Will-o-the-W Wisps.

BERLIN, July 2l - Russian trade has become sort of will-o'- fhe-wisp to European newspaper men and America newspaper cor respondents in the European capi- tals. Scarcely day passes that some Bolshevist agent does not an nounce a gigantic contract entered into by the Russian government with some great concern, usually q German or English corporation.
 If all the locomotives and cars which Russia has been reported to have contracted for in the last year were delivered the former empire would require additional trackage to accomodate them.
 At one time an announcement was made that 10000 locomotives were contracted for in Germany alone When the report was run to ground it was learned that an actual deposit had been made on contract for 100 locomotives, and it cannot be learned that any of these have been delivered as yet.
 
 Announce Tractor Contract.
 Boleshvist agents also announced a contract for 10000 tractors had been made with an American auto mobile factory. The owner of this factory advised the Soviet agents that delivery of the tractors would begin as soon as BolsheNist agents had Soviet gold turned into Swedish coin and deposited in Stockholm bank. The gold was not forthcom- ing. The tractors were not shipped, but the Soiet propagandists failed to herald that fact as widely as they did the signing of the contract.
 One American concern which shipped 30 tractors to Reval without having any deposit on them still has the tractors in storage in Esthonia and there is no indication that the Soviet officials will fulfill their agreement to take them.
 Cool Towards America.
 Since the commercial agreements were framed by the Bolsheviki with Germany and Great Britain there has been a noticeable cooling of the Bolshevist foreign representatives toward America For the moment they pretend to be extremely indif- ferent as to whether they establish closer trade relations with America. But this is apparently not giving any uneasiness to Americans who have actually been ill contact with Bolshevist agents and have tried to- close contracts on strictly busi-' ness basis.
 A Danish exporter and importer, 1 who is representing many American firms in their efforts to get actual contracts with the Soviet govern | ment, backed by substantial cash advances, told the correspondent; 'I am done chasing after this threat ened Bolshevist business. There have been some contracts closed. l know [ a few men who have sold the Bol- | sheviki stuff which they actually had to have I know men who have made a lot of money out of their business. But l know lot more who have signed up wonderful paper contracts that never came to any thing That has been my experi- ence. I have been able to get won derful promises. but I couldn't get any gold, and l didn't want to have a lot of stuff stacked up in storage at Reval as many men have who have sent shipments into the Baltic without advance payments sufficient to insure the delivery and final payment" ... ..-.-
 Germans Not Enthusiastic.
 German business men are appar- ently not enthusiastic about Rus sian business on the terms which | the Bolshevist agents offer, and Il. .li.x.1.iti1..,. 4c q