The New York herald., 1921-04-04
LITVINOFF DENIES
SOVIET AIMED AT
u. S. GOVERNMENT
Interprets Hughes State
ment as Interfering in
Russian Affairs.
SEES TRADE PACT SOON
Does Not Believe Secretary's
Reply to Moscow Is
!, Last Word.
SAYS ALL LABOR Is FREE
Other Leaders Fear Dangers of
Quick End to Present
Rule.
SAYS ALL LABOR Is FREE
BY CAPT. FRANCIS MeCULLAGH

by CAPT. FRANCIS McCCLLAOH. i.
Special Gable TO THE NEw YoRK HERALD.
Copyright, 1921, By THE NEW YORK HERALD
REvAL, April 3.-Maxin Litvinoff.
Bolshevist Minister and Trade Envoy
TO the Baltic States, asserted to-day
that he did not know IL the statement
issued by Secretary Of State Hughes
on March 25 was a reply to Russia's s
message regarding a resumption Of
1t clear that the Washington Admins
tration refused to be stampeded into a
trade agreement with Russia. N.
Iitvinoff gave as his reason for not
the Moscow Government. "as he (Mr.
Hughes) did not deal with the points
raised in the Russian communication,
such as the proposal to send trade
deputation to the United States"
N. Litvinoff also expressed the opin-
ION that Mr.. Hughes's statement was
not the last word from America.
at is more than likely that it is a
20 the Russian message, which has not
vet been considered in Washington"
M. Litvinoff said to THE New YORK
HERALD correspondent. 1.-THE American
statement speaks Of guarantees Of
personal safety and private property.
Does this refer to Russian landlords
and capitalists? If SO, it is an inter-
ference with the Russian Government
system, as though the American OBJ
lection to the Soviet is based on the
unfounded suspicion that the Soviet Is
plotting to overthrow the American
Government.
"The Soviet cannot give such
guarantees. IF it refers to Americans
in Russia, then the Soviet is most
ready TO offer to America whatever
guarantees she wants"
Tells OF Metals In Russia.
Regarding the statement that Russia
cannot supply the goods America wants,
an. Litvinoff thinks the United States
wants to sell manufactured goods In
Russia. while If she wants raw ma
terials she can go to Russia and see
IL there is anything there that suits her.
He declared that Russia has copper.
platinum and other metals,
with regard 10 free labor, NJ. Lit
vlnoff maintained that labor was free
from all rules in Russia, while in re-
ply to the remark by Herbert Hoover,
American Secretary of Commerce. that
trade with Russia was n physical inn
possibility, he declared that trade be-
tween America and Russia actually ex-
listed and that ships laden with Ameri-
can goods were arriving at Reval every
week and that millions Of pairs of boots
had been received.
NJ. Iitvinoff exhibited documents in
an effort to prove all this. He declared
that trade between the United States
and Russia was no more impossible
than trade between Russia and Ger
many. AS matter of fact, Reval Is
to-day filled with German goods des-
tined to Russia.
The cooperative societies will be linn
tied 10 internal trade in Russia and
the Soviet Government alone will enter
into foreign trade. NJ Litvinoff said.
Regarding Soviet agricultural re-
forms, he admitted that the Russian
peasants could not employ labor ex-
cept in their own families.
While Lenine has made definite
step away from Communism, there re-
mains in Russia a situation that may
give rise to trouble. In the first place.
there is a predominance Of the "old