The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-23
Notifications of Previous Rul-
ings Almost Certain Now.
Lenin's Change of Program
Causes New Policy.
NOT ANSWER TO APPEAL
May Receive Delegation From
Moscow GOvernment3
Huge Horde of Red Gold en-
Route to America.

Washington, March 2S.-Early con-
sideration is to be given 70 relations
between the United States and soviet
Russia, it was indicated today at the
state department. -
Formal announcement of any
change in the relations between the
two. countries or in any Of the rulings
by the Wilson administration may not
be made for some time, but it was
made clear that already certain modI-
fications of those ruling either are
under consideration or have been
made.
Not Answer to Soviet.
These decisions were reached indie
pendent of the appeal from the soviet
government to President Harding and
the American government for a re-
sumption of trade relations between
the United States and Russia. That
appeal reached the state department
today from the White House.
The appeal was received at the
White House and sent to state de-
partment without being called to the
attention of President Harding, and it
was first announced that it had not
been received. A similar announce
ment also was made at. the state de-
partrnent but this subsequently was
corrected.
In the event of an agreement by the
United States to treat with the soviet,
it was indicated that no technical bars
would be placed against the entry into
the United States of a delegation
which the Moscow wireless dispatch
10 London said the soviet proposed to
send here to negotiate a trade agree
ment. 1t also was developed that
slightly broader view has been taken
by the department regarding the is
suance of passports and vises.
Gold En- Route to United States.
The announcement in press dis
patches from Stockholm that a guam
tity of Russian gold now is on the way
from that place to the United States,
also developed that the American gov
eminent would not raise the question
of the metals origin. 1t was eX-
planned. however, that the parties to
whom it was consigned would accept
it at their own risk.
The official view is that its status
can not be properly impugned if 1t
bears the mint mark of any recognized
government such as that of Sweden.
The attitude adopted toward the i'm
portation of gold, it was explained, is
not different from that assumed in
Great Britain. In this connection it
became known that the trade pact re-
Gently entered into between Great Bril-
tain and soviet Russia has been care
fully studied and analyzed by the state
department.
I4enin Changes Stand.
1t also was learned that official con-
firmation of Lenin's declaration of
his remuneration of many of the prin-
ciples of Bolsheyiki has been received
and will be made one of the bases on
which American officials will build
their study of the Russian question.
1t was made clear, however. that Lee
Minis declarations were not accepted
as DEFINITE proof that the Russian
leader actually was contemplating any
material alteration of his methods.
The department has no doubt that
he made the statement credited to him
in which he declared that many of
the principles of Bolshevik had proven
failures and that they must look to
capitalism for rehabilitation and sta
bilization, hut officials are not I'M
mindful of the statements many-times
officially made in Russia that the
revolutionary leaders would not hest
tate to act and speak in any way
deemed expedient to further the gen
eral plan of worldwide revolution.