Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-25
RUSSIA IS LOOKING
To NEXT HARVESTS

| AONbOINp July II' IA SuCCSSSAul
Russian harvest this summer will
mean that Russia's affairs will be
settled next year by a conference
not at the Hague or another outside
capital, but at Moscow, according to
the official Soviet view.
Reports to Soviet headquarters
here indicate that the harvest vii!
be ccessful-successful enough to
dispel the black cloud OF famine that
has overhung the country
eff the reports are borne out, as
I believe they will be-" a high Soviet
official said to United Press, 'our
ordeal is over. We shall be able to
feed all our people and have sur.
plus for export. Then we shall take
our place again, self-respectingly
among the nations of Europe"
Soviet delegates believe that the
Genoa conference accomplished moth
ing, and that the forthcoming con-
| ference at the Hague will be Of no
avail. They. believe, in the first
| place, that the French will not at
tend it.. ....
Children Play Genoa
GAS to the Genoa conference" the
| United Press was told. "its only re-
| suit in Moscow has been that the
Nli1 tn c&~ ,cr
genoa conference They have a
any6SSe willing to play the role of
M. Barthou."
The official view at Moscow OF
| the Genoa and Hague conference is
| given in a dispatch to Soviet head
quarters here, quoting from a COM
prehenSive review published in the
official newspaper Izvestia of Mos.
COW.
"Poincare won, although Lloyd
Georges compromise proposal was
adopted" the article states. "Be.
coming convinced that his mild
policy could not cause the Russian
delegation to depart from principle
! Lloyd George yielded to France. He
|
pressure of the British conservatives
and the attitude of American capital
| America jealously watched Genoa
fearing that the Europeans might
escape American influence.
| America fears Russian economic
regeneration will produce a danger
GUS competitor in raw materials, and
if America should agree to partici
| pate in Russian economic reconStruc
| ton, she will seek absolute. control
and the lions share. American par
ticipation at the Hague will increase
Russia's chances Of obtaining eco
nomic aid, but also it will make
united capilist pressure on Russia
stronger.
| Genoa has ended in a compromise
Everybody now sees. that the SO
called Russian question is one o.
economically subjugating Russia
against which Russia will fight.
Genoa closed without having
solved a single cardinal problem
| either Of European reconstruction
disarmament, universal peace, or the
settlement of territorial controver
sizes. Yet Russia derived a certain
benefit by reappearing in the inter
national, arena and gaining a promi
nent place of authority and influence
at Genoa. Soviet Russia practically
gained recognition. Russia also con
Guided the treaty with Germany
which may be followed by other sep
/ arate treaties.
Russia can, therefore, contem
plate the future with confidence
Russia needs economic aid, but the
bourgeois states no less need Russia
economically and politically"
Russia Is Anxious
| Russia is both puzzled at and sue
picious of the United States attitude
toward her. The general view is as
stated by Izvestia. that the United
States wants to do the reconstruc
ton and reap the profits if there is
any demonstrating to be done. When
conditions get back to normal, the
| Russians see themselves as the
greatest competitors Of the United
States in raw materials. They see
the price of steel and wheat drop
ping, and, unless Standard Oil gets
the Baku oil fields from Russia
which is quite likely-they see g
huge Oil field reopened to compete
with those under American control
| The Soviet delegation is not likely
to be in conciliatory mood at the
Hague conference.
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