The New York herald., 1922-05-02
'BOLSHEVIKI OPPOSE
! ABOLISHINC TARIFFS
Would Keep Import and
Export Duties Unless
All Nations Agree.
GOVERNMENT TO RULE
System Results in Smugg'l-
inc. Which Traders Pre-
fer to Soviet Dealings.
REDS CRITICIZE ALLIES
Call Publication of Memoran-
dunn Unprecedented in Dip
lomatic History.
REDS CRITICIZE ALLIES
ny FRANCIS M'CULLAGH.

Special Cable to THE New YORK HERALD
Copprioht. 1929. by TuE NEw York HEsAfp
GENOA. May 1.--Dischssions in the
commissions and subcommissons
have brought out the fact that there
is considerable divergence of opin-
ion between the Bolsheviki and the
Bourgeois states regarding foreign
trade methods. In the first eco
Domic subcommission ,Krassine OPP
posed the suggested abolition of
import and export duties, since the
Soviet, he said, could not renounce
The right to regulate internal and ex-
ternal commerce except in case OF
economic restoration by all countries
and the reestab!ishment of economic
equilibrium and stabilization of ex-
change over all the world.
Krassine still holds to the theory
tLat the Russian Government will
handle all foreign trade directly or
through cooperatives which are prac-
tically State institutions; in other
words, the Bosheviki are committed
to the theory of governmental capital
ism for external but not internal trade.
This system results in wholesale
smuggling from western factories es-
tablished in Finland and other border
States selling products to smugglers
owning swift boats. which land cargoes
at night along the Russian coast The
same thing is true Of the Black Sea and
consequent loss of revenue to the
Russian Government, but the heads of
these factories prefer smugglers to the
delay. loss and worry in dealing with
the Government.
Unprecedented Since Abraham.
The Russian delegation is unwilling
TO express an opinion on the terms
agreed TO to-day by the Allies. for
presentation to the Soviet delegation.
but THE New York HERALD has been
given a general impression of Russia $
attitude from several of the members.
This attitude. as expressed by one men,
ber, severely critcizcs the methods or
the Allies.
''1t is unprecedented in the whole
course of diplomatic history since the
time OF Abraham" he said, "for pre<
amble of a secret memorandum designed
for presentation to a Government to be
published in newspapers all over the
world before the memorandum itself Is
decided upon or the Russians officially
given either the preamble or the pro-
posed subsequent articles.
"The preamble is not on the lines of
NJ. Tchitcherin's letter to Lloyd George,
especially about the credits. The Allies
and their newspapers stand amazed at
their magnanimity as shown in the pre-
amble. but as natter OF fact the
preamble only envt&ages trade facilities
for British traders engaged in selling
wares In Russia.
What Russia wants Is credit 60 buy
agricultural machinery, rolling stock,
&C., 20 set Russia's economic life going,
and IL credit is not given another famine
will overwhelm us. for we fear the pres
ent famine les one of series of recur-
rent famines.
'If man is starving It is no use
trying to sell him Western manufac-
tured goods. We do not want to import
1000. we want 10 DC aDle 10 Regulate all
our imports and exports
Intcrferes with Treaties.
"In the first article OF the Allies So
called terms there is reference to Rus
sa's relations with Turkey. Now. this
IL another instance of interference with
our foreign relations, which we cannot
tolerate. Our relations with Turkey are
OF the friendliest nature possible, based
on principles Of our general Eastern
policy, which IN the emancipation Of the
Orient and we are not going TO ex-
change them for any dictated policy.
I'VE want to show the difference be-
tween imperaiist foreign policy and a
policy based on the emancipation of
nations. We tried to apply that a Ra-
psllo. and no wonder the diplomatic
world was suspicious and Mortified at
our self-renunciation
"Our Eastern relations are very valu-
able to MS even from a material stand
point. and we are not going to change
them for relations of servitudo toward
the West
AS far as other articles OF the allied
memorandum are concerned. some of
them as they stand are decidedly un-
IL