The Washington times., 1922-12-21

sion seen in
wILLIAMHARD i,asns' scs 3 Susimss. A%s..
life and particularly In the current
tissue Of "The Amexa News" which
Is the organ of the American
Manufacturers Export Association
and which contains q large number
!. OF highly favorable articles regard
Ing the Russian situation and pros
pect. r's ~. E Z :. ? ~ ~"
The officers Of the American
Manufacturers Export Association
are drawn. from. such firIns as the
United States Steal Corporation.
the Westinghouse Electric ana
Manufacturing Company. the Gen.
eral Electric !. Company and the
Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey. It 10 not supposed that
even the Department OF Justice
will regard these companies as
centers OF Bolshsvik propaganda for
the overthrow Of American economio
institutions. A perusal Of the cur
rent issue Of their magazine 10 &C.
cordtngly creating q great many
spasmsy of anaaxement and great
many surmises to the. possibility Of
an approaching change in American
Governmental policy toward Russia.
It appears from this nasasine
that the following sorts Of things
now exist in Russia:
In Moscow there is a privately
owned department store which has
$4,000 square fest of space on It's
ground floor and which has $50
departments or sections and which
made 200 per cent on its investrnent
In five months. : y.
Some 500 new railroad .locpnlo-
tives have been imported INTO Rus-
sia, during this year. - 5't'
About $60,000.O00 worth psof ear.
port and import business for Rus
sia has been done st1iis year by
Isaac j. Sherman. a. manager of
the Russian institution called
ARGOS Limited"
ARGOS Limited occupies q whole
building In London, called Soviet
House" It IL reported that the
British Empire still breathes.
According to Mr.. Valerian e.
Greaves. Of. the firm Of Marvin and
Peasants, international lawyers,
Of New York city, "the general
legal conditions In Russia are far
from settled but they show an un-
n,istakable trend toward improve
ment" .. ~.
According to Malcolm Sumner, Of
the New York bar. who has recently
spent much time In Russia, Rife re-
liability OF the heads of the Soviet
government can be properly ex-
pressed In the following words:
Il have uniformly found in my
contact with the Soviet govern.
ments foreign trade head officials
which contact has been particularly
with Krassin and Stomaniakov-that
while they are shrewd and in.
formed, they are fair and reasonable
N tneir efforts to- arrange their
deals upon an equitable basis, know.
ing that to be workable they must
% TO the advantage and profit of
both sides. know of no Agreement
made by the Soviet department OF
commerce. whether involving pur.
chase Of goods or concessions or
mixed company arrangements, which
mas not been fairly and honestly
carried out on its part"
According to J. q. Ohsol, vice
president OF the Products Exchange
Corporation. doing business in Rms.
Sia. with offices in MOSCOW and in
New York. "Russia's new civil code
ofiere ample protection to anybody
Wishing to trade and to carry on
production In that country"
These are q few of the astonish.
ing statements presented this month
to the readers OF the official pub
hcation Of the American Manufac.
turers Export Association. They
are astonishing not because their
truth is doubted. but because a
reputable organization Of American
business men has sense enough at
last to print the truth about Rus.
sia. Presently all the little parrots
who on public platforms have been
screaming "Russian massacres." !"
Russian massacres." Russian mas
sacres' will have learned their new
song from the leading members of
our best clubs, and will be wArbling
Russian concessions, RUSSIA,
concessions" Russian concessions. ="
Meanwhile the negotiations for
closer contact between the Ameri.
can Government and the Russian
Government have indirectly but ef-
fectively been continued. Numbers
Of persons are steadily engaged in
trying to bring the two Govern
ments together In spite Of reluct-
ances on both sides. II looks to-
day AZ II the upshot OF the mat
ter would, be, that Russian business
and American business would be
found locked In each others arms
and that then the two Governments,
not having been able to prevent II,
viii say, Bless you. my children"
and give them an American am
bassador at Moscow and q, Russian
ambassador at Washington to sup
port for q wedding present.
Reports Car Stolen.