Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
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poverty and hunger, in exile, 100 years
ago, correctly foretold what was to be
expected politically from his fellow pa
triots Of Spanish temperament.
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Soviet Official Protests
Dumping Charge by Nations.
Soviet Economic Review, Moscow
The following are a few excerpts from
the closing speech Of M. I. Kalinin,
president of the Central Executive Com
mittee OF the U. S. S. R., before the
third session of the G. e. c. In Moscow:
THE foreign press Is making great
clamor about Soviet dumping and
claims that our goods are produced by
forced labor. Our enemies attempt to
present as forced labor especially our
achievements in the field of planned
distribution of labor, though to be frank
our achievements in this field are as yet
not very great We are making only
the first steps in the direction OF an eff
fective distribution of our labor power,
the full value Of which will become ap-
parent in the near future.
Are not our sales abroad balanced
by our purchases? We have not i'm
ported a single ounce of gold.
And what are our exports2 In the
main We sell timber, oil, furS, manga
nese, ore and grain, but the expectations
of these are small compared with those
Of the pre-War era. The kind OF labor
used to produce these materials Is, too,
less skilled than the labor necessary for
the production of the articles we i'm
port, of which the chief are machinery
and equipment. These are manufac-
lures which require the maximum use
Of skilled labor.
I'VE are blamed for the present crisis
in all capitaliStic countries. Yet they
all know for instance, that we have
not exported q single automobile, either
of our own make or OF those we i'm
ported. On the contrary, we bought
more automobiles last year than IN any
previous year. Still, the depression
abroad is felt most acutely in the au-
tomobile industry. We are buying. on
the other hand, non-ferrous metals,
rubber and similar products which alb
sorb q great deal Of labor. And we are
making these purchases from foreign
industries which have suffered most in
the present universal crises. Why, then,
must Russia continue the scapegoat for
the economic inefflciency OF other ma
tions?"
English Captain Leaves
Estate to German Veterans.
Berliner Tageblatt.--A most interest,"
ing and significant case, particularly In
its relation to Germany, has just been
decided by a London Court OF Chancery.
In the last year q retired 64-year-old
English merchant ship captain died and
.bequeathed his estate, valued at lao, 1000
marks (about $35,000), to the German
government for the relief OF wounded
World War veterans.
The man, Capt. Robinson, pointed out
in his will that the rich and powerful
English government were well able to
care for all their own disabled veterans,
but that Germany, with the onus of
heavy international obligations laid
upon her, could render only very in
adequate service in this respect. The
Probate Court at London, when ac-
quainted with the terms of the tesla
ment, deposed that Capt. Robinson'S
estate could not be devoted to the ale
Walton Of those who recently were Eng
lands enemies, and demanded that the
funds be diverted to the care of Eng
lish veterans IN need. The arguments
pro and con the final disposition of the
estate were heard by Judge Meughan,
who ruled that the provisions Of Capt,
Robinson'S Will were perfectly In order,
and that they must be adhered to as in
Scribed upon the document. The judge
added that such exhibitions of charity
and friendlinesS do far more to bring
about peace and understanding between
the nations than wars and arbitration
could ever accomplish.