SOVIET RUSSIA.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1862, 12 July 1920, Page 5

SOVIET RUSSIA.

RESUMPTION OF TRADE. LONDON. July 10. A Moscow wireless details the terms on which trade with will ;be resumed. It is provided that the Soviet Government refrain from military action or propaganda, and assisting Eastern peoples against British interests. Britain will retain the right to object to the appointment of any Soviet official agent . M. Krassin, with a strengthened staff, is leaving for London. LONDON, July 9. Following on Krassin's arrival, the Moscow Soviet Government has announced its willingness to negotiate for the resumption of trade with Britain, on the basis of the hitter's conditions.—lA. and N.Z Cable.) LONDON, July 11. The Observer's Spa correspondent states that the Russian Government's telegram accepting the British conditions was sent direct to Mr Lloyd George at Spa. J ins impressed the other Allied Ministers as a British triumph. It is believed that France and Italy will join Britain in recognising the Soviet Government, and establishing immediate political and commercial I ,lations.-(A. and g Members of a Canadian syndicate, which ol trained contracts valued at six million dollars from the Russian Soviet Government, announce that the question o credit has been satisfactorily arranged, and thev are now completing arrangements for the earrving out of the obhgations.-(A. and N.Z. Cable.) ACTIVITIES IN PERSIA. TEHERAN, July 9 Persian newspapers report that four Bolshevist warships have landed troops, at Me4ediser, with a. view to a fresh invasion. I— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) \