RUSSIA'S TRAGEDY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10966, 30 July 1921, Page 8

RUSSIA'S TRAGEDY

LENIN HAS A SCHEME PROPOSAL TO RECOGNISE PUBLIC DEBT. TO OBTAIN FOREIGN AID. iiv ' .'i ra r A—Tress A -a.—Convright. Australian ami N.Z. Cable Assorint ibn. COPENHAGEN. July 28. Tho •‘Politiken’’ states that reports fimu -Moscow show that, in order to obtain foreign iiein, Lenin proposes to recognise the Russian public debt, which tho Bolsheviks repudiated when they assumed power, but not to commence- payment of interest, before, 1925. A conference of Soviet delegates and foreign representatives will be- convened to fix the amount oT the debt, and arrange for tho immediate resumption of economic relations between Russia and the European States. ‘•'iVIUGH EXAGGERATED ” MR LLOYD GEORGE'S VIEW OF SITUATION. LONDON, July 28. Mr Lloyd George, replying to a question in tho House of Commons, said lie had not received official information of tho fauiine in Russia beyond what- had been supplied by the Russian trade delegation . Wireless information from Russia declares that- the reports appearing in the Press are much exaggerated. Tile Government has not received any request for assistance. THE SOVIET COMPLIES RELEASE OF AMERICAN PRISONERS. (Received July 29, S.o p.m.) LONDON, July 29. The “Daily News” Riga correspondent reports that in compliance witli tho conditions laid down by Mr H. C. Hoover for American assistance in the famine-stricken districts of Russia the Central Soviet at Moscow has decided to lilberato all Americans interned in Russia.