RUSSIA AND BELGIUM
SOVIET SEEKING CAPITAL. ‘ COOL RECEPTION FROM INDUS. - TRTALISTS. . j freje Association —By Telegraph—Copyrfglftj LONDON, October 4&i The Brussels correspondent of Tbo Times says: “The Bolshevist* we etill searduhg ij for capital. A delegation recently arrived: i in Belgium with the object of encoprag- i iug Belgian industrialists who bad intereate in Russia before the war to restart activities. The Soviet envoys not only promised » freedom from exploitation, but said that only minimum taxes on the turnover yrould ' be collected. On behalf of the SovJet Gov- ;! eminent, they even pledged themselves to provide the necessary labour. Their efforts,however, were unsuccessful. The Belgian Government held aloof from the negotiations, and informed the industrialists that if they concluded agreements they would ■ do so at their own risk,’’ —The Times. /
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19316, 31 October 1924, Page 7
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