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Show Holland Not to Resume Reflations Ref-lations Until Status Has Been Outlined LONDON, May 7. Great Britain is on the eve of negotiations with soviet Russia, a Moscow wireless niessago today to-day asserts. Earl Curzon, the British foreign secretary, sec-retary, the message says, has forwarded forward-ed to M. Tchitcherin, the commissary for foreign affairs, a declaration in which direct conversations with General Gener-al "Wrangel, commander of the remnant rem-nant o tho Russian volunteer army, aro proposed. M. Tchitcherin, continues the message, mes-sage, replied that tho soviet government govern-ment was prepared to enter into negotiations ne-gotiations with the British government. govern-ment. HOLLAND TO DECLINE. THE HAGUE, May 6. Holland will j not resume trade with soviet Russia until the league of nations acta in regard re-gard to resumption of relations with the bolnhevlkl. the foreign minister announced an-nounced in parliament today, in response re-sponse to questions relative to tho situation. sit-uation. , . COMMUNIST PLANS. MOSCOW. April 17. Incorporation j into the communist party of govcrn-' govcrn-' mental machinery, militarization and : one-man control and administration of I industries, is being discussed by the ! convention of Russia trades' unions, in session here. It is believed this step, recommended as the basis of the new labor laws by tho ninth convention of the communist party, held here earlv this month, will not be opposed by tho i trades unions, as it is regarded by the majority of the workers as necessary to secure the maximum efficiency for labor at a time when the rehabilitation of Russia depends on tbe utilization of every ounce of manpower. After passage pas-sage into law It will be submitted to the central executive committee for final fi-nal sanction. J Specialists At Head. I Specialists would be placed in ad-'ministration ad-'ministration control of factories, shops, ! mines, supplanting tho colleges, which would act as advisory bodies. Industries would be mobilized, thus utilizing the country's skilled labor to tho utmost and preventing the loss of production through labor turnover. |