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Show COMMERCIAL ISOLATION FOR FRANCE .riuoiy Is Now N.gootlita with Kiitsia lor a N.w Trmtj, Hkkmm, May 4 The work cf iso-lat iso-lat ing France commercially commenced by thu German-Austrian commercial treaty, which has just been signed and which is to last twelve years is progressing pro-gressing in a manner satisfactory tothe originators of the scheme. It has already al-ready been announced that Germany lias opened negotiations with Kussla with a view to arranging for Russian co-operalion in the projected commercial commer-cial union. At first sight that appeared improbable but, under the German-Austrian German-Austrian treaty provisions were made for tioating with other powers reciprocally, recipro-cally, both countries being able to offer Kti-sia the benefits of differential tariff. Today it is definitely announced that negotiations for a commercial treaty between Germany and Kussii havo been commenced, and that Kussia promises to treat matters with liberality liberal-ity if the German government wiil support sup-port Busia's proposition lo abolish tho interdiction at present placed by tho treaty of 1MI (continued in London iu 1M71 and in Berliu in upon the passage of war ships through the Dardanelles. Dar-danelles. The stand which Russia has taken in his matter was due to tho fact that two Russian vessels belonging to tho volunteer licet and loaded wi'tli military mili-tary workmen and material on their way to Vladivostok, tha eastern terminus termi-nus of the Trans-Siberian railroad, were stopped recently in the Dardan-I elles under the provisions of the treaty ' referred to. ; . . i |