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Show WAR PRISONERS TO MAKE CONOUEST OF RUSS COMMERCE LONDON. Jan. 3. Petrograd dispatches dis-patches ind ica te t ha !- differences developed devel-oped at the first meet in i; there of the Russian and German commissioners for the discussion of economic relations. The Germans desired to reach an understanding understand-ing with the Russians reirdhie; ruguia-i ruguia-i ion of railrond transit bet ween the two countries. The Russian delegates strongly strong-ly empiiLi sized their unwillingness In gQ bevond the iincs indicated in the armistice armis-tice and refused to fix regulations without with-out precise definitions as to what classes of persons and goods the railroads were to carry. The Rolsheviki foreign minister. Leon Trotzky. is g noted in an interview as having said that the commission which is discussing prisoners was taking up only the unesiimi of civilian and invalid war prisoners. He said the exchange of a bio bodied war prisoners could be un-deriaken un-deriaken only after the signing of peace. A IVtrosrad d isna tch to the Post says a very large proportion of the, German u ,-ir prisoners ; nd a still n rycr pronor-i pronor-i ion of the Austria ns will return to their ngiuiim fronts onlv under compulsion. They have not been confined in prison ia npv, but hrve lived a moug the people a hd everywhere have proved th"ir w on h hi ag:icul:uye, industrial, commercial and ecen artistic pursuits. Many of ih"m are veiling on better than they did at home Hud nre more than contented to remain in liusMa. Fun her more, it is improba Me. tho dis- pat'-h says, that 'Jermany desires the return re-turn from Kussia of a majority of her w.i r prisoners. She wilt tiet back the ' officers and non-commi.s.ioned officers in any case arid many of them already have i t I urned. Uut for bot li (Jar many and Austria, tho dispatch continues, it is a sounder policy to regard t he ra nk and file of these men as the advance guard of commercial conquest. |