Show NEW NE REPUBliCS WIT ITH fEAR Of RUSSIA Latvia Esthonia and Lithuania Lithuania Lithuania Lith Lith- Are Arc Haunted by of Goblin but Do Not Desire Trouble RIGA Nov 17 By A. A P. P r- r Tho The three new Baltic republics lio lie peaceful oases between troubled troubled troubled trou trou- bled Germany and soviet Russia but hut foreign observers In their capitals capitals capitals cap cap- say are as yet et far from sanguIne sanguine sanguine san san- guine as to their future La Latvia Esthonia and Lithuania from all surface indications have passed through various crises common common common com com- mon to 10 infantile states and are lusty children in the tho family of na na- na- na But each of ot these baby Ca na- na Uon tiong still is haunted by the specter specter specter spec spec- ter of ot a goblin Russia who some someday someday someday day may step in and gobble it ft up like the giant in Jack and the Bean Bean- stalk Just now according to American and other foreign observers at Riga Reval and who base their belief bellet upon if st is-st st hand in information information In- In formation from Moscow soviet Russia has no desire for the trouble trouble trou trou- ble and war that aggression against I these states would mean In fact some o ot of the more optimistic RussIan Russian Russian Rus Rus- I sian l leaders aders predict that within a decade or or two the Baltic provinces will willingly join the union or of I soviet socialistic republics as autonomous autonomous autonomous au au- au- au states I Of Ot the three states Latvia perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps Is at the present the most prosperous Tier Her imports were were only only I slightly above her exports in value last year ear and this year it is topes that tho the trade balance will be ba in is isher her Her currency too is stable arid the gov government recently recent recent- ly Informed the American American minister to the Baltic states that Latvia would like to negotiate for the tun funding ding of her debt to the United States Latvia's dairy dalry product export is constantly growing and the country country country coun coun- try has ambitions to rival Denmark Denmark Denmark Den Den- mark In this respect Riga once a great industrial city is still sun far from having recovered the factories factories factories facto facto- ries she lost when machinery was evacuated into Russia during the war var The soviet government promIsed promised promised prom prom- to return it tt but through neglect neglect neg neg- lect or inability to find the machinery machinery ma ma- chinery has sent only a small proportion proportion proportion pro pro- portion back to Riga v. v Lithuania being mainly agrIcultural agricultural agricultural tural and previously dependent upon Germany jermany lor tor manufactured articles and financial support and having hart had prolonged troubles over Vilna and Memel with the Poles has no not reached leached the obvious prosperity o oher ot of other her northern neighbor But it it too too is moving ahead Lithuania's r relations re- re lations with soviet Russia may be said to be more cordial than those of her sister states Esthonia which probably grows more potatoes to the square mile mil than Ireland ever dreamed ot of turns turns most of them into alcohol and he her spirit Industry Is thriving In fact she is the Bahamas of ot the Baltic with dry Russia dry Finland anc arid and somewhat dry Sweden fwd end Norway as neighbors Bootlegging and anc vodka running are prosperous and reputed callings among the sturdy folk of this maritime and farming republic H Since Memel has been token taken o over ove overby er erby by the Lithuanians and they mean tp keep it each of the Baltic Bailie states state has a port that soviet Russia either eithe covets today or will covet some som day That is why for all of their admitted and boasted patriotism and nationalistic spirits the baby Baltic states still think o othe of the goblin in the east 1 Those who have seen the Latvian and Lithuanian armies say they would put up a very hard fight if It the Russians attempted agI ag ag- They do not expect it It- It I for Cor some years |