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Show BDESSA REGAINS t BUSINESS LIFE T SLOWLY grading in Foreign Moneys Carried On Despite the ; Secret Police " p . y, ObESSA. April 14. Every for- '"rier who remci her arks first hs sam question: "Can bti'lnesa b jSont In Russia and If o whrn yn4 how" . The fart Is hat buain'aa already If Jln: done in Kusala and the Indications Indi-cations are that every month will aee. more of It. Since the correspondent correspon-dent entered Ruaala In August iaat. Jualneaa haa taken on Die; atridea. It 4a not Mk buaineaa, but It la bilal-leaa.. bilal-leaa.. The communiiti were unable In Mop small trading even by threata "of death, which often were carried out. m Trade in foreign mrfnlea, the ex- I ehanita of paper rubles for Kusalan Jrold or for American bank nntea, the , jnoat favorite money, la still prohibited, pro-hibited, but It iroes on merrily In ' "Moscow a few doors from the head- i 'quarters of the once powerful Cheka, .or secret police. It goes on every-w every-w here. , e led In the so-called famine dla- tiicts of which, to aay the truth, thrre la none for all Russia Is a f(tm- i In ion. Goods hour up In ttorva 1 '. that &r hlnndly ttd to com from , ! hidden storks or out at the novm . ment warhouaea when frequently! they have really coma ovfr the fron- "official document a." j The American relief administration haa helped to atlmulata the freedom of life and property, which haa nmda trading mora free. It haa helped to change the aptrit of the Communist a to whom every trader represented the hated capitalists or the speculator whose deserved fato waa a Cheka prlaon or firing; aquad. The A. K. A. men go every whera and are breaking down theaa old barriers of hatred. t The Americans were at first opposed op-posed verywhera, but their patlenra and good will and. finally, harsh ordera from higher officials, have dis- ( slpated the undercurrent of opposl j tlon. 1 Tha first American ships to this, port bearing food hava given heart to i tha ragged workmen and hava ahotl new life into the port. Life giving bueii.eaa la In tha alrj and coming as surely as the flowers i of spring. Tha people know It and respond. ( The spirit of America has worked i Itaelf In tha official mind and this Is ' ahnwn In tha treatment of small i trading veaeele which coma here., Their captalna hava been aystemall- ! caily fleeced suihore, whera their car- j goea hava been bought at reduced prices and their captains hare been ; paid for them In bad salt, or rotten hides. Tha balance of money due them! were flxen at ruinoua exchange rates and finally the ahipmaater waa over- charged for labor and port dues; but I as he had brought In goods which he! had not declared or made Illegal In-1 vestments In diamonds or art goods,! tha captain went away finally aatla-1 fled. Thla form of holdup la pasa-' ing out with tha entrance of bigger ', ahlpa bringing real cargoes and ow-Ing ow-Ing to the Impelling aense of decency j Imported by tha Americana. j |