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Show RUSS INFLUENCE RISES jNBALTIC MOSCOW, Oct. 3 (UP) Soviet Russia's Influence spresd rspldly through the Baltic states today with the arrival of the Latvian foreign minister and announcement announce-ment that the Lithuanian foreign minister will fly here tomorrow for Important discussions. Meanwhile, It was stated that the Red army henceforth would have a freer rein on the European front with the completion of elaborate elabo-rate maneuvers by the far eastern army. The Lithuanian foreign minister, Juozss Urbsys, will discuss the question of privileged transport for Russian goods through his country, coun-try, it was reported reliably. That and other questions were Included in Russian proposals brought here by the Lithuanian mlsinter to Moscow. Urbsys will be accompanied to the soviet cspltal by political and economic advisers. Russian goods, according to the soviet proposals, would be transported trans-ported on the old Russian railroad from Rommy through Lithuania to the Latvian harbor of Libau. It also was understood that the Russian-Lithuanian peace pact of 1920, In which Russia recognized Lithuanian territory including Vilna, would be discussed. It was further expected that the conversations would Include the question of commercial relations between the two countries aa affected af-fected by the fact that Russia has taken the place of Poland as Lithuania's Lith-uania's southern neighbor. With Russia engaged simultaneously simultane-ously In negotiations with Turkey, Latvia and Lithuania, the recently concluded armistice with Japan and the approach of winter Indicated Indi-cated that soviet attentions could be diverted from the far east to Europe. The soviet army has been estl-mated estl-mated recently at between 2.SO0,-000 2.SO0,-000 and 3,000,000 men, with more than half that number in the west |