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Show Russian Diamonds Held in Low Favor BERLIN. Bept. t By A. F Hol-ahavlat Hol-ahavlat Ruaala haa few eupporlere among the eelebll.hed dlajnond dealera ef the world. Tha flood of cheap and defective etonee which soviet officials hava throws apea tha market haa Interfered with the trade of old satabllahed hoasee. Kreetlnekl. th bolahevlet ambassador ambas-sador In Herlla. la reported le ke on of th chief diamond dealera la , 'Ruropa. There are fabuloua talea In circulation as to the great quantity quan-tity of confiscated atones whlrk he keeps locked up In the alroag holes , of the Hueelaa embaeay her. At Genoa. The Hague and U I Bene It was etirraatlr reported j that tha bolahevlet delegates line li-ne need their eipeneee through (ha sale ol confiscated Jewels "Roselsn diamonds" baa become a oontamptuove eapreasloa In Oer-many Oer-many to define Inferior stones. This Is because so maay of the Jewela which have found their Into the hands ef Oerpnaa dealers from Russian Rus-sian souroes are yellow Imperfect and badly cut. "lie and not quality qual-ity was sought by Rueaians who bought Jewels In tha eld deya. snd they bed th great yellow dlamonda mounted In fantastic settings wltk ether etonee Consequently many of the Russian Jewels tied te he reeut snd re-meanted re-meanted before they were saleable In weetem Europe. They wer too oriental and goraeoua for the quieter quiet-er taatea of weateraera. Buvere who pel fsnry prices for Ituaaian dlamonda when they flrat began pouring Into weetera Fnrop. have learnad a hitter leaaon. atones; which sold for 1 140 a carat severs! . yeare ago are now begging 1100 a earat. The market for yellow and Inferior dlamonda haa been glutted. |