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Show v RUSSIAN TRADE FAIR REBUKES ENTErafJD Tchitcherin Declare Exposition Ex-position at Moscow Answer An-swer to Nations Who Refuse Re-fuse Help on Fair Tenni MOSCOW. Aug. (By V. P.) "This la Russia's answer to the entente's en-tente's refusal ta extend economic " aid." Minister Tchitcherin said today to-day In hla speech Inaugurating red Russia's first national trade fair t and agricultural exposition. Speaking to 10.000 officials representing rep-resenting foreign business inter-eeta, inter-eeta, the state governments, the diplomatic corps, and many sections sec-tions of Russian and foreign society, so-ciety, the foreign minleter said; "When the entente delegatee at Oenoa, and later at The Hague, showed thai their countries were willing to help Ruaala only on their own terms, we replied that we would rather help ourselves. ' "This exposition Jr our answer" it win be the strong base for our foreign trade." THANK TURK DIPLOMAT. Leonid Kraasln. minister of commerce, com-merce, thanked Mukhdar Bey, who. on behalf of the diplomatic corps, expressed tha admiration of the foreign' for-eign' nations having diplomatic relatione re-latione with Ruaala and their de-; aire to cooperate commercially with! the eovlela. Tchitcherin steo thaaksd tho Turkish diplomat and hmd"r "Peered when he aald: All the, foreign representatives wh, .re attending thla exposition will spread the truth about Russia throughout the world " The unofflcls delegate of China Presented Tchitcherin with a handsome hand-some flag embroidered with Chl-neee Chl-neee lettere and delivered the greetings greet-ings of hla government. "P-.h bv M Kamenev foI. lowed. The cipo,i,on WM elod for another week while building, and grounda received the finish- ing touches. . GREAT PROGRESS MADE. .lrill,h Ct ,h,lt ,h srounda T-I ""mplete, strsets unpaved hair omub!;"(,ln no "" then hslf finished, visitors agreed that mayeloue progreas has been made during the last four- monthe. con-elderlng con-elderlng the fact- that artisans ss e a rule had to do their work with the crudrat tools. .J!'"'. i" ?"n .'mmense amount of wood carving and doors of ths principal buildings are very elaborate. exposition Ig situated between be-tween the Moecow river on one aide and a foreat on tha othera rainbow rain-bow city, picturesque with modern Art which eontraeta with crude peasant huts transported from Archangel and Siberia. One of the most remarkable crest cre-st Ion is a huge image of Lenin, made of green and red leavea in all shsdes, resting on a stone bed. The Imsgs bears a most striking reeem-blance reeem-blance to-the Rueslan chief and extenda high in the air. It la the work of Artlet Fteehsnov. |