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Show jPARTIAL LIFTING DF ! ! BLOCKADE PROPOSED, Supreme Council Invites Ex-! port of Surplus Cereals from i Russia for Clothing j i PARIS, Jan. 27. (By the Associate led Press.) The supreme council's note to the representatives of the Rus-isian Rus-isian central co-operative union regard-! ling partial lifting of the blockade, 'made public today, says: 1 "First Tho allied governments no-! tify the co-operative union that they are disposed to authorize an exchange of products upon a basis of reciprocity ! between the Russian people and the al-! al-! lied and neutral countries and they in-I in-I vite this union to export from Russia the surplus of its cefeals, its food-'stuffs food-'stuffs and its raw materials with a1 view to exchanging them for clothing and other merchandise of which Russia Rus-sia Is in need. j Determination of Values. ( 'it should be well understood that, the value of the merchandise importa- lion of which into Russia will be ait-, thorlzcd, will be based on tho value of, : the merchandise exported from Rus-' Rus-' sia within a reasonable period. ' j "Second The Russian delegation at i Paris will communicate immediately '"by wireless with the controlling com-'mittee com-'mittee at Moscow and will ask it if the co-operatives arc ready lo assume responsibility for handling these importations im-portations and these exportations and ,if exchange.of this sort arc practi-lcally practi-lcally possible. Representative at j Moscow will determine immediately) , tlipse questions. , j I "Third The central committee at; 1 Moscow will guarantee that the ex-' portation of cereals, flax, etc., shall I be authorized and that the necessary I transportation facilities shall be fur-I fur-I nlshcrl. "Fourth As soon as certainty is I reached the central committee at Mos-i cow will Inform Bcrgcnheim (Alexan- dor Berkenheim, vioc president of the ; All-Russian Union of Consumers' So-, clctics) at Paris. ' Extension of Credits. "Fifth The cooperative unions in!: foreign countries will then take meas-i tires to furnish Russian cereals and ; flax on condition that the co-opera- : j lives shall bo advanced twenty-five ' per cent of the value of the exports, ; 'either by direct contact or by Brit-1 jlsh, French or Italian financiers. ' "Sixth The balance of necessary I credits will be furnished In London or, Paris by Russian resources on British, '1 French er Italian co-operatives. prl-' vato banks or traders. ( "Seventh Goods purchased by the ! above credits will be loaded taunedi- 1 lately in Black sea or Baltic ports. ( risk. of loss or confiscation being as- ! sumcd by the Russian co-operaiives. ' Trains for Transportation. 1 "Eighth The eentral committee at 1 I Moscow will endeavor to supply at I j least four complete trains for trans-1 porlation of goods lo and from the ' 1 I Black sea ports. Should Moscow not : 1 succeed, the co-operatives In foreign countries will employ part of the cod- I its Icr tho purchase of freight cars and , locomotives in the allied countries In any case they will send motor trucks! to help railroad transportation 1 "Ninth As soon as tho exportation , of cereals, flax and other raw materials ma-terials from Russia has commenced effectively, the contracts referred to J will bo considerably increased, in or- i der. for instance, lo reach a million I c tons of cereals which would bo the : c quantity available for export in a lit-jq tie longer lime." jr oo i i |
