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Show RUSSIA EAGER TO OBTAIN LOAN Famine Threat Puts Fear Into Hearts of Moscow Bosses MOSCOW, Fob 27. ( Bv Tho Associated Asso-ciated Press. ) The soviet delegation to Genoa will carry Instructions to grant all concessions demanded, provided pro-vided a big reconstruction loan can be obtained. If this loan cannot be assured, then, from the Russian point of lew, the conference has only the moral -value of recognition of the present pres-ent government. Basic reason for this attitude Is the famine It is only within the last few ". eeks that tho leaders of tho so let have revealed just how dosperato Is-their Is-their situation So long a.s the famine Starves to death the peasants and the remaining bourge.ol.sltj. though it be on a scale of millions, the solet lead-ers lead-ers are untouched and rather Indifferent. Indif-ferent. ARMY VY STARVE. But the famine la now slowly but surely encroaching on and encircling their stronghold Moscow and soviet representatives, sent to every part of Russia for food, report there Is less and leas to be had. that becmnlng with March the favored red army will bo-K,n bo-K,n to starve and that each succeed- 1 Ing month will be worse, until July I when harvests, more or less scant, I ma) relievo the situation. What may happen between now and the summer months Is troubling tho soviet loaders. If a big loan Is arranged ar-ranged tho situation can be saved. If not tho thousand million or so dollars In the soviet treasur will have to go for food and even that may not save the country from anarchy. POL1TN TO V.MKKU AS. Tho frightened attitude of tho soviet Lb shown by its dally changing attitude atti-tude toward the American relief administration. ad-ministration. When the Americans first came In September, they were received re-ceived with scant courtesy, but w it h each month they have len better treated, until now. thoy are not per- I mltted. but naked, to direct food shipments. If the Moscow leaders do not obtain outside hi lp, they know that their power Is doomed, Alread tlio Ukraine has shown its importance import-ance and has flatly refused to let any of It, food be drained off to Moscow or for the red arm stationed else-whore. else-whore. The Caucasus has some food, but Its, attitude Is doubtful In tho Kuban, where there also Is food hostility to outside shipments has been actKo since last summer. PROPAGANDA VFXJLdKCTKD. I The soviet government's fears arc Indicated In another direction For tho ' time its entire international policy has been thrown overboard. Tho recent , conference of far eastern peoples, oalled by the third Internationale for, the purpose of stimulating conimun- ' Ism In Japan. China and elsewhere, j was given but the scantiest attention in Moscow. The delegates were poor- ly housed and turned o er to foreign; office clerks. |