Blockade of Soviet Russia (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Blockade of Soviet Russia The object of this booklet is to gather under one cover some of the official documents concerning the recent action of the Supreme Council in Paris in partially lifting the blockade of Soviet Russia, as well as different opinions upon this action, both for and against it. The position of the Committee for the Regeneration of Russia is made perfectly clear in its official statement, published in this booklet. The opinions gathered here bring out, we believe, the following points: 1. That the co-operative unions, through which the Supreme Council expects to conduct trade, are under the control of the Soviet Government. This is asserted by the anti-Bolshevik elements, and admitted by both the representatives of the Bolsheviki and those of the Co-operatives. 2. That trade dealings with the Co-operatives would be equivalent to trading with the Soviet Government and, therefore, strengthening its strangle-hold on the people of Russia. 3. That in any event trade with Russia is impossible on anything like an adequate scale, because of lack of credits, of raw materials for export, and because of the general disorganization of the country. 4. That the alleviation of Russia's fearful condition will not be possible until Russia has a truly representative government, capable of organizing the political and economic life of the country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.