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SIBERIA'S ENORMOUS UN DEVELOPED RESOURCES.
Openings for Co-operation.
Mr. Lloyd George has now definitely care forward as the advocate of an internationa! Ico-operative fort for the recon Estruction of Russia! He and his
advisers are understood to be, inf principle, in sympathy with the sch-me outlined here a fortnight ago, and we are glad, therefore, that in our next issue we shall be able to bring a contribution to the subie, t from the originator of that scheme. The needs and appare unities of European Russiavate, on the whole, well known. But to the few experts, when they speak or hearai Bussia's develop.) men", what appears before the tayes is a vision of that stupendou- region between the Urals and the Pacific Ocean prosaically known as Siberia.
In the terse language of one of our informant the opportunities offered by Siberia to economic enterprise are "colossal." and the extent to which they have! been already taken not enou.b to upset aspirants" But even this fails to give a true impression lof what remains undone, In the Fease of such an immensity likej Siberia e rask of rousing the Imagination may safely be left to) molt deures. Take agriculture, for instance. Of the 503.8 million desiatins of arable land in Western Siberis only 1 per cent This bean Red: in Eastern
| Siberia, of 641.7 million deasiatins only 1 percent. The indications Tell a similaritale for timber, and
the same remark spply, with!
even greater strength perhaps, tol the incalculable mineral weal:bi of Siberia.
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 16 1922.
NOTICE.
FOR THE TALL WOMAN
BY MARION HALE,
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There is the girl naive as to
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Coal deposits stretch almost Chemical Proluets Company," jabroad annually, and the United along the entire length of the and a concession agreement with Kingdom imported from Siberia
the Northern Telegraph Cam-more butter than from any coun-i Siberian Railwar. Rich deposits are also found in the Maritime Pns. There is also, of course.try except Denmark. Province, in the Akai Mountains. the formidable, Kamchatka "In the Far East, along the in Sakhalin, and in numerous
Vanderlip Pacific coast of Siberia, there are
concession to the
other places. Lack of means of Sredicate. against which the exceedingly important salapaj transport has not permitted a Tokyo Government has lodged aand other fisheries, where tre systemair ex;lútation of these Protest although the arrangement catches have sometimes tots liet resources. Needless to say, the has not received any official more than twenty millions star- campaigns which have been 20couragement in Americal
ing in a season. Although many" fouch: in Siberia have played American Administration would quite unexplored, it is safe tɔ say This attitude on the part of the at the vast Siberian foreste ar bavoc with the railways.
The line, however, is again open,
sungest that it does not desite that upwards of 23 par cant At present the Minster Raillearjencourage any development that the world's total afforestation i
the way ง: A sende daily towards Earop aqlmar stand in
to be fond in S bra, bat owing! 270 waseins, of weark, un to) possible general agreement Pana lakinittuatat facilities thee!
TATEM DOSTLAR REini, wa WAEC STAN waszona Carre isolatora. The Soviet authorities are apparently
attention to a striking frominen tenkoning with a exaltput a factor in all the interview. which
great wealth in eins wat untouche!
"But of all the unleveloped re
thirty million ponds, peretiails we punlich budɔw, Oathforinutes of Siberia the inmense from the rien basins at Kuzhapekants, all of themt authorities on
ani Teheren Showerz
allway line of 1 venets bele built in the tean-port of) that coal to the ficals.
te subert. Englishman
mineral deposits are the, wealth. est, and there is hardly a wets for a mineral which could not he Pur instance, the Siberian capper deposits seorn only to those found in the
United States, and perhaps even superior. God is found in suen
A spec Russian, gaiores man and prolated. fessor, they all express a desire to see the development of Siberia at of a toral averace pro taken in hand by an international tion of gold of 3,635 posts in the
Consortium, similar to that we years immediately promoting top for China. In other wordą, war the share of Sheria was ichay all ask for co-operas Off about 60 posts. It had fallen in That is certainly the only methon 1920 to 75 pasd. It is now hoped Worthy of our time and helpful to raise it to 275 poods, but as for our needs.
the Soviet Authorities are unablej PuPLATIN AND RESOTATES
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quantities that before the Siberia occupied the world's fourthi place, while 95 per cent of the world's supply of platinum was ormerly supplied by Siberia. | Similarly, coal is to be found in
to supply maintenance for a large ! One well-known authority on workable deposits throughout number of workers they inten! to Siberia, interviewed by Reuteris practically the whole of the
RICH, YET DESTITUTE
grant concessions for the work Agency, was Mr. A. G. Marshall, country, and the finest coal found ing of the goldmines. That refers who has travelled extensively in the Pacific comes from an especially to the Len's mines, and live for some considerable island of the Eastern Siberian which alone produced before the time in the country, He is co19. war about 1500 poads, but which managing director oi Becas "The full development of all are now practically out of com-Traders. Ltd., (formerly known this Jarent wealth has been much mission.
a the British Engineering Combiddered by lack of transport. pany of Russia and Siberia, Lit frailways being practically con- If one were to summ up the which is a combination of some fined to the one main trans- present situation one might say two hundred important British Siberian line, so that until more that Siberia is an immensely rich ecgineering and allied firms adequate transport facilities are. destitute country. For both reassociated together for Russian provided much of Siberia's sons, because she is so weathyan) Siberian trade, and be bas natural resources must remain and because, left to herself, she recently returned from a visit to untouched." is so helples, Siberis has become Russia.
which
is
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Asked 23 to the extent since the collapse of the Tsarist In reply to request for his to
Siberia regime the cynosure of formidable opinion as to the natural wealth already covered by concessions, political and economic interests of Siberia and the possibilities of Mr. Marshall explained that be- Japan, io especial, made a stout developments. Mr. Marshall fore the war many of the richest effort to acquire a predominsat said "To the average man in properties were leased to Russian influence in the province.
the street the mention of Siberis and foreign concerne, but that That it is necessary to devote usually conjures up nightmares owing to the Revolution many of attention to some arrangement of cold and convicts, but in these concessions have now laps concerning Siberia is clear from reality it is an enormous area, ed, so that it is difficult to form 1 the dangerous competition for considerably larger than Canada, any opinion as to the properties concessions which is growing in with a population. to day of that are actually available. But volume. The Far Eastern Re probably 15 millions and un-Mr. Marsball remarked that it. public, which covers the five pro-developed natural resources
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and its advantages over the Com- Our representative was inform- been given to a Japanese mainly settled in Western Siberia, Mr. Marshall went on to paint unist system more clearly reed that while in Moscow Mr. Mar- (Kitaswa) company. The Ayan where the soil is particularis fer out that many of the most im-alised these British undertakings shall had discussed with prom Corporation Company, Limited, is tile, so that the bulk of the pop-portant mining concerns in Si. will be able to return to Siberis, inent members of the Rassina also said to have secured.con-stion is to be found in the west,beria were British owned, and and once more take over and Government the question. of cessions in the Maritime Pro-which prior to the Revolution pre-such undertakings as the Basso work their properties.
Siberia, and they were all most vince. A British syndicate is duced large quantities of cereals Asiatic Corporation, the Lena Mr. Marshall stated that Geranxious that British and other apparently trying a concession and dairy produce.
Mining Company, and the Spas many fully realised the im ue is foreign companies should go to for gold-mining at Nevchinsk, "Faw, indeed, realise that sky Copper Mining Company possibilities of Siberia, and all the Siberis and help to develop its
normally there is more land unter controlled some of the "richest information in his possession resources. It is a well-knowngy The Soviet Government, which cultivation in Siberia then in mining properties in the world. In went to show that they were su fact that the Soviet is only loo rules over the rest of Siberia, bag Canada, although, owing to the some of these cases lack of trans-xious to return, art is not a few soxious to encoureze Biltinh so far been more reticent. The primitive methods employed, the port het seriously handicapped instances bad already returned engineers to return to Rdisis and only condéssions officially admit- average yield per acre is less than the full exploitation of fields, to recommence operation on geip them to restore it to its ted are one for the working of a third of the normal yield" in but gradually these companies properties which thay bal financeraswhile prosperity, and to dem asbestos in the Ural by the other countries. Before the war wäre arranging for tailwars to er prior to the war. “In Eastern relop the unexploited regions. "Araerican United Chemicals and millions of eggs wage shipped be built connecting their prop. Siberis the Japanese silll dam-11: (Cokhaued on Pune
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