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aggression, before its rushing tides overflow the boundaries 

 of European Russia. 



Having studied the above carefully, I would be glad 

 if everyone interested in developing our Anglo-Indian- 

 Russian trade connections would turn to the report issued 

 by Messrs. Chadwick and Black on the desirability and 

 possibility of increasing the trade between Russia and 

 India, and more particularly to promote direct commercial 

 relations between Southern India and that country. 

 Copies of this report can be ordered through any news- 

 agent or Government agency and should be carefully 

 studied. Mr. Chadwick has been for years a director of 

 agriculture in Southern India, and Mr. Black is connected 

 with the Bank of Madras. Both men, therefore, were in 

 a position to " tackle " any queries that arose en route, 

 whether in connection with agriculture, commerce or 

 finance, and this is shown in the careful way in which they 

 have drawn up the report and the exhaustive manner in 

 which they have anticipated any query that might arise 

 and needs answering before the would-be Anglo-Indian- 

 Russian trader feels able to make a start. The report 

 discusses the present economic difficulties, the great need 

 that existed in Russia at all times for tropical products, 

 naming those especially in demand, and what causes them 

 to be so. It is shown how Germany has hitherto enjoyed . 

 the bulk of this trade, except perhaps in tea, and the 

 means that enabled her to secure such advantages. All 

 this and much more is explained to us in a way that 

 I cannot even outline in this book. 



I will, however, reproduce the view of the position 

 generally as outlined by Messrs. Chadwick and Black, 

 after their tour through Russia in July, 1917. How^ far 

 these views hold good now, no one can say ; all the same 

 everyone should bear them in mind. " If the views 

 detailed in this report are at all correct," we are told, the 

 position is this: — 



(i) Russia was steadily taking in the course of her 

 development more and more Indian produce. (2) She was 

 needing and taking a varied list of products. (3) Few 

 efforts had been made to foster or develop this trade or to 

 open out or develop new lines. (4) Gerviany liad done the 

 bulk of this trade^ — except in tea. (5) Russia will continue 

 to need these products and possibly others, and her needs 

 will probably develop more rapidly than in the past. (6) In 



■ The italics are my own. — II. II. S. 



