22 APRIL 1922, Page 2

The treaty went on to provide for a kind of

alliance against the Allies.

" The two Governments undertake to give each other mutual assistance for the alleviation of their economic difficulties in the most benevolent spirit. In• the event of a general settlement of this question on an international basis they undertake to have a preliminary exchange of views. The German Govern- ment declares itself ready to facilitate as far as is possible the conclusion and the execution of economic contracts between' private enterprises in the two countries."

Germany's desire to regain her control of Russian industry in plainly confessed in the last sentence.