Dr. Nansen, who was sent by the League of Red
Cross Societies to Moscow, made an agreement with the Bolsheviks for the distribution of food sent by the Red Cross under the joint control of a Bolshevik commissary and a Red Cross agent. Dr. Nansen was desired by the Bolsheviks to ask the Allied Governments for a loan of £10,000,000 to buy food. They promised that Allied representatives should be allowed to supervise the distri- bution of the supplies bought with Allied money. We should have thought that the vast sums that are being expended by the Bolsheviks' revolutionary propaganda. in Europe and Asia might be applied for the relief of the hungry Russians. Speak- ing at Geneva on Monday, Dr. Nansen expressed his belief that the Bolsheviks would play the game, that they could transport the food to the famine districts, and that they would not use.it for their " Red " Army. Dr. Nansen's probity is unimpeach- able. Whether the Allies will share his confidence in they good faith of the Moscow despots is another question.
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