RUSSIA AND THE BALTIC STATES
SIR,—It is obvious that Estonian trade with England has been cut off by blockade in the Baltic during the last six weeks. Mr. Rothstein should have had no difficulty in under- standing when I wrote that " up to the present the major part of Estonian eggs, butter and plywood, come to England," I was referring to the period before the war. If he be right in asserting that Estonian goods will now reach England through Murmansk, it will, though expensive, be a good thing for both countries—until that port is frozen. Incidentally, it will shed another ray of light on the strange alliance which permits Russia to do her best to defeat the efforts of her ally Germany to blockade Great Britain. If Estonia and Latvia are to be allowed to have the trade with the great Russian hinterland for which they have often asked, on conditions that do not infringe their sovereignty, it will promote the general good. But these are still incalculable factors.—Yours faithfully, The Deanery, Chichester. A. S. DUNCAN-JONES.
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