Leonid Krassin, Soviet Trade Commissioner in London, "who made a gallant but unsuccessful attempt to combine Bolshevism and business," has been replaced by Christian Rakovski.
Krassin was identified with the Russo-British Trade Agreement, and had a disappointing career, endeavoring to promote trade at a time when Russia had little to export. Krassin was recently reported to have favored recognition of Russia's pre-War debts, but later denied this heresy.
Rakovski, who was associated with Tchicherin at the Genoa Conference of 1922, takes a different and more tenable line. He proclaims that Russia's...
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