RUSSIAN AFFAIRS

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17469, 1 June 1922, Page 7

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS

TROTSKY'S VIEW OF GENOA. HOPE OF AGREEMENT WITH U.S.A. vßy l ta>—-Pisss Association—Copyright.) iAu»traii»n »r.d X.Z. Ctb'.o Auooiktion.) (Received May olst, 8.10 p.m.l NEW YORK, May 31. The Moscow correspondent of the 'X«v York Herald" interviewed M. Trotsky, who said: ' \Yo had imagined tlio (ienort Conference was primarily a business meeting to discuss business matters in a business way. We were wrung. The business matters could hardly be seen through the political fog, but a way out has offered itself. Political and military questions are apparently to be, separated from business questions, and an attempt made to soNo tliem. T think '.u'uoa attained this: That European .statesmen realise the Soviet Republic hn> eomo to stay. It is now an established fact, and yon cannot destroy it by ignoring it. Our main hone is founded on an understanding with the Unite,) States. I have re.uson to believe that President Harding takes a modified view, unlike the Wilson Administration. Moreover, we have interests in common. The* expansion of .liumn, in spite of the Washington Treaty, is not a thing of the past. We believe, therefore, thai upon politiea! as veil as economic grounds wo uill be aide to find a basis for discussion and agreement with the United States.