RUSSIA'S AIMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 February 1920, Page 5

RUSSIA'S AIMS.

THE NEED FOR PEACE. ALLIED HELP SOUGHT. ■T Telegraph —Prtu Aim.—Copyright. j Received Feb. 25, 9.25 p.m. I Washington, Feb. 24. ! The Moscow correspondent of the New York World interviewed Trotsky, who j e#ld! "Our military successes have not blinded us to the need for peace for the re-establishment of eeonomic stability. - We have been forced to sacrifice the -welfare of our people and future generations . to the desperate need of the hour. Wc . kave transformed in this past, eighteen mouMta a peace-loving pop-lit ion of ■ wwkers and peanuts into an armed ewp. Our peace terns, nevertheless, remi* the same. "The reconstruction <tf Russia is a treaendotts enterprise,- which will require pttfaapp ten years. Russia's riches are intaet, tad the nation -which will help to pat us on a peace footing will share the pfofits Tempting from the aid they have «xtaita to us. Foreign capitalists who - invert money in Russia will receive mat- ' guarantees of an adequate charac- • ter. It Ja ridiculous to think Germany tan control Russia, or to say Germany Jim * feetfcr chance than the Allies in our Jtat-kets. The fact is we cannot posaibly expect economic assistance from Germ-any. It is obvious we must look towards the victorious nations, such as Britain and the United States, for machinery and agricultural implements. "Ludicrous lies have been spread that the Red Army is militaristic. It is antimilitaristic. .Nine-tenths of us are workera, peasimtv and pacificists, and the . other tenth are soldiers and officers who aernd under the Tsar. Immediate de- _ mobilisation is obligatory with us as soon as hostilities against us cease. The -worker* and the peasants will insist on retur&rig to the factories and the farms, and will make Russia a fit land to live in. Frontier guards only will then be maintained. There will also be some forts and military training for the working «sia*ite in order that they may always be abla to defend themselves against the bourgeoisie."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ALLIES AND THE SOVIET.

tfo diplomatic relations.

HORRORS MUST EOT) FIRST. j Received Feb. 25, 10.50 p.m. _ London, Feb. 24. The Allies have decided that they are j tumble toenter into diplomatic relations \ With the Soviet until they are convinced the Bolshevik horrors have ended, and tliat the Government is prepared to conform to the practices of civilised Government*.

Meanwhile, tie Allies are willing to encourage to the utmost commerce be* tffccn RtiMtE and Europe. They welcome the proposal of a labor bureau, and the League of Nations will send a Commisfion to examine Russian conditions.

.VOLUNTEER ARMY'S SUCCESS. _ London, Feb. 23. The war Office announces that the nnfrmteer Army on February 20 recaptured Rostov, at the bead of the feett of Azov, taking pi'soner MOO tttn and capturing 20 guns and a quantity of war material—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Awl

ESCAPE FROM Ml/KUANSK. ' London, Feb. 23. Th 6 Russian fltetttvr Lamondsoff, Wlt4 two British and fcur Belgian ofliMM Jn charge, ha* tmve! at Vardo, Norway, from Murmansk. They state that a revo'iition l>ro!:« cut in Murmansk on £a»urday an.! the Bolsheriks wised tile town and the shipping, ex* cept the Lamondsoff, which escaped node fire, the steamer being riddled by machine-gun fire and the captain badly •minded.—Ans.-NZ. Cable Assn. RUSSIAN PROBLEMS

London, Feb. 23. The Duly Chronicle states that the Feaee Conference has agreed upon broad •lines on Russian questions, and a statement thereon will probably be made to-day.