The New York herald., 1920-12-26

WITH TROTZKY IN
SOVIET POLICIES
Formers Vision Worldwide
With Little Interest in
Nearby States.
LOOKING BEYOND THEM
Regards Great Powers as
Sole Obstacle to RealiZa-
tion of His Dreams.
LOOKING BEYOND THEM
TROTZKY AS MILITARIST
Cannot DiSband Army, for I'm
less Kept Fighting They
Will Mutiny.
By CAPT. FRANCIS M'cuLLAGn.

BY AAI-I. EAhANOAS VA -
Special Corresponding to THE NEW YORK
Copyright, 1890. by THE NEW YORK HERALD
RIdA Dec. J.
once said that Poland and the
Baltic States seem TO have forgotten
Russia. I should have added that
Russia has not forgotten them.
great Bolshevik plot with innumerable
ramiications throughout all Latvia
was discovered here only a few days
ago. and when the birthday Of Bolshe-
vism was celebrated in Riga in Octo-
ber "Comrade" Genetsky. the Red
representative, grated in true Com
munist style to a collection Of Russian
soldiers-prisoner of war who are still
here-and distributed money among
them. Some time later q Red courier
named Herson, attached TO the Boil
shevik Legation. was so impudent as
to indulge in frequent and violent IN
terr1ptions at lecture on Russia
given by a Russian refugee. as re-
suit of which he was requested by the
Iettfsh Government to leave the coun-
try. which he has since done. Genetsky
protested, but Albat. the Acting Min
lister of Foreign Affairs in Lettland,
was firm. 1T is reSrettable," he said,
that such a person as Herson should
be officially connected with the Rus
sian Legation IN this country"
The Red flag flies from the Bolshevik
headquarters in the Hotel Petrograd
and on the numerous motor cars be-
longing to the Bolshevik mission,
which continually traverse the town.
AS these powerful machines pass
through the darkened streets at night
with formidable blasts Of their horns
one hears very often among the
burghers of this ancient Hanse port
the frightened whisper, THE Bolshe-
Wiki" and wonders what the good cid-
nns of London will say when, as q
result of British recognition OF the
Soviet Government, the revolutionary
banner waves, unabashed and trucu-
lent. over the Russian Embassy in
Chesham place: when the Russian
Socialist Telegraph Agency takes a
whole suite OF rooms in the Ritz, and
when the motor of the Red Ambas-
sador swings unchallenged into Down.
ing street and even into the sacred
precincts OF Buckingham Palace.
Leninc Does Not Forget.
1t is in this development and in the
results which he expects TO follow from
81 that Lenine Is principally Interested.
He has not forgotten the. Baltic States,
Finland and Poland, but he takes Curl
ously little interest in them. for. TO do
him Justice, his range OF vision Is
worldwide and he IS absolutely without
any territorial ambitions for the aggran-
dizement of Russia. He invariably looks
over the heads of the little border states
which have given him such trouble and
fixes his eyes on the great Powers
which constitute the sole obstacle to the
realizations of his dreams. and without
whose help those small states would, he
is convinced. 20 down like ninepins.
On making a favorable peace with
E.sthonia he excused himself by saying
In a public speech what does 1t mat
ter If we have given tho bourgeois rulers
of Esthonia gold and forests and terri
tory and all the other toys that Inn
perialism likes TO play with? The
ground beneath their feet Is Bolshevik
and we can whenever we like make 1t
open and swallow them. These poor,
misguided people are obsesscd By the
old ideas Of land grabbing and patriot
ism and military glory, which. though
they do not seem TO be aware of the
fact. are all as dead as Julius Caesar.
Their eyes are closed TO the new light
which shines upon the world from Mos
cow"
TchitcherIn was equally frank. and
secret circular Of his which was recently
discovered here ordered the Bolsheviki
In the Baltic States to refrain for the
present from overthrowing their "capi-
talistio' governments because these gov
ernmerts are necessary to tho Soviet OF
Soviets as commercial Intermediates
Il .frNl "a
Tho Lettish envoy In Moscow the Boil
shevik Foreign Minister was equally
frank "If any Latvian Reds try TO
overthrow you" said he, hang them"
TrotzIsy the Militarist.
But must add that while Lenine and
Tchitcherin are thus for the moment,
moderate" there arc fanatical and
militarist elements In Red Russia which
are pursuing quito different policy. Al
the head of these fanatics are TrotzSy
and the chiefs Of the Red Army. who
arc profoundly convinced that unless the
troops Of tho Soviet are kept fighting
they viii mutiny. IL they ere dis
charged and sent home they will in
fallibly discover how grossly they have
been deceived by the Communist propa-
randa and will see with their own eyes
the blessings" which Communism has
brought 20 their own villages. BY means
OF an able but mendacious propaganda
they have been kept IN a state OF frenzy
for two years as the Cars soldiers used
TO be sometimes kept by means Of vodka,
but despite the victory over Wrangel
there have been disquieting indications
lately that this period of intoxication
IL passing and that the inevitable phy-
sical reaction is coming on. one such
Indication was the recent meeting OF the
Red Army In MOSCOW meeting OF
which presume you have got all the
particulars.
None OF this Is supposition on my
part. I talked yesterday with Mr.
sainais n Lettlsh engineer who crossed
the frontier from Russia tho day before
Yesterday. end he tells me that for the
reason I have given, tho Soviet VIII be
unable % make peace or TO keep it II it
Is made. lie described 10 me carefully
and accurately the extraordinary mass
u Red troops which has been concen-
trated on the Lettlsh frontier and or the
powerful reserves which lie at Newell az
vitebsE. at Smoiensk and at sokolnik
Junction. 10 has told me what | knew
The Russian chief OF staff on tho west
front has organized at Smolensk a spe-
rial Russian espionsgs gystcm for Lat
via. and a special course Of studies has