The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-10-04
INTERNATIONAL
ISSUES DEFINED
BY LEON TROTZKY
Russian Soviet Leader
Tells of Situation and
NJ Policy to Be
Adopted

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Copyright. 1920, BY international
y News Service.)
MOSCOW, by Wireless to-Berlin
(Delayed)-The Soviet government
Of Russia is turning its attention
to the Pacific, in which sphere, &C.
cording to War Minister Leon Trotz.
Ky. "a tremendous antagonism Is
growing up,
Trotzky's reference to q "tremen-
dous antagonism" was made in re,
Spouse to q question as to what
policy he expected the United States
to adopt towards Russia in view of
the American-Japanese rivalry in the
Pacific. :Trotzky, who is one of the
dominant powers in the, Soviet gov
eminent today. outlined his views OH
International i. issues and certain
phases Of the military and economic
situation within Soviet Russia for
the International News Service. He
promised many surprises by the
Russian Red army ...s
Minister Trotzky in referring to
President Wilson said:
II think the policies Of President
Wilson are not the cleverest in the
history of the great Transatlantic
republic"
AS to the policy Of the United
States toward bolshevism Minister
Trotzky said:
II may venture brief statement
altho Comrade Tchitcherin, the COM
missary for foreign affairs could
answer questions more fully having
greater knowledge of the subject.
Antagonist Developing
"In our world policies we have
avoided national prejudices, sympa-
thies and antipathies. We have no
prejudices against a yellow skin nor
have we any blind sympathy with
the white race. We keep an atten-
tive eye upon the developments of
all antagonisms thruout the whole
world. We are aware that a tremen-
dous antagonism is growing up
around the Pacific. Our attitude re-
garding the antagonistic Pacific will
be wholly determined by the policies
of the United States and Japan to-
wards Russia.
I'VE have repeatedly demonstrate
ed by our acts that we not only can
exist with Bourgeois governments
but we are able to do business with
them on broad scale.
"The war minister was asked to
forecast the military result on the
western (Polish) front. He re-
piled:
Military Situation
Regarding the Red army and our
present and potential strength I
can say this: The army is bound
to bring many surprises in the flu
ture as 1t has in the past.
Superficial observers were as
founded at our successes and were
unable to explain them when we
were advancing on the Polish front.
Our retreat from Warsaw threw
them to the other extreme.
Our army was built and is still
being built at the front. In the
midst of battles we are always study
ing our enemies and adjusting our
movements to the needs of the mo-
ment; we are always improvising
new formations and tempering them
in the fire of battle.
Conditions on the northeastern
and southwestern fronts are funda-
mentally different On both of these
fronts We made serious retreats after |
initial successes. This could be in
as evidence of insufficient
persistence. Actually it is the re-
suit of the fact that we had to
create armies in the process of the
while laboring with mil
lions to convince them that there |
was no other solution except fight
ing. sn, ..4
while we threw, forward divis-
ions which reached Warsaw we
worked necessarily in the rear on
the formation Of new forces far ex-
ceeding in numbers those that re-
treated from Warsaw We were
to mobilize industry at q
time when the need for industry
was serious. n
''On the front where we opposed |
The army of General Yudenitch we
retreated almost to the walls of Pet
rograd.
"But with another wave our
armies swept back or destroyed |
,hese enemies. Well did we study |
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