Evening star., 1921-11-10
RUSSIAN INTEREST
IN PARLEY IS KEEN
Anglo Saxon CapitaIistic
Trust Predicted by One
Writer.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
Copyright. 1921.
BY LOUIS LEVINE.

RIGA. Latvia, November 1o-Rus-
sian interest in the Washington con-
ference grows apace- Both the news
papers Pravda and Izvestis group
foreign kilograms regularly undey the
head washington Conference" The
view here from the first has been that
such a parley would lead to a COM
plete realignment Of the capitalistic
powers. Karl Radek, who calls him
self Journalist" and Is known here
as 'Lenln s favorite binoculars" when
s" eeping the International horizon.
laughed at the idea of the Washing
ton conference arriving at any de-
cision on the Russian question with
out the presence of soviet delegates.
When saw him in Moscow his office
was piled high with newspapers and
magazines from France, Germany.
England and the United States. They
seemed to have arrived in an in
credibly short time.
Report ON Execution.
=. A Siberian delegation left Radek's
room as entered. 1t had bGen report
tngern Won Sternberg. the Semenov
aide. who was put down by soviet
partisan troops and Mongolian revo-
lutionaries. kadek had the usual as
surance OF soviet officials, and q spe-
cial spirit of his own obviously OBJ
tanned from liberal diet OF foreign
press dispatches on the conflicting in
terests of the great powers. Even
the Russian man in the street has a
certain assurance these days. now
ever strained by famine and bounded
by border raids and threats of foreign
pow ers. the Russian is proudly aware
of the natural resources and man
power of his country, and Of the fact
that it is absolutely necessary to the
economic reorganization of Europe
and the worlds
Radek.A Nike other soviet officials. re-
fused to discuss commission from
the Far Eastern ..epublic now pro-
ceeding to the United States, Great
reserve Is always shown here in dis
cussing the affairs of the Chita gov
ernment- Radek is of the opinion
that the thesis Of the third interna-
ton conference analyzed, the situation
correctly when 1T Indicated that the
return of the United States to the
supreme council proved American
realization of the fact that the, capi-
talists and farmers were each de-
Europe and American desire to ex-
ploit the difficulties Of British COM
petitors.
Predicts Anglo-Saxon Trust.
He pointed out that Great Britain's
capital;stic coloniesDhave other for
eign interests than those of the moth
er country. The English imperIalIsts
wished to continue the alliance with
Japan in order to have assistance in
case OF a conflict with the United
States, or to be in position to as
sumo the role of arbitrator between
American and Japanese imperialism
after having duly stirred up American
and Japanese, differences. The attitude
Of the important colonies was depriv-
ing English Imperialism Of freedom
Of movement with regard to the
United States. -
Great Britain, continued Radek.
faced with French militarism .on the
continent, would seek an understand
ing with the~United States. The OBJ
ject of this understanding would be
the formation of an Anglo:saxon
capitalistfc trust, the center Of grav-
ity, Of which would be the United
States. Japan would pay the cost
Radek's view Is that while Japan,
backed by the conference, would not
refuse military foothold. In s beria,
that land of hunger was not tempt
ing as compared with the plan to ex-
ploit the resources and the people of
China. II FIEr~.