The New York herald., 1921-09-22
LENlNE IS FAILING,
ABANDONS MOSCOW
Goes to Suburbs to Be
Spared Active Part in
State Affairs.
STRENGTH GIVING WAY
Fight in Soviet Congress to
Alter BOlsheyist Princi-
pies Proved Strain.
TROTZKY OFF TO ODESSA
Reorganizing Army to Resist
Petlura's Bands, Alleged
Backed by Rumania.
TROTZKY OFF TO ODESSA

Special Gable to THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1921, by THE New York HERALD.
Moscow. Sept. 10. via LONDON, Sept.
22.-The Russian Soviet Government
is virtually without the services of
Nikolai Lenine, who is recuperating in
the suburbs of Moscow and is passing
much of his time shooting Great
secrecy is maintained regarding his
whereabouts. 1t is stoutly denied at the
Kremlin that he is i'll, but THE NEW
YORK HERALD correspondent learned
that he is spared any active participa-
tion in state affairs, save when his
"yes'' or no" is needed to determine
major questions of policy.
Lenine's strength began to give. way
after the All Soviet Congress, in which
he bore the brunt of the fight in fore
ing through his new economic policy
which was tantamount to an abandon
ment of the principles of Bolshevism.
Leon Trotzky. Soviet War Minister.
also is absent from Moscow, having per-
sonal charge of the preparations for the
mobilization of southern Russian forces
to be held in readiness should Rumania
attack Russia. He is expected to return
here in about three weeks.
II Is officially stated there Is no truth
in reports that an American relief train
was seized by the Bolsheviki. Nearly
s3,000,0 900 worth of food is now within
Russias frontiers. 1t has not been in
terfered with In any respect. Also re-
ports of a great fire in Moscow are
without foundation.
specta, Gable to THE NEw YORK HERALD.
Copyr,oht, 1921, oy THE NEW York HERALD.
REvAL. via London, Sept. %. - Leon
Trotzky, Russian Bolshevist Minister of
War. Is in Odessa owing to the Rurna-
njan menace. He is reorganizing the
Bo.shevist army.
Speaking before the Odessa Soviet, ne
characterized Gen. Petlura's bands as
under Rumanian protection and formed
for the purpose OF seizing the Kam-
enetz- Podolsk and Mogilevsky districts,
which, Trotzky declared. the invaders
wish to use as a base for further mill
tary operations.
I'VE do not want war. for our object
Is the economic reconstruction of Rus
sia," Trotzky said. But we must pro-
tect our western frontier. We are
strong enough to defeat our enemies.
and IL our enemies attack us their from
tier will not be tomorrow where It
is to-day"
A long radio despatch has just been
sent out by Tchitcherin, Bolshevist Min
ister for Foreign Affairs. accusing tho
Polish General Staff OF supplying the
White" Russian leader. Boris Savin-
koff, who was Minister of War in tho
Kerensky Cabinet. with money and
arms to raid Russian territory and
wreck trains. He says he is In posses
sion OF q mass OF documentary evidence.
Including letters signed by Major Kesh-
Sovslxy OF the Polish General Staff
rroving this.
Tchitcherin admits that IAN extremely
active partisan warfare Is being car
ried on by Savinkoff In Russia's west
ern provinces, and as Poland has just
handed the Soviet Minister for Foreign
Affairs a third protest against Russia p
fulfilment Of the Russo-Polish peace
treaty, II Is evident that the situation
may rapidly become grave.
Tchitchern asserts that Eumanla
Is supporting Petlura's bands the same
way that Poland is charged with sup
porting Savinkoff, and that trains are
being wrecked and provisions looted.
1T Is ridiculous for America to send
supplies to aid the famine sufferers II
Poland-that is 10 say. French-money
organizes raids for their destruction" !"
he declares.
other opinion, however. In that hungry
Russian peasants are themselves wreck
ing some OF the food trains.