The New York herald., 1922-07-23
RADEK HAS NO Hope
OF loan TO SOVIET
Calls Idea of Aid From Any
Government 'MOOnshine
\ Nonsense
SEES U. S. ALOOF
France and Britain Will
ing, Perhaps, but Lack
Needed Funds.
MAN OF MYSTERY TALKS
No One Knows Exactly How OF
Where Bolshevist Lead
er Stands.
MAN OF MYSTERY TALKS

Special Correspondence to THE NEW YoRK
HERALD.
Copyright, 1923, BY THE NEW York HnRALp.
Moscow, June ga curious person
is Carl Radek. Sharp featured, slim.
almost boyish looking. with roguish
eyes half concealed behind big horn
spectacles. smile Of genuine amuse-
ment playing about his lips, his thick
ham ever untidy and rebellious, with a
queer, dirty looking complexion not
enhanced by a habitual three days
stubble on his chin. He has frank,
open manner. he speaks loudly and
with great rapidity, geticulates with
rather grubby hands and has a. trick
Of emphasizing at the wrong places in
his speech.
His influence in the Soviet move
ment is profound but somewhat mys-
terious. No man knows exactly how
or where he stands The main thing
is that he does stand. Whoever else
falls, he remains on his feet. He has
not the reputation OF a trimmer or
an opportunist. He has strong views.
and they carry astonishing weight
with his colleagues. but no one can
say in advance what his views will be
on any given situation.
Perhaps his influence is due partly to
his whimsical personality and partly to
his exhaustive knowledge OF the outside
,world--a rare quality among Russians
of this epoch. He has travelled much |;
he speaks several languages fluently
and as Secretary Of the Third Inter
rationale he keeps in touch with Com
munists all over the world.
His functions are as ill-defined as hlo
political position. They are invested
with a good deal Of mystery; but there
is no doubt that in all matters Of for
eign interest he may be considered the
expert witness OF the Soviet and
should not wonder IL 1t were not In his
hands that the fine threads Of Bolshe-
visit propaganda in Europe, in America
and in Asia are centered.
Sees Nothing mt The Hague.
An interview with him is at least re-
freshins to a journalist 5aded with the
cheap and unconvincing optimism with
which Soviet leaders endeavor to spoon
feed Western correspondents. He is on
many questions cynical to tho verge Of
pessir1ism.
1.-THE only country that could do
something to rebuild Europe Is Amer
lea, and America Is far too comfort
able on the other side of the Atlantic,
thank you, to cross over and clean up
other peoples stables. France and Eng
land might want to help but they can
not do it. They have not got the
money"
'You mean for a loan." ventured.
"A loan in the usual sense, a Gov
ernment loan, Is moonshine nonsense.
Who do you suppose is going to lend
money to sort Of half-Asiatic, half
European Mexico such as we are at the
present moment? Look here, II you had
money would you lend 1t to either the
President of Mexico or the Soviet Gov
ernment Of Russia? Why, you see, the
idea Is absurd. No; the only possi-
bility is to induce big private capital
lists to lend US money on definite securi-
ties We have plenty of such securities
to give to private capitalist. That would
remove the thing from the plane of
politics to that OF an ordinary business
transaction"