The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-01
Russia Group Is Interesting At Conference

Genoa. May l None of the more than 1000 persons who sit as dete- gates, advisors and experts in inc Genoa Economic Conference connrnan1 man Si greater public interest than the s1na1i group of men representing Russia
 While prominent statesmen, dlplo- mats and political leaders of almost every other European country are we'll known to the average reader for the reason that they have participated in numerous assemblies and conIeE- enceS since the Versailles deHDera- tions the Russians are meeting for the first time since 1917 with repre- sentatives of the rest of Europe
 The All-RuSsian Central Executive Com mittee meeting late in January, elected a slate of ] 5 prominent Soviet statesmen headed by Premier Lenfne. giving them full plen1potentlary pow CTS in all matters affecting Russia to come before the conference. Respon- sibility for this delegation fell upon Vice-chairman George Chitcherin Bolshevik Foreign Minister, however, when it was decided that Lenine was too i'll to leave Moscow. It also was said that fear ofassassination if he left Russia played an important part in keeping the Bolshevik Premier within his own domains.
 Concern over their personal safety also was displayed by other members of the delegation. particularly when they reached Riga. Latvia. late in March and learned that the Italian
 
 villa at Rapallo, 35 miles out of Genoa. Chitcherin issued a statement criticising the Italians for thus iso- lating the Russians and calling atten- ton to the daily gantlet of B miles" which the delegates would have to [ run in motoCcars under condition "es- peciaIly convenient for assassination"
 While the Italian government did not make formal answer to several ! notes of protest to the Rapa1Io indl- dent, it was explained to the Russians that Italy was having trouble with , her own radicals and feared the pres ence of such prominent representa- ! tives of Bolshevistic principles might i foment renewed anachist activities. ! The section around Genoa and Milan ! it was recalled had been a. hotbed of ' anarchy when Italian labor uprisings resulted in the taking over of much of the nations industry by the work CTS.
 Chitcherin stands foremost above his colleagues of the Russian delega- fion a statesman. He is a man more than so years of age. and began his diplomatic career during the Cza arist regime He was in England when the Bolshevik revolution star tied Europe, but returned to Russia in answer to an urgent call from Lenine who promptly seized upon him as likely material for important diplomatic work then in hand.
 Next to Chitcherin, perhaps the most important member of the group is Leonid Krassin, Bolshevik Minis ter of Foreign Trade. who was op- posed to Bolshevism in 1917 but join cd the Communist party after Lenine's victory. His first assignment. that of organizing the transportation systems of Russia, ended in utter failure but his efforts along other lines. particu- 1arly in securing a. trade agreement 1 with England were more successful 1 He Is 45 years old, an electrical en- g1neer by profession and has been re ferred to as the only real business man in the Soviet government.
 Adolph Joffe, ''signer of peace trea- ties" headed the Soviet delegation which carried on the long peace ne- goJiatfons with Poland during the fall and winter of 1920-21. He goes to Genoa as Premier of Soviet Turk 1 Jewish parents. 45 years ago His ] father accumulated a fortune as car l rier of the mails in road wagons be- 1 fore the days of railroads.
 Dr. Jacob Janson, who will repre- | sent the Soviet Far Eastern Republic, | is 0 Lott, considered obedient to the | sent Chita to replace M. Kras- l zlachekov after the latter had been l there six months and developed tend | enctes which the Soviet government | too favorable to the United States. | He formerly resided in New York un- | der the name of Robinson. |
 Alexander ShIiapnikoff, Soviet Com 1 missioner of Labor and an old leader l of the PetroGrad labor movement, is 1 a metal worker. and one of the three 1
  delegation. He is well known in Rus ! sia for his position as leader of the ! workmens opposition which nearly | caused a split in the Communist party ! in 1920. Twice he has been given minor positions in the Murmansl district and at Gomel in order to keep him away from Moscow Following his trade of metal worker, he lived in the United States. London and Sweden. returning to Russia some time during the war.
 Christian Rakovslly. President of the Ukraine Republic. a Rumanian Jew, was expelled from his country as a Socialist aEitator and went to Russia in time to join the 1917 up- rising. He speaks several languages, Including French, German. Turkish and Russian. He is regarded as in telligent. ambitious and cultured.
 Soviet Azerbaijan Republic, will rep resent the four Caucasus republics. He is Tartar Mussulman. 55 years old and very popular at home. Until school teacher and then studied med icine at the University of Odessa. His entrance into politics was as leader of the Persian revolution of 190S-09. | He endeared himself to the people of the Azerbaijan republic when he repeatedly refused to sign warrants for the 5000 or 5000 sentences of death carried out by the Cheka at Baku after the Azerbaijan republic was taken back into Soviet Russia more than a year ago.
 The delegation is completed by NJ. l Litvinor. Soviet Minister for Foreign | Affairs; M. Norovslly, Soviet represen- tative in Rome; NJ. Midivani, repre- l senting Soviet Georgia; NJ. Bekzadian, representing Soviet Armenia; NJ. Had jeff, representing Soviet Bokhara; NJ. Roudzutack and M. SalronofT trade I union leaders.