The New York herald., 1922-05-08
GOMpERS THANKFUL
US. Is NOT AT GENOA
Attacks Farley as Internation-
al Grab for Oil and Tells of
Soviet Raid in Georgia.
pecfar Dispatch to THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Nav q.

Spectuf DtSputcH 10 IHE NEW iORh iiEkALp'
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. c.. May Z.
Samuel Gompers president of the
American Federation of Labor. to-day
issued statement attacking the Genoa
conference in connection with the in
ternational oil situation and express
ing thankfulness that America Is not
participating in it.
"a most vital factor in the interna-
tional grab for oil now engrossing at
tention at Genoa" said Mr.. Gompers.
SIS brought to light by protest from
the exiled labor government of Georgia
which has come to the attention of
the American Federation of Labor.
"Georgias democratic labor govern
ment was driven out of the country
troops and Turk mercenaries and the
key to the whole oil situation brought
under Bolshevist control. The impor-
tance of the Soviet raid OF Georgia and
the policy now being developed at
Genoa will be understood when 1t Is
borne in mind that much of the vast
Caucasus oil field is IN. Georgia and all
of the pipe lines and other means of
oil transportation pass through Georgia.
'"rhe labor government Of Georgia was
recognized de facto in 1920 both by the
Entente and by the enemy states, and
de jure in 1921. However. international
finance could not deal as well with
L. tuht
protect the property rights OF the in
habitants of Georgia as 1t could with
the Soviets. who are ready to sell any
body's rights to secure the means to
maintain themselves in power
Therefore an invasion of Georgia was
Jointly organized by the savage hordes
of Turkey and the equally savage red
army of the Soviets-l1nder the protec-
ton of international capitalists who
were promised the oil concessions. worth
billions of dollars.
THE successful carrying out OF this
bloody conspiracy led the Soviets to send
a delegate to Genoa to speak for the
state OF Georgia and to appeal for
recognition by England and other Gov
ernments The exiled Georgian Govern
ment also sent a protest to Genoa-a pro-
test in which IL called attention to the
fact that the justice of its terrible ac-
cusations against the Soviets has been
admitted by nearly every economic and
political labor organ of Europe, and con-
cluded as follows:
Therefore we proclaim to all the
appeal published by the President Of
Georgia Is in the highest degree a
Justification OF the will OF the working
people OF Georgia. The aforementioned
Soviet created by the occupying power,
without the concurrence of the Georgian
people, was elected by resolution, soldier
officials and aliens, and its presidium
Is composed of members of the govern
ment of occupation and OF its head off,
cials. There is not one single Georgian
soldier, not one single Georgian worker,
not one single Georgian peasant In it
All the gentlemen are nothing but mer-
cenaries in the pay OF Moscow, whose
orders they must carry out
Here again is irrefutable evidence Of
the duplicity OF the Bolshevists. Here
again is evidence OF the indispensable
greed and brutality of the red regime.
Here again is evidence OF the dictator
ship OF the proletariat at work slaugh-
tering and pillaging the workers while
scheming to deliver the wealth of the
country into hands OF exploiters as a
means OF continuing I'm power"