New-York tribune., 1922-03-14
Trotzky Insists
u. S. Capitalists
Plot Overthrow
New York. London and
Paris Are Behind Curtains
in scheme io Obtain
Oil Rights, He Warns
Strikes Militant Note
Says Bankers Are Backing
EN-Gvand Duke Nicholas
Genoa Farley Hampcrcd

MOSCOW, March 10 (By The Asso-
Grated s).-Lcon Trotzky, Soviet
Minister of War, addressing an extra
ordinary session Of the Moscow Soviet
to-day on the subject Of the Genoa
conference. presented documentary.
newspaper and citcumstantial evil
dcnce designed to show threatening
'ntefvcntionist and counter rcvolutjon-
any activities against Russia this
spring.
For perhaps the FIRST time. TrotzNv
included American capitalists with
"Psrls and London as behind th,
curtain in scheme. particularly in the
Caucasus, where h" said paku oil was
the motive behind foreign capitalists.
who, he declared, were backing former
Grand Duke Nicholas
Although reassorting Hussias desire
for peace. Vrotzky's speech strocN a
militant note, and throughout his adj
dress he advised preparations of the
Rcd army.
Tribute to Relief Workers
he War Minister paid tribute 60
the humanitarian work Of the Amcri-
can Relief Administration, which he
SAID was feeding ten times as MANY
famine sufferers as all the European
relief agencies combined "Hut why
do VIC praise DR.. Fridtjof Manson and
only express gratitude to the A,ncri-
can Relief Administration? he asked
rhctoncally. "Bccause We don't know
what America wants. Some officials
Aigh IN the American Relief Admins
tfation have been opponents OF tho
soviet governm' I. The dav whom
America opcnly declares she will not
support kolchahism viii be a great
holiday IN Russia. Then The signi6-
cance oi the American Relief Adminis-
traton's worF will be really known
Irot2ky declared during his address
mat the anti-Bolsh 'vik followers of
Genera Baron Wransol were rccoj,inm
food from America.
He compared the Genoa ronfaronco
with the Prink ipo meeting Of 1919. cali
ing attention to the failure of the
frlnklpo plan. which. he declared. was
followed by the activities of kolchak
and Denikne
Among tho causes for alarm the
Soviet Minister cited negotiations be-
tween Poland and Finland for an al
lance. lie intimated that Finland and
kumania had been warned against
antl-Sovlet activities, as Poland was
warned in note MADE public yester-
day by Foreign Minister Tchicherin
Allies Capital Responsible
From the White Sea to Baku. de-
clared Irotaky. the interventionst dan
gor threatened. at is not Helsingfors.
Rcval, Riga. Warsaw and Bucharest
that are responsible for this he de-
.lared, "but Paris, London and New
York"
Many, foreign diplomats and journal
lists and scme American Relief admin
lstlatlon workers. including former
Governor Goodrich OF Indiana. at
tended the session, which was held in
the opera house. The meeting was an
incident in the celebration Of the fifth
anniversary OF the overthrow of the
imperial regime in 1917.
Commenting upon Americas de-
cision net to participate in the Genoa
confercnce, the Soviet newspaper
"PraVada' says:
"The motive given is that until the
European countries dIsarm it would
be a useless throwing away Of Ameri-
can money in European affair This
is mainly propaganda by which the
Republican party is preparing for the
new Congressional elections. The real
cause of the American governments
refusal to finance Europe is that the
american government hasn't much
money while the private capitalists
are interested in Central and South
America
"Thc absence of America means
that nothing big economically can
happen at Genoa. The Allied bour-
geoisie have no plan whatever for the
economic relief OF Europe"