Evening star., 1932-04-29
TROTSKY FEARS WAR IN EAST
MAY INVOLVE SOVIET UNION
Exiled Russian Revolutionist Has No
Faith Whatever In Good Results
From Geneva Conference.

fed by the Frerch scheme of the
Tardieu government. AS long as
France supports the bloody work of
japan in the Far East, grateful japan
supports the peaceful initiative OF
France at Geneva. An Incompatible
object lesson for all nationsl The
French prc9ot consists IN this-to
create under cover of the League OF
Nations a Few entente with a unique
object-an assurance through an in
ternatio1ap army of the hegemony of
French financial capital Nor does the
American Plan open any new perspec-
tive.
Hinges on Resources.
'T-odern wars are not conducted by
the arms possessed by the belligerent
countries on the eve of war, but by the
arms they produce during the course Of
war The United States has given in
this respect an unforgettabie lesson to
all the world-especially Germany.
(Trotzky. departing from the verbatim
text, explained that ne referred to the
American creation of an army Of
100000 men within a couple of years
out of nothing during the World War;
The result of a new war will be
determined by the degree Of technical
power and resources at the command
of the warning countries. The greater
the industry of a given state the more
is it interested in Limitation prearrang
ed by a disarmament conference, be-
cause it will be much easier for it to
assure its army all the necessities dur
ing the course of a war, in contrast to
its adversaries.
The conference at best will be
terminated by formulae without signi-
ficance. The inevitable failure of the
Geneva Conference will give new i'm
petus to ornaments and increase even
more than at present the dangers of
new wars.
The Franco-Japanese policy, mill
tary as well as 'peaceable,' addresses
itself more and more clearly and
overly, not only against China, but
against the Soviet Union. 1t must be
clear to any attentive observer. even
those most hostile to the Soviet Union,
that Maxim Litvinov, Soviet foreign
commiSsar at Geneva, represents the
sincere efforts OF the Soviet govern
ment to avert the possibility of war.
Moreover, hope that the Russian dele
cation will find the means to transfer
its technical-pa aciflc propositions-which
are very ineffective, at least in the
pedagogic sense-to more active poll
blCS-IIldC Is 10 say, 10 snow the con-
ference openly the real situation and
TO warn the peoples Of the danger that
approaches.
May Go Back to Russia.
'If there exists on our planet a force
which can limit the armaments Of
land and sea, light and heavy artillery,
1t is the will Of the popular masses"
rs there any possibility of your re-
turning to Russia?"
The rumors of my imminent re-
turn to the Soviet Union are SO far
not based on any concrete information
The supposition has been inspired by
the general inquietude. 1t is unneces-
sary to say that in the event Of danger
Of war, the faction Of which I am a
member puts itself entirely at the dis
poSal Of the Soviet government. AS
precedent. one may recall in this con-
nection the Civil War Of 1890, when
josef Stain (present dictator), Gen.
Klementi Voroschilov (Soviet war min
ister) and others found themselves in
acute opposition to the military sys-
tenn which operated hand in hand
with Nicolai Jenin. Nevertheless this
did not impede the active cooperation
of the opposition at that time in the
military struggle"
(copyright. 1927