"COME TO STAY"

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11224, 1 June 1922, Page 5

"COME TO STAY"

THE RUSSIAN SOVIET TROTSKY OX THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK. FRIENDLY HAND TO U.S.A. By ToVeraph.—Ptp=s A«n.—Copyright. Austnlian an«l X-Z. Ca’nlo Association (Received Mav ‘M. p.m.) XK\V YORK. Mav 31. The “Xcw York Moscow correspondent interviewed Trot-Kv, who said:—“Wc had ima-ined that the Genoa con:erom.o \vi«> primarily a ou>incss meeting- to di«icu<- er>in(mati.-rs in a way. \W Mcr»‘ utvmi;. Business mntter< <<nid hard. l ''* bo -o.*n through the political lez, but- a» tv ay out has cite red itself. Political and military questions are apparently to be separated from business questions and an attempt made to <sohe tJnm. T think Genoa attained this—that European statesmen realise that tTo Soviet Republic has conic to stay. It is new an established fact and you cannot destroy it by ignoring it. “Our mNain hope is founded on an understanding -with the United States. I havo reason to believe that President Harding takes a modified view, unlike the Wilson administration. Moreover we have interests in common. Tho expansion of Japan, despite the Washington Treaty, is not a thing of the past. We believe, therefore, that upon political, as well as economic grounds, we will be able to find a basis for discussion and agreement with the United States.”