The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-03-12
WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER
BY PAUL HANNA.

has set in. Almost over night the great
news papers which have united for
two years past to suppress the truth
about the country have now begun
to complete in getting out the facts
For the American people there is
news of first Importance in simple
summary of this sudden switch by
the nations press. On Feb. 21 The
New York American appeared with
IN S-cohmn headline proclaiming, Gle
nino Sends Wireless Interview to The
American. y That papers Berlin cor
respondent, Wiegand, had queried
Leninc NV wireless and the Russian
prime minister responded with cate
gorical statement covering every point
raised The whole article constituted
a pro-sovict argument which refuted
the most important lies about the aims
Of that government. All the news
papers which take the Hearst morning
service featured the Lenine inter
view and boasted about their great
Cheat.
On the same day The New York
World printed long, exhaustive aud
exclusive interview with Lenne, OBJ
tained in Moscow by Lincoln Eyre.
The reporter pictured the soviet chief
.,t n1 &c ,,bnu,
the discredited statesmen of western
Europe had best beware unless they
are ready to deal honestly with the
Russian republic Lenine's tempered
but confident forecast of Russia S
future was printed without apparent
efforts at distortion by the reporter.
The night Of Feb. 90 brought from
London ard Paris two extraordinary
cor formations of the diplomatic change
regarding Russia Headed by Gen.
Cough, British commander of the en-.
tente forces recently evacuated from
Archange, an important group of
British officers and financial experts
formally petitioned Lloyd George to
recognize and make peace with the
soviet government Simultaneously at
Paris French army officers who saw
service in Siberia united in a call TO
their government to recognize and ac.
cept the new democracy in Russid.
They praised the red army as boti
efficient and democratic and declared
it was supported by most of the IN
habitants of Siberia.
One day later the American press
somersault on Russia became more
pronounced. In full-page advertisements
in the other metropolitan papers, The
New York World announced with enorm-
ous type a series of "Direct Inter-
views With Lenine and Trotzky"
The advertisement bore a picture Of
Lenine labelled, "Russian Thinker -
and one of Trotzky bearing the words,
"The organizer and executive" The
SdNN lHt udlCo
acter of future interviews which Eyre
has procured with soviet representa-.
tives.
On the some date, Feb. 90, th.
ultra.conservative New York Times
printed the first of its dispatches
from Arthur f. Copping, who has
begun tour of soviet Russia in com.
pany with Joffe and the other diplo.
mats from Moscow who negotiated
peace with Esthona. In his first
story Coping obliterated the car.
toonsts conception Of the communist
rs an unwashed fanatic. In the space
of two columns he also destroyed the
foundation of most of The Times edi.
torinls about Russia.
l have reviewed these newspaper
changes because they will certainly
have an early effect upon events and
policies at Washington. Tho senate
Committee which is investigating Rus.
sian propaganda in America will take
serious further thought before il dc.
termines upon a course leading to the
expulsion of Martens, the soviet repre-.
sentative, from the United States. For
oil the better publicity now appearing
shows that Russia is we'll able to re.
taliatc against future American bust
ness for the persecution of her spokcs
= man here.
Another item: Bernard Baruch, ad
l wiser to President Wilson, is yer,
anxious to head new American cont
. mission to visit soviet Russia. iii,
, aim has been thwarted heretofore b,
the old Wilson.Lansing policy Of
snarl and drift respecting Russia
Europe's stampede toward Russian
/, settlement will strengthen Baruch I
hand and prophets say the admin
istraticr will shortly fall into line fo
complete reconciliation with th,
communist republic.