The Washington herald., 1920-04-25
LENINE LEADS
WORLDS REDS
Bolshevik Activities Of All
Nations Center Around
Radical Russian.
PAINE IS IN MOSCOW
China and Manchuria Fer
tile Ground for Spread
OF Soviets.
PAINE IS IN MOSCOW
BY JOHN HEARLEY.

~ So"N Au1hEsLSus
In Premier Lenine's unofficial cab
met foreign groups abound. From
the United States to China the radi-
cal West and the radical East are
represented. -
Bolshevik foreigners at Moscow
are an important factor in all old
and new world Soviet possibility.
Jack Reeds reported arrest and
execution by the Firms have focused
outside attention upon them.
For many months Americans have
figured in Bolshevik activities in
Russia. Not only Reed. but Tom
Paine blazed the trail for the Gold
man-Berkman company.
Political -exiles from the ends of
the earth have found their way into
Russia. The Russian Soviet has be-
come their international training
school.
In the event of a worldwide up-
heaval foreign Leninites will be
ready. Well-trained. they would go
forth to preach the gospel of Boil
shevism to their own people.
Paine Addresses Soviet.
The Petrograd "Pravda" reports
Paine's first speech before the Mos
COW Soviet in late November. Paine
called himself a member of the
American Communist party.
The "Pravda" is the official organ
OF the Petrograd committee of the
Russian Communist party. Abiding
to the address. the newspaper prints:
"Comrade Tom Paine says that he
comes forward as the representative
of one of the communist parties,
which under the influence of the
heroic struggle of the proletariar
are now fighting in all countries,
giving battle to the bourgeois class.
He affirms that he has the moral
right to speak not only in the name
of the comparatively few thousands
or tens of thousands of members in
this party, but that he expresses the
feelings and hopes of enormous
masses of the American proletariat
The American proletariat under
stands that the Soviet Authority at
the present moment struggles for
the freedom of the proletariat of
the whole world. wherefore the
American workmen refused to load
ships with munitions for Kolchak.
'The members OF the full session
lof the Moscow Soviet greet the
statement of Comrade Tom Paine
with fervent and long applause"
East Becoming Red.
The Japanese government for
sometime has been concerned about
revolutionary possibilities in Man
churia. Soviet sources now report
1.-THE formation of Communist organi-
Northern Manchuria.
The Chinese radicals are in con-
tact with the Russian Bolsheviki.
Politically Lenine is playing both
Chinese and Korean Bolshevism
against Japan.
An Oriental institute for training
Soviet Orientalists is said to have
been opened at Moscow. Eastern
and Middle Eastern questions form
the subject matter of the lectures.
Several weeks ago a Russian
congress of Oriental Communists
was held-at Moscow. In comment
ing upon it the .Petrograd "Pravda"
declared:
The East is becoming Red. The
proof of this lies in the dozens of
revolts and protests, of which we
get reports from Afghanistan.
Egypt, Turkey and India.
THE East is already stretching
it's arms toward Soviet Russia-to-
ward Moscow-and is turning it's
face away from London. The Bash
kris have already given more than
one regiment to the Red Soviet
! army.
The Khirgiz proletariat is setting
up an autonomous Soviet admins
tration. Egypt, India and China
constitute the rock which is de-
stined to block the last efforts of
British capitalism"