Arizona republican., 1920-08-12
The United State. and the Soviet

The American people are in full accord with this government expressed in the presi- dents note Tuesday with respect to the Russian Pole controversy, especially with regard to the at titude of the government toward Russia but we average American would have stated his briefly. He would not have required 2ooo words say why he wanted nothing to do with the soviet government
 He probably would not differentiated either between the soviet and the Russian people-a rope tition of the president made when he trying address the German people in 1917 assum- ing they out of sympathy with their mill tary leaders.
 We have very little reason to believe that the government of Russia what a majority of the Russians want We know that it is distastefuI those of regime, to those who hope for oration the empire. We know too that 1t lacks the approval of the anarchists who against all srnnent of Lenine. the dictatorship proletariat- the dictatorship of a czar All forms Of conpulsion restraint alike hateful
 The soviet government. know does not please Emma Goldman enforced guest of it. and we have former supporters of the soviet in this country, probably taking their from Miss Gold man are denouncing Lenine whom few months { they hoided as the leader of the world into new day.
 There are of course Russians who depIore the state into which fallen many wko imperalists anarchists, but all of them be in a woeful minority
 The soviet government has persisted for three e.rs and has almost steadily grown in strength t,1 ft has crushed all it's within and is # ing the whole of Europe has the of very large majority Russian people or else large majority of the Russian people ox-like that they can make claim upon our sympathy or hold out hope to us of redemption of Rus ssa Tn that case they incapable of functionng d an election of the withholding of which from them Tor two years the presidents note complains.
 But we are all with him to the outstanding x.,,ra of the note a determination not to recognize ., soviet government That determination be- ,,.s was expressed less edification of the rla of Russia less comfort of the Poles , as notice to the government of Great Britain nicb finds itself choosing between recognition and ,-o.nv itself into war, with Russia. In Great ,.ta, there is formidable opposition to war with soxiat and coupled with it is demand for recog- .. ,.l,irb the government will find it difficult to
 So far it has been held back only by the at ,aa of France which. the situation in the east as more naenacing is likely to be broken down.
 Now we may inquire, what would have been our
 ,.to, if 2 year ago last July. we had aeceded to astaeut.s demand and had gone into the League .ss-.,onse Proponents the league of course will ~ ~ - .hat this situation could not then have arisen
 r,ot7 The beginning of it already existed and
 , listed for more than year The league could i f,,farfered in the internal dssensons in Rus ' . tr,,e that had recognized the brief FHer- s' ernn1ent of which. in July, 1913, not a ves- s'a- .fned and by the way. though 1t is not gen
 = -,g7erstood. recognition stanas and the rep
 ti,5es of Russia yet in America so gar as tilsy ffess r,.tting represent that corpse. But Great
 s s.sregarded I<erensi'y as soon as De was over certainly it no other league member. save