Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-18
IN COMES MR.. VANDERBILT;
OUT GOES LUDWIG MARTENS
The Inner Significance Of the Deporta-
ton Order Issued Against the
Soviet Ambassador

! MOT as Emma Goldman and the wailing
| ~ dpportces of the old Ruford went, but
| elegantly, in the first class cabin of a first
| class ship, where the fiddles and finger bowls
are, Ludwig G.. A. X. Martens, ambassador
! for the Soviets and press agent Of rcvolu-
! ton, will 20 back to Russia under official
pressure from Washington.
He will travel as a guest of the United
| States Government, which, in the sudden
order for his expulsion, provides that he
may be treated with every kindness and
courtesy on the way. This fine distinction
suggests that somebody in Washington was
| disposed to relent little, to give at least the
| shadow Of official prestige to the otherwise
| unrcCognized ambassador of a government
that even the Russians no longer regard with
any seriousness. So the gray drama of the
Bolshevists is coming to an end in flare
Of rather vivid comedy.
News of the governments Intention TO put
| Martens forcibly out Of the country was un-
! expected. Secretary Wilson, of the Depart
ment of Labor, whose name Is signed to the
order, is an amiablc man who hates Quib-
| bling and leans toward tolerance. Left to
| himself he probably would have permitted
| MIR. Martens to stroll about and give inter
| views to his hearts content, knowing that
| the soviet emissary could do no harm even II
| he wished to. Only the language Of the
| order is Secretary Wilson'S. The mood re-
yealed in that document is the Presidents.
And to understand il fully YOU will have to
consider the certain effects Of this particu-
lar custer on the governing minds in other
countries and on our own west coast, where
great dreams have been dreamed ever since
Washington u. Nanderlip took a taxicab
full of concession guarantees away from
Lenine'S Office in Moscow.
Flnanciers or note IN most OF the com
munlties from seattle TO San pi"go-the
same men who few years ago demanded
hring squads for all those whom they deemed
Ked-were preparing to forget some OF their
nreJudices because they had money III Nr'
Nanderhp great S'heme lot the develop
ment and exploitation OF mat part or SIBERIA
which Ienine allotted to hlm. lhey were
not alone. In Britain' IN france III l'aIy
and latterly IN Japan business interests nave
been putting pretty h"aVy pressure on 'heir
governments with view 10 torclaG Such
recognition OF the SoviNtS as would make
trade with Russla Sate ana OF course I'M
that friends of Mr.. Vandcrlip and his high
fnancicrs as we'll as some Of the free
thinkers in politics. intended TO open drive
| on Congress before long for similar ends
II
Harding's advisers have ardently urged "a
more generous attitude toward the Moscow
government"
II tba-o uos ToIiticoI notiva IN tho Pres.
;d,nt's order aeainst Nartons II must he
tr,cod from tbat Iattcr -uror Nr Wilson
I'm. done oil that Law in his nower to MT
tho Sorio+o ord tbei- .,okeamor forever he.
ro,d ,be rooch of recoorition ue has strcL
r. ,bs noint ~ yier tbot NJ, o,srmod ~ por;s
and beId ooainst oII onnosition and crIticisn
IN Ioter months whom tho tanntetion of Gold
and ,,,o.i,,,r, "a oil Is,dy rJ ooroo,o;o,0
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,nd his tbeorics thoD w Wilson nm he
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|
| A little while ago il appeared that the
| case of Martens might drag along indpf
! nitcly nnd that the agent of the Soviets
| might still be living peacefully in the United
States when the Sovicts themselves were van.
! ishrd and forgotten. Then Mr.. Vandrrlip
| landed in New York and told of the noble
! aims of hoIshevism Some Drominent west
ern bankers. listening 10 Mr.. Vandcrlip's
| ncrouut of his concessions confessed n
! change Of hcart The stage was being scr
for nm emotional appeal 70 CONGRESS- II
was at this juncture that Washington seems
n baye made up IL. mind to daily no Longer.
! The order was issued to nut Martens out
The tcxt Of the imposing edict embodies
moro tLan II statement Of the case against
| Martens II il a reiteration of iustihnb,e
Indictment of the Rolshevists' aims md
rr,Lod. II IL even moro than that II is
:, yoilrd answer to EXCUSES and apncaIs n
m. SORT thar have become commnu sfrcc
adventurous coptains Of industry hcron n
nIop campoign~ in Russia under tb~ ms.
ricos NJ rninc
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