Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-19
AS the People View 1t"

, convincing evidence of Russian
productiveness; for most of what
she buys Russia will have to pay
| with the remnants of the accumu-
lated capital of the past. And to
most of that capital there are
claimants whose title, under any
civilized legal system, is probably
! somewhat better than that of the
bolshevist government. Americans
who sell goods to Russia will have
| to be prepared to spend a good
part of their profits in litigation.
But the great contract is only
one of the strings to Mr., Wander
! lips bow. There is Kamchatka
which he would apparently have
annexed outright if Lenine had not
suddenly had qualms about alien
ating Russian territory KAN
chatka, he says. is full of coal, oil
and fish. 1t will take a good deal
OF money to get it out. but Mr..
Vanderlip's syndicate is not com
posed of poor men. A communist
government which has confiscated
private capital in the past--foreign
capital as well as omestic-may
confiscate private capital again if
it becomes convenient; but Cali
fornians like to take chances.
Mr. Vanderlip, naturally. does
not believe that Lenine ever made
the reported speech in which he
declared that the Kamchatka ar
rangement would get America into
trouble with Japan and thereby
promote the policies of Red Rus
STA. But Mr.. VANDERBILT when from
London he issued his proclama-
ton to the big. glorious sons of
the Golden West appeared to
think 1t chiefly as means for put
ting the Japanese in their place.
Apparently he put that aspect Of
the matter strongly before Lenine,
too, for f. G. Wells gave an anus
ing account of Lenine's moral hor-
ror at this piece of republican i'm
perialism' If one may draw in
ferences from the testimony of
Wells and Vanderlip, Lenine had
doubts about the morality of this
Kamchatka enterprise, but finally
allowed himself to be convinced
that it could do Russia no harm
and might do some good. OF its
economic aspects he does not
speak; perhaps they do not seem
as large to him as they do to Mr..
Vanderlip.
"Still, it is a great enterprise.
The high spirit of 1918 has passed
from the world; affairs are in the
hands Of little men. and little emo
tons exert an undue influence on
all of us We owe some gratitude
to Mr.. Vanderlip for giving the
world a timely example of the
grand manner"
The New York Times, in another
column, prints excerpts from a
speech made by Vanderlip before
'The Council of Peoples Commits
sars, Russian Socialist Federative
Soviet Republic"
at is one of the fundamental
principles of the American consti-
tuition not to interfere with the form
of government adopted by any ma
ton. Unfortunately, we have a
president. Mr.. Wilson, who, by po-
litical adroitness secured to himself
during the great war powers which
made him temporarily an autocrat.
Popular vote in our last elections
gave to us a majority of republicans
in our senate and house of repre-
sentatives. This majority prevented
Mr.. Wilson from carrying into exc
cution his autocratic plans inspired
by Great Britain. At present he
can do nothing but write diplomatic
notes which are received in Amer
lea, by both democrats and repub-
licans, with derision. We cannot
remove him. We must bear with
him until March next, when it Is
absolutely certain that the repub-
can party, with Senator Harding
as president, comes into power"
Following are extracts from an
interview with Vanderlip, also in
the Times of December IA, 1920: !
"Mr. Vanderlip said Emma Gold |
man sent him word If he would |
Contrive her return to this country
she would be the best little Ameri-
can in the world, but he declined
to see her
"Mr. Vanderlip entertained at
dinner last night Ludwig c. A. K. |
Martens. the unrecognized soviet |
ambassador to this country. He |
Sdlu ms ItldllbHS Will MI Nh'i 'o''' |
were most cordial and that the
Ambassador was giving him all
possible cooperation"
(Martens has since been ordered
deported from the United States |
Here is another extract from the !
New York Times of the same date. |
The article is by Walter Duranty, !
a Times correspondent in Paris:
"The fact can no longer be hid
den that throughout the world |
there exists in each state a compact,
resolute minority which owes allie
gience not to its own country, but |
to the Third Communist Interna'
tionale of Moscow. This is true OF
the United States as it is true OF
France. The danger is evident. |
Individually these minorities are |
weak enough. collectively, who |
shall say? For they have the prod
igious strength of a common pur-
pose and entire obedience to one |
central authority"