Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1921-08-12

40 E4tAIN u llc ENtNbs
! have read with much interest your
editorials sn Senator France and his R0s-
sian mission. inciose copy 81 comma
nicstion o. the same subject sent b. rle 70
the Bsltimore moCnins Sun several days
ago. have treated this important matter
from q somewhat different angle. and
request that you pahlish it in the Evening
News In the sane form in which II vas
sent 10 the Sun. % that the readers Of
both papers may have this matter placed
before them.
VIII LAMAR
BsItimoxe. AUG s.
The critics Of Senator France in his
scheme 70 aid the Soviet Government 81
Russia In establishing trade relations with
this country can. and doubtless DO. rejoice
With the Sun in the SUCCESS Of his efforts 10
securing the freedom Of hrs HsTison- !
would say nothing 70 desrsct from that
important achievement am. however.
moved By yO1r Nf. Piekvick editoxiaI TO
say few things at this tine.
can sympsthize With The adventurous
spirit Of NsS Harrison In desirins 70 % 70
Rassis at s8ch time. ] can fully sppFe-
cate the idea Of the Sun in sending her
a. lie correspondent 10 that benighted
country 70 obtain foE is columns reports
Of the observations Of VeIl-kno~n Mary
Lander Of the daily Happenings in eoun-
Try where SOcialistic government is being
tried out On the largest scale the void
has ever kn0wn. After NrA Hsrris0a had
fallen into Bolsheyist captivity can sp-
pxeciste more than al the selection By the
Sun Of Senator France az is agent 20 Oh
tain her freedom Nh0 ahOaH Lenine and
Tr0tzky listen 20 in preference 70 Senator
FnsDcsi Has be no3 been their friend and
Supporter On al occasions Wien anything
sas 70 be d0ae which these Saxid-s5de
rsyoAssiozists desired 10 have dooet Dad
be nd defe1d tie Rassisn so-csBed trade
representative. Martens. after be had been
caught red-hapded sb9sing his privileges
- the representative q foseisn State. 70
aid and skef . rsv0i1fi0nsrJ movement /
Ia tins eoun1y, As . result Of the facts
aisrsosed with respect 70 his action before
. CoaEresssoasl eo0nittee. Martens vas
expelled from this c0sDtry. il ] remember
enuectIy. hua this did Dos Affect the stti-
tide a Senzaox Frsnee-
Wien Lenine vas denzsdiss the free
dan o. the Communist press and ffankly
admitting that the Fey0lgtiOnsry D0ve-
ment cssid nd 1--we and desesop in any
esantry without Il. and shiIe LSnine Nss
pEociaiminf % the Communis1s q the
wo<td that the R9ssisn Soyies system
eoa1 not lass unlesa the same system
gas proeDsiy hxO1zhr sbosf Ia oGhex lad
Ing esznzries q the world. inea06ins the
United States. Senator France was stand
ING hke AjsI. in the Unize: States Sensie
and elsewhere. f0r Bon-inteTfeseDee By tins
Government with the revolutionary agents
q Lenine in this country.
To him the Communist p<ess must be
free. and revolutionary agents such a.
Debs and the Bal Haywood type ". VS..
convicted In the courts. should Be regarded
a. mere political prisoners and pardoned-
When Lenine announced that the estab-
hzhment Of trade relations with the world
vas essential 70 the very life Of the Soviet
Government Of R1ssis Senator France vas
foand making bod stand fos the es,ab-
Hshment a such trade relations with Rus
sis BY this country. He Ignored the cold
logic d Secretary Hughes In rejecting the
Soviet trade proposition and the facts be-
fore the State Department at that time.
bat constitutes himself an agent 10 60 TO
Russia in an effort TO develop facts that
al the instmmentslities Of the Federal
Government had been unable 20 establish.
He did not make this tfipto Russia 10 satisfy
his own mind with respect to conditions
there. for his public Bttersnces show that
be did not require any additional infosms-
ton, bot 70 strengthen his position with
cabess What he has learned on this trip.
judging from his dispatches. IL that the
American people should be taxed TO raise
5000 0O0. 900 70 help Government to
e1utinue ia existence which the State
Department papers show is exertine every
eGor1 % destroy this Government Of the
LISTED States. from whom !, is pleading
fz si.nA An this. according TO Senator
Ffsnee. q establish trade with an i'm
p0yerisbed and starving country. made 30
b. . system which his Efforts. II successful.
would tend 10 perpetuste and extend TO
this and other countries.
Bot all these things aside. Where does
this country come in II Senator France &C
complishes his dreams Secretary Hughes.
In declining on behalf Of this country 70
enter into trade relations with Russia,
said:
1T is manifest 20 this Government that
Ia existing circumstances there Is no as
surance for the development Of trade
80 long as the present causes OF progressive
impoverishment continue to operate"
On February II. 1921. a State Depart
ment bulletin called attention TO the fol-
lowing testimony on Russia Of one Of lie
staff (Mr. KiefOrth):
1T can be stated cateeOrically that in
asmuch as individual trading Is considered
criminal. all private individuals caught
trading are brought before the Extraordi-
nary Commission and are liable to execu-
ton: that all private goods are considered
connaband and that all industries have
been nntionalized and LARGELY ruined and