The Connecticut labor news., 1923-04-20

At the present time there are
 16 nations trading with Russia,
 either through treaties or through
 agreements, either by reason of
 recognition or by reason of
 trade treaties or agreements. I
 do not know of a single instance
 in which 1t has been. successfully
 charged that Russia has in any
 way disregarded these trade
 agreements. ."-Senator William E:
 Borahsin a speech in the United
 States Senate, February 2I, 1923,
 advocating the recognition of the
 Russian Soviets.
 It would be impossible to summar- ize in brief space all the well-known and authentic Soviet violations Of their treaties and contracts. Up to the present time there is probably no important treaty or contract which has not been violated. Here are a few of these violations:
 Undoubtedly the most important trade agreement the Soviets have made is that entered into with Great Britain on March I6, 1920. In this trade agreement the Soviets under took among other things to refrain from any attempt at propaganda to encourage any of the peoples of Asia in any form of hostile action against British interests or the British em- pire"
 In a note addressed to the Soviets IS months later (September Y, Io2D, the British government called the at tention of the Soviets to a formidable list of violations of their agreement: G Soviet funds were used by the well-known Bolshevist agent, Kopp, for provoking a revolution in India. (2) the Soviet emissary, pr. Hahz, set up, with Soviet money, bomb factory in Vienna.
 (3) The Soviets carried out a revo- lutionary and anti-British press cam paign in Persia through the notorious Rothstein.
 (4) The Soviets supplied Turks with large subsidies and arms and had di- rected a press campaign against Great Britain. =
 (5) The Soviets subsidized a Bol- shevist and anti-British campaign in AfghaniStan.
 All these agitations were carried on since the signing of the agreement. British Note Does Not Spare Soviets The British note to the Soviets | pointed out that, since influential members of the Soviet government are members of the executive com mittee of the Third International, it 1 is impossible to divorce the activities of the two bodies and went on to say: "In spite of all the professions of @ood faith on the part of the Soviet government, the conditions of the ~nde treaty remained unfulfilled It seems "utterly to have failed to grasp the elementary principles which ! ordinarily underlie the relations be- tween governments professedly at amity with one another"
 "It still appears quite incapable of realizing that a constant flow of in flammatory invective delivered by its leading representatives against the existing institutions of this country is an absolute barrier against correct relations"
 The Soviets replied with their usual foolishness and impudence. They were SO bold as to deny that the Soviet government and the Third Interna- tional are one; and so rash as to state that the British government documents were forged.
 On November I2, 1921, the British government pointed out that their re- port was based in the main on official Soviet publications furnished by the Soviet delegation in London CD and, to much lesser degree, received di- rect from Russia, and quietly declared that,
 It is absolutely impossible to agree with the attempt of MT. Litvinov to separate the Russian government from the Third International" state ment which needed no authorization since 1t is daily demonstrated by Sov- jet speeches and actions.
 Polish Obligations Outrageous1y
 Violated.
 The relations of the Soviets with their leading neighbor, Poland, are almost as important as their relations with Great Britain. After the treaty with Poland had been in existence for several months the Polish govern ment. on September 20, 1921, issued an ultimatum to the Soviets demand ing that they live up to the treaty: During the following month repeated