Evening star., 1923-12-21
SENATE TOPRESS
COMMUNIST PROBE
Lodge Says All Information
Government Has Will Be
Made Public.

Sweeping inquiry into the whole
Russian question will be undertaken
by the Senate foreign relations COM
mittee, Senator Lodge OF Massachu-
setts, chairman of the committee, an
nounced during the Senate debate
yesterday afternoon over the State
Departments charges of revolution
ary propaganda in the United States.
At the same time 1t was announced
that the State Department had addi-
tional ammunition in reserve for the
expected battle over recognition OF
soviet Russia. In cooperation with
the Department of Justice Secretary
Hughes has been collecting evidence
that he believes will establish beyond
doubt the direct responsibility of
Moscow for a we'll defined movement
TO undermine the government of the
United States.
House Resolution.
Whether the House, too, will take
up the question through an inquiry
by its foreign affairs committee was
not indicated, although 4 resolution
was referred to the committee upon
it's introduction yesterday by Repre-
sentative Britten, republican, Illinois,
and the Attorney General for data
and information in their possession.
The vehicle for the Senate foreign
relations committee investigation will
be a resolution by Senator Borah
urging that President Coolidge ex-
soviet government. In addition to
the data gathered by the State and
Justice departments, the committee
doubtless will hear the testimony of
49, ,s-l~
during the recess OF Congress and
will take whatever other measures
appear necessary to develop fully
both sides OF the argument
Bornh Convinced.
With other things, Senator Borah
told the Senate yesterday that. after
mature investigation, he was con-
vlnced the Russian soviet had not
been party within the past three
years to any movement directed
toward the overthrow of the Ameri-
can government. Later at the State
Department it was declared that the
revolutionary "instructions'' made
public there yesterday bore the date
Of August. 1928. and that the ad-
ministratton's continued refusal to
accord diplomatic recognition to the
soviet government was based, in
part on evidence Of continued revo-
lutionary activities in this country
after the soviet officials had pro-
fessed TO abandon all propaganda of
that character.
The contention In some quarters
that the Russian government itself
Is not directing propaganda work in
the United States is viewed by the
state Department as merely a quib-
BILE: The department is fully salts
ned that the soviet regime controls
the communist international COM
pletely and that 1t fs Impossible to
draw line of distinction between
them merely because they bear dit
ferent labels.
Statement BY Britten.
Representative Fred A. Britten. re-
publican. OF Illinois, speaking of his
resolution, said: "Commissar Tchjt
cherin told me that confiscated properly
now netionalized by the soviet gov
ernment would never be returned be-
cause the people using that property
you'd revolt at any suggestion to
take away from them the fruits of
communism.
He said also, the idea of returning
that stolen property. was against the
principles OF the very foundation of
the soviet government.
When I asked Tohitcherin II they
contemplated paying the s24o, 900, 900
his government owed the United
states he said: The birth of new
have forgotten everything which
trsnspfred under former regimes and
are not responsible for debts or
akreenents which antsdate our evo-
luton Of nature
This communist political party of
100000 members. which apparently