Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-26
FURIOUS STORM LASHES WESTERN COAST
SOVIET EDITOR
ACCUSES HUGHES
JUGGLING TEXT

MOSCOW, Dec. 25.-(By A. Pm.
Steklov, editor Of the soviet organ
lzvestia. declared in today's issue Of
the paper that the American secretary
OF state could claim only "a formal
triumph" in his quotation Of an arti-
Gle from Izvestia of November z, 1922,
to snbstantiate his charge that the So
viets conducted active revolutionary
propaganda in the United States and
that there was no real difference be-
tween the Communist internationale
and the soviet government. NJ. Steklov
also accused Secretary Hughes of
changing the sense of the article.
Mr. Hughes" writes the editor,
having extracted a few lines out of
the general context article. added sew
eral lines of his own, thus changing
the sense. Despite the external COIN
cidence of the separate words, I still
categorically declare that, by citing
my words in the manner Mr.. Hughes
did, he consciously committed forgery"
Comparing extracts from the article
of November, 1922, with the wording
cited by Secretary Hughes, M Steklov
attributed the following to Mr..
Hughes own authorship: eff even
both sides would disavow their exist
Ing connection, the same is evident to
ayone as an unrepudiable fact
(The passage in question, as con-
tanned in translation of the article
made public in Washington by the
state department and also in a news
paper translation from the files of L.
vestia in the New York Public LIBRA
ry. was as follows:
p,,f hou
chronological succession of events and
on their historical sequence, the close
organic and spiritual bond between the
soviet republic, product of the Octo-
Der revolution, and the Communist In
ternationale cannot be doubted. And
even If the connection had not been
admitted many times by both sides, 1t
would, nevertheless, be clear to all,
and as an established fact. It is clear
to us as to our enemies.")
M. Steklov's disclaimer today says:
LAS regards the material bonds be-
tween Soviet Russia and the Commune
list Internationale, as contained in the
November article, Mr.. Hughes omitted
the following phrase: The matter at
issue is not material assistance about
which the bourgeoise- press is speak,
ing, which is myth, but bonds Of n
spiritually political nature And I
definitely stated that the same could
be referred only to the support afford
ed by the Russian Communist party to
foreign Communist parties and not by
the soviet government
(The translation given out by the
state department contains the para
graph: ION this side the very close
bonds between the soviet republic and
the Communist Internationaie is not
subject to doubt. This connection is
not only of spiritual but also of
material and palpable character. On
its side the Communist Internationale
in the same measure is spiritually and
materially connected with Soviet Rus
STA. 1t is not a question of material
support. about which the bourgeoise
rress makes so much noise, and which,
in the largest part. belongs to the
realms of myths. In any case the ma
terial support which. for instance. the
workers of all countries extended to
the soviet republic during the famine
of last year is not less than the sup
port extended by the Russian Commun-
list party to fraternal parties abroad.')
The Russian foreign office has not is
sued any statement in regard to the
matter and the Pravda and Izvestia,
which were the only papers appearing
today. contained no further comments.