Evening star., 1923-12-26
CHARGES HUGHES
ALTERED article
Editor of Izveltla Says Amer.
lean Secretary Wins Only
Formal Tru.nph in Row.
By the Associated PrAs

BY the Associated Press. n.
MOSCOW, December 26.-M. Stek-
foV, editor of the soviet organ
Tzvestia, declared in yesterdays issue
OF the paper that the American Sec
retary of State could. claim only "a
formal triumph" in. his quotation. of
an article from Izvestia of November
q, 1929, to substantiate his charge
that the soviets conducted active
revolutionary opagahdaF dn the
United States and that there was no
real difference between the commu-
INST international and.the soviet gov
ernment. NJ Steklov also accused Sec
retary Hughes of changing the sense
OF the article. .,1
Mr.. Hughes" writes the editor,
having extracted a few lines out of
the general context of the article
added several lines of his own thus
changtng' the sense, Despite the ex-
fCernai coincidence of the separate
words, l still categoricaliy declare
mat, by citing my words in the man
ner Mr.. Hughes did he consciously
committed forgery"
Compares Extracts.
Comparing extracts from the ar
ccle of November, 1922 with. the
wording cited 10y Secretary Hughes,
NJ. Steklov attributed the following
10 MIR. Hughes own authorship: II
even both sides would disavow thei
existing connection the same is evi
ient to any one as - unrepudiablc
fact"
tThe passage in question. as con
famed in trans alton of the article
9iade public n Washington by the
state Department, nd also in news
paper translation from the flies of
tzEestia In the New York 'ubiic Lii
2rary, was IS follows: "But however
We may look upon the chronological
succession of events and 5n their his
tLor.ca! sequence, the close organic
ana splritu bond between the soviet
'epublic. product OF the October reyo
luton. and the .communiS. .Eteraa-
.lcnal cannot be doubted And even
Il the connection had not been ad
nltted many times by both sides, II
would, neI er;heless. be clear 10 ali.
4Id as an establ .Sh d I ct II is cllai
20 US s.to our enemies.D =
Denies Mate iaI Connection.
NJ. Steklov's d;scIaimer today CON
tfrues: "As regards the material
bonds between soVie> Russ. a and tat
communist IN sernat tOEai. as cpn-
"a ned in the November article. Mr.,
Hughes omitted the follow ng phr Sc:
Tie matter at issue IS not nAiegiai
assistance about UAioh the bouEg gsOis
press is speaking, Which is a myth,
put bonds of Sp:rituaNy polite
anu L utIIlLeAy SvdlGu tndt
he same could be referred only TO
.he support afforded by the Russian
communist party to foreign com
lnunist parties and not BY the soviet
government"
C1he translation given out by the
State Department contains The para
graph: ON this side the very close
Dond between the soviet republic and
he communist, interna1 onal is not
subject to doubt. This connection is
not only of a spiritual hut also of
material and palpab:e character. On
its side the commun st international
in the same measure is spiritually
and materially connected with SO let
Russia. 1t is not question of ma
Eerial support, about waich the
bourgeois press makes so much noise,
and which in the largest part. be-
longs 10 the re Inns of myths, IN
any case The material support which.
for instance. the workers of all
countries extended to the soviet re-
public during the famine Of last year
is not less than the support extended
by the Russian communist parry TO
iraternal parties Hbroad.O
The Russian foreign Office has not
issued any statement in regard to
the matter and the Pravda and
lzvestia. which were the only papers
appearing yesterday. contained no
further comments.