Evening star., 1923-12-25
Hughes Giues Text of Souiet
Organs Defense of Propaganda
MoscO,U Editorial Cited to Sh0,v Govern
nlent and Communist InternatiOnale
Are Alike in Aims.

The State department, which re-
Gently quoted excerpts OF an article
in the soviet organ Izvestia, signed
by Steklov, editor, in substantiation
of its charge that the soviets were
active in conducting revolutionary
propaganda in this country and that
there was no real difference between
the communist internationale and the
soviet government, last night made
public translation of the full text
of the article in question.
Steklov. after the American gov
ernments declaration on the Rus
sian recognition proposal, challenged
Secretary Hughes to produce the date
on which the article appeared, and
the department not only announced
the date, but made public the full
text as follows:
Quality OF Ideals.
Republic Of soviets and III Inter
rationale:
"rhe coincidence of the date of the
celebration of the fifth anniversary of
ing of the fourth congress of the com
munist internationale is by no means
an accidental or arbitrary occurrence.
!, This coincidence has deep signif1-
canoe. and flows out of the organic
connection between two historical
phenomena.
"The soviet republic celebrates to-
day it's fifth jubilee; the communist
international conveneS its fourth con-
gresS Thus the communist interna-
tional appears somewhat younger
than its soviet brother. And, in fact.
it was founded in the second year of
the soviet republic. and, on the formal |
initiative and under the strong in
fiuence OF the Russian communist
party. The majority of the commu-
,ts,t trNtn
position were founded later than the
Russian party. This has given cause
to our enemies to affirm that the
whole communist international an
such is a creature of MOSCOW. But,
in fact, it is not at all so.
Communism Is Basis.
However paradoxical it may ap-
pear at the first glance. the October
revolution and the Russian commu-
mist party which realized it from a
broad historical point of view are
themselves the product and creation
of the communist International. TO
be sure. as complete and formal Or
tional arose later. But as an idea 1t
existed earlier than they. Before it's
formal proclamation the communist
international existed in the conscious
ness of all evolutionary MarXists.
Its fundamental elements were de-
veloped at the conferences in thinner
wald and kienthal and in the inter
party disputes during the lmperlails-
tic war. AS a categorical imperative
ard a directing spirit it was active
long before the constituent congress
Of the third international. In partIcu-
lar, the Russian bolsheviks. as Tar
back at 1914-15, looked upon them ,
selves as part Of the future third
international, acted in conformity
with it's principles, and. in accordance
with them. carried out the October
revolution.
But. however we may look upon
the chronological succession OF events
and on their historical sequence, the
close organic and spiritual bond be-
tween the soviet republic, product OF
the October revolution, and the COM
munist international cannot be DOUBT
ed And even II the connection mad
not been admitted many times bE
both sides, it would. nevertheless. be
clear to all. and as an established
fact 1T is clear to us as to our en-
emies.
Present status Defined.
"Comrade kaIinin in his speech al
the opening of the last session of the
aIl-Russian central executive com,
mittee remarked that in the general
strength of tue third communist inter
national the strength OF the soviet fed
Grafton has an enormous slgnihcance,
and that the workers and peasants
Oh the SoNlcl iepuoiiS hic oic VI nv
great component forces of the com
munist International
That is a deep truth. The coun
ter-revolutionary press makes sport
over the Russian peasant being in
terested in the international. Re
garding the Russian worker that
press raises no quarrel. But in re-
gard to the peasant the assertion OF
Kalinin is true. 1t is possible that
the average Russian peasant has a
very poor conception of just what the
communist international is, and even
less understands its program. Never
theleSs he knows very we'll about the
communist international and feels
himself bound to it.
Compelled for four years to de-