Evening star., 1924-01-07
b0RAH AND LODGE
/. CLASH IN SENATE
DEBATE ON SOVIET
Latter Sees Menace to Our
Institutions in Giving En-
voys Entire Here.
TRACES PROPAGANDA
DIRECTLY TO LENIN DOOR
Pictures Moscow Rule as Most
Tyrannical in History Of
Russian History. -

Russia was debated at length today
! of Massachusetts,, republican leader,
| speaking against recognition of the
soviet government and Senator Borah,
| republican, Idaho. urging that recogr
milton be accorded.
In a carefully prepared address.
Senator Lodge declared there were
''interlocking directorates' between
the soviet government, the COM
munist party and the tnternationale.
with designs inimical to the American
form of government
Senator Borah replied that at least
the time had come to negotiate with
the Russian government to determine
whether recognition prerequisites laid
down by President Coolidge In his
opening address to Congress could
be met
Agrees With Coolidge.
The Idaho senator said he was in
perfect accord with President Coolidges s
statement on the question. requiring
settlement of American claims, ad-
justment of the Russian republic debt
and cessation of communist propaganda
in this country, as conditions precedent
mental proposals." Senator Borah said.
were universally recognized as de-
sirsble'
Recognition of Russia. he de-
clared, would tend to bring about
better conditions throughout the
world"
Recognition of the present Rus
sian government" Senator Borah as
! serted, would constitute neither ap-
proval of its policy nor of the char
acter of the men forming 1t. Such
action would mean simply that we
realize that it Is the only governing
power in Russia, and IL we are to
deal at all with that great nation,
1t must be through its government.
The present policy of the United
States. he continued. constituted "a
requirement that Russia change not
only her government, but the very
character of men comprising it. and
her very internal policies"
Senator Lodge interrupted to deny
having made any such condition in
ms ADDRESS
The one point I emphasized" de-
clared the Massachusetts senator, was
that the present Russian government
persisted in its attempts to inter-
propaganda"
Senator Brookhart. republican, Iowa,
asked what was the present status of
Russo-American relations.
Apparently one Of war on the part
Of the United States" replied Mr..
Borah.
Declaring the present government Of
Russia has endured for six years. de
spite four invasions, munitioned and
financed BY foreign governmental, Sem
its place il Mr.. Hughes declaration
consolidates sufficient moral influence in
other nations to overthrow it."
No one can expect anything but
chaos and misery, unlimited and in
describable.'' he said.
The Russian soviet government is
dominated by the Russian commun-
list party. and together they dominate
the communist or third international,
Senator Lodge declared.
The republican leader Of the Sen
ate charged that communist propa-
ganda in the United States, designed
to overthrow American institutions
of government, comes directly from
the government we are asked to rec.
ognize"
Among the agencies mentioned by
Senator Lodge through which the
Russian communist party, the soviet
ternational are working in America
to undermine the United States gov
ernment are the I. w. W.. the Union
of Labor Youth OF America and the
"OrkerS Party or America
Quoting extensively from public
records and documents to show the
interlocking of the soviet govern
ment, the Russian communist party
and the communist International
Senator Lodge said:
THE function then Of the so-caIled
soviet government is to govern Rus
sia: the function Of the communist
international is to carry out the
policy of the party abroad. But, al
though 1t Is possible In certain
measure to delimit their functions
on the other hand. 1t is impossible to
diSsociate them. for the interests OF
all are identical. In the same de-
gree az the existence and stability
OF soviet Russia are OF Importance to
the third international. the strength
ening and development of the com
ment to Russia; (steklov. Izvestia,
put 1t. in his report at the fourth
congress of the communist interna-
tional (bulletin Of fourth Congress
No. 2. page 22):
blamed us In that the international
is merely tool Of the Russian soviet
republic. There are even many
friends who make such assertions. It
Is, to be sure, clear that an important
and very close interdependence ex-
public and the communist party,
which fights against the bourgeoisie-
such an interdependence should exist
and must exist. From our commu-
nistic standpoint IL is clear that the
communist international is important
for soviet Russia, and vice versa. It
would be laughable to ask who has
the advantages. who is subject and
who is object. It is the foundation
and the roof of one building. One
belongs to the other
Compares Groups.
THE third international can be
compared to the spiritual head Of the
Russian communist party, and the So
called soviet government to the secu-
lar arm of that party In the country
by whose exploitation it maintains
the international. The Russian COM
munist party is the body that unites
them. Or. as Kamenev in speech
before the Moscow soviet (Prayda,
November 9, 1920 said:
"sThe soviet state and the COM
munist international are the two
fiEhting organizations OF the pro-
Ietariat. One fights to seize the state
apparatus. the other has already
taken into it's hands that, apparatus
and carries on the work or realizing
q communist society.
"The so-called soviet government Is
absolutely controlled and dominated
by the Russian communist party
what Is the character and organixa-
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