Evening star., 1924-08-15
IN TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS

the United Statese because she can
buy here to better advantage than
elsewhere, say the economists, and the
conclusion from an economic stand
point is that neither trade agree
ments nor treaties create commerce,
they merely facilitate the handling
of such commerce as arises from
purely commercial causes.
x x X
With the Soviet Socialist Republics,
a new element enters into commerce.
exports and imports by government
officials. That is a factor never before
entering commerce. How is il work
ing out? For us? Against our trade?
Is it a controlling influence?
Prior to the Russian revolution, in
dividual Russian importers searched
the world markets and bought to best
advantage, regardless of politics. To-
day commerce is absolutely controlled
by Soviet government. Nothing is
bought or sold except through the
government, whether in foreign or
domestic commerce. Whether the ac-
| tivity be commercial or diplomatic.
if it concerns Russia or the Soviet
Socialist Republics, it concerns the
spreading of the doctrine of soviet
ism, which is communism. and that
throughout every act.
In all treaties the Soviets agree TO
abstain from propaganda of soviet
ISM, yet several of the treaty coun-
tries have already protested against
the open or secret, and persistently
active, violations Of such pledges.
| The American Government takes the
| firm stand that it will not, by treaty
| or otherwise, consent to the estab-
| lishment throughout our country of
| ostensible consular offices which
| would maintain relations with lead
| ers of communistic and revolutionary
teachings, and thus become danger
| Gus centers of Soviet propa ganda of
treason.
In the hearings before the Borah
subcommittee of the Senate last Win
ter Is. Res. SOD quotations were read
from Lenin's book, Soviet Republic
and It's Problems" directly announc-
ing as its program civil war in every
| country. Hearings: Pages 250-254D
| In "Proletariat and the Revolu-
tion," Trotsky describes Mass Ac-
| ton" (Senate Hearings, page 251)
First of ALL we ought to remember
! that the main =nene of revolutionary
| events is bound to be in the city.
Nobody is likely to deny this. 1t is
| evident, further, that street demon
| strations can turn into popular rev
olution only when they are a mani
festation of the masses; that is, when
| they embrace in the first place the
| workers of factories and plants
Il To go thus from factory TO
! factory, from plant to plant, inces-
sanity growing in numbers, sweep
F.! ing police barriers, taking
possession of buildings, fortifying the
buildings, holding continuous revolu-
tionary meetings, with audiences
coming and going" etc.
X X X
Immeasurable masses of such in.
cendiary literature, advocating trea-
son and violence, are now in the
possession of Communists throughout
America. With diplomatic relations
established, there would be immunity
from the examination of whatever
the ambassador and the consuls
brought in. In an official Communist
report of the proceedings of the Third
! Internationale Is recorded the follow
ing:
THE American bourgeois state was
quick to recognize the Communist
|, parties of America as it's historic and
deadly enemies. 1t employed all its
power in a vicious onslaught against
! them. Being outlawed, the Commun-
ist parties reorganized as under
ground illegal parties. Thus for the
present the Communist party of
America is prevented from partici-
pating in the elections under its own
| name"
Under what other party name, then,
are the Communists masQueradinE?
] Copyright. 1924. BY Paul v. Collins.l