Evening star., 1925-12-13

ri CS0lA Is Sllll Snaho-neSL
OF plot and intrigue for
world revolution. 1t is
i still a land OF violence and
terror. Subversive propa-
ganda from Moscow Is no myth. There
are In the United States today a grow.
| ing body of Communists who are re.
| ceiving direct aid from the Soviet gov
| ernment. There Is communistic men,
| ace in our country"
| Senator w. II. King of Utah thus
responded to my query.
rs revolutionary communism still
| ousy and the Soviet government still
| busy in this country"
Ever since Sakatavala and Countess
karolyi had been refused admission
into the United States and the liberal
and radical press had sounded clarion
blasts OF protest, I had been interested
in probing the actuality OF the so-called
Red scare" here.
Has Travelled in Russia.
I turned to Senator King for several
reasons. In the first place, the Utah
Senator has been constantly travelling
in Russia for the last two or three
years with the adjournment Of each
Congress. In one trip alone he trav-
eled over 5000 miles in Russia. pene-
trating into the rural and Cossack
icSiollS, sui NcylilS tuIcluiS lHc liiuuS-
trial conditions in the nation, meeting
and talking intimately with all the
highest czars OF bolshevism, ascertain
ing the viewpoints OF all types and
classes Of people. investigating for
himself the tales Of gruesome murder
and assassination that have likened
Russia unto the dark and bloody
ground" He knows actual conditions
in Russia better than any other Amer
lean In public life.
In the second place. 1 wanted Sen.
ator King TO talk about Russia be-
cause l felt that he would be fair in
what he said. The one outstanding
characteristic Of the Senator is his un-
failing sympathy for the under-dog.
Let 1t be Haitians coerced by Ameri
can bayonets, a single Filipino not get
ting a square deal in the far away
Pacific or the Red man f1lched by the
brazen turpitude Of his official guard
ians, and Senator King rises in the
Senate to espouse their cause.
Growing Propaganda Costs.
Senator King. continued. In 1924
1925 the Soviet government appropri
ated 260,00O.00O gold rubles for prop
uganda work in the Balkans. In 1926
1926 the amount allotted leaped to
455 900, 900 gold rubles. In 1924-1925
Soviet appropriation for propaganda
work in China and the Far East was
112 .000,0 gold rubles. In 1925-1926
this sum was increased to 5S7 ,000. 900
gold rubles. Do these figures sustain
the charges that Soviet officials are
promoting world revolutions?
A. In the days of the Car the
yearly appropriation for the Russian
Church, which undertook great chart
table and educational work was only
100, 900 900 rubles. The intensity Of
Soviet determination to spread their
subversive doctrines is graphically H.
lustrated in a comparison Of this fig
ure with propaganda appropriations.
One has to understand the situation in
Russia before the strength and po-
tency of bolshevist propaganda can be
understood. Russia is today a politi-
cal despotism with 500 900 militantly
aggressive Communists occupying key
positions ruthlessly controlling l40.-
900 900.
Ruled BY Inner Circle.
This 100000 select seven officials
who. as an executive body, are the last
word in authority and absolutism.
Supported by powerful espionage