The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-22
BY |. M. KARAkHAN.

by 1s W. tNFNlFNfNhIFNiNs
NOTE-The following is a tran
station Of the speech delivered by Sow
let Ambassador to China, L. M. Kar-
akhan at the entertainment given by
Mr.. Mochizuki at the Hotel de Picking
at Picking, China.
May be permitted first Of all to
thank Mr.. Mochizuki for the honor
of his kind invitation to banquet,
where see such a brilliant gather
ing of distinguished representatives
OF so many various circles of Picking.
1t was with profound interest that
listened to our hosts admirable adj
dress, one that is the more valuable
and interesting as the speaker is an
eminent representative and a most In
fuential member of the leading gov
eminent party in Japan.
In his speech Mr.. Mochizuki touch
ed upon a number of all-important
problems connected with China, prob
lens that move us all, and conse-
quently | willingly respond to his in
vitation to me that say few words,
and l will try as briefly as possible,
without taking advantage of your
patience, in the same frank and out
spoken way to express my views on
the present situation in China. l shall
do this in the best hope that, in such
a distinguished company, my word
will not be taken as evil propaganda.
l think Mr.. Mochizuki was quite
right when, in his searching analysis
of the present events in China, he
wished to briefly review facts having
occurred during the last decade, and
it was quite to the point when our
esteemed host recalled the world
war, the Versailles conference and
the seven demands brot up at that
conference by the Chinese delegation,
then the fourteen points as proclaim
ed by Mr.. Wilson and, lastly, the pol
icy of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics in China and the treaty
concluded between the Union and
China in 1924.
Soviets' Policy of Equality.
The facts which he. enumerated
Mr. Mochizuki. looks upon as the
cause of the national Lucrative move
ment which is growing and spread
ing before our eyes in China. And
with Mr.. Mochizuki believe that the
causes of the actual events in China
are deeply rooted In those great
changes in the conscience and in tho
relations between peoples which have
been brot about by the events of the
last decade.
Indeed, what is it that we have wit
messed? We had the world war, a
war which was trumpetted as aim
ing at ensuring to the peoples their
national freedom and self-determina-
ton and equality in international re-
lationship; then the Versailles con-
ference, where these principles were
not taken into consideration, while
the proposition of the Chinese dele
cation which would have placed China
on an equal footing with other pow
ers was rejected without so much
as having even been given considera-
ton; then again, the Paris confer
ence was. with an interval; followed
by the Washington conference, which
obviously failed to give satisfaction to
China's national aspirations, while
even the rather insignificant resolu-
tions of that conference could not be
carried out; the fourteen points Of
Mr.. Wilson, which for moment
shone over China like a raw of hone
that vanished all too soon; then at
last, the establishment of the Soviet
government, which thru a prolonged
struggle conquered its right to an
existence worthy of it, the Soviet gov
eminent with Its policy of equality
with regard to China just as in re-
gard to other countries. and the re-
nunciation of unequal treaties by the
Soviet republics.