Evening star., 1927-03-08
LAUDS u. S. ATTITUDE
TOWARD RUSSIA
Refusal to Recognize Soviet Gov
ernment Defended by Rev. Ed
mond P. Walsh of G. u.

The United States Governments ac-
ton in refusing to recognize the Soviet
government Of Russia was defended
in an address by Rev. Edmond P.
Walsh, S. j., dean Of the Forign Serv-
ice School of Georgetown University,
at a meeting of the Cathedral Heights
Citizens Association in st. Adams
Parish Hail. Wisconsin and Massachu-
setts avenues. last night.
Rev, Mr.. Walsh, who spent several
wears in Russia as q member OF an
American relief commission, descriDed
conditions as one of somber tragedy.
He declared that no nation IN history
has suffered more since 1914 than Rus
sia and expressed doubt as to whether
anv other nation could stand up under
similar strain Despite the fact that
certain Senators have been bewailing
and lamenting the American attitude
i'm denial of recognition to Russia
merely because it's government was
set up under revolutionary stress, as
has been pointed out, he said, this
Government was the first to recognize
Russia after its first revolution and
was the first to recognize the second
revolutionary power, because they mad
complied with all requirements under
diplomatic usage and nothing in their
constitutions appeared Objectionable.
Refusal Of the State Department to
recognize the Soviet regime, he de-
clared, was based on the purely Com
munistic foundation on which 1t was
built. He pointed out that the bolshe-
vik constitution clearly indicates an
intention to dominate the world with
its ideas and Communistic principles.
A universal league of Soviet repub-
ic hn Qiy hn ca nn q
formerly part of original Russia, how
ever-already have been placed under
Soviet domination, he said In urging
alertness on the part of the American
people. The idea Is preposterous here,
he said, where the bulWark of the ma
tion Is made up of the middle class
reasonably comfortable and contented
under the protection and rights grant
ed by our Constitution. The Soviet
fishes in troubled waters, he declared,
and 1t is in times Of stress, when pros
perity should wane and many workers
should be idle, that the Communist
would seek to further his doctrine.
Summarizing Russia'S present plight,
Mr.. Walsh cited as causes: Morbidity
pessimism and cynicism of intellectu-
al leaders; unrfst due to land hunger
of the peasa ntS, who owned not foot
Of land nor a single root grown there
IN; constitutional hunger-a yearning
for something bigger and better, a
part in the government which shapes
their destiny; rapid growth in indus
trial and factory life without advance
ment in mechanical facilities; and a
bewildering chronological composition
of population--about a hundred diff
ferent nationalities with nearly as
many languages.
The greatest opportunity of any
man in modern times to do really
| great things, he said. fell to the lot
of Kerensky. but he did not seem to
have the stability to dominate nor to
prevent the establishment of the
Soviet government. A big mistake, he
| declared, was made when he did not
have Trotzky and Lenin shot. He
commented on Kerensky's escape
after his downfall. which was made
in the automobile Of hevAmeican Am.