Evening star., 1928-03-27
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL ,. COLLINS.

mats can be taken. There is no nation
other than Russia which threatens a
world revolution There is no power
threatening aggression except Russia
There is no army today equal In man
power 70 the two million men Of the
Soviet force. There is no other power
now maintaining systematic agitation
against the stability Of governments
~ Great as is the Russian force now in
comparison with that OF any other sin
gle nation. Il fears the combined forces
of civilization. and so has nothing 20
lose and everything TO gain If it can
induce It's national dupeS 10 diSarm.
though knowing that complete disarma-
ment Is absolutely too silly for sane
consideration while crime stalks among
nations as it does among individuals.
Suppose the 4s nations have armies
aggregating 10000. 900 men. while Rus
s!a's force. greater than that OF any
other one nation. is 100000. If she
could wipe out 10000 900 Of the wCFlds
force. would she not ioyfully Sacrifce
100000 Of her own2 AS the Cuban
representative in the conference In
Geneva declared, if men have no gurs
and an enemy threatens. they may n.ht
With msChetes Ths statesmen Of the
Geneva conference argue that whsn
the world demonstrates will for
peace u viii not BE- expressed By help
leSSneSs OF the dlSaTmed. any more
than weakness OF the householder pre-
vents the burglar. I, will come through
universal neighborlineSS and good VII
based upon Christian ideals.
Lord DtSraeh once complained: "Thc
Characteristic Of the present age Is q
craving credulity." So the passion q,
today Is a craving for world peaCe No
Nj ~
horrors Of war But even from tN
time Of jeremiah has IL been show
that something more tangible thsn
hypocritical pretenSe IS fundamental tc
peaCe-"for they have healed the Ru-r
Of the daughter of M people SlsSh-,t
saying Peace. peace. when there IS ~
peace
There is an ancient pvcverb that e,s
"A diSNgmed peace is weak"
Contrast the open policy N ,hs
United states State Department WIN
that Of Soviet Russia n regard 20
peace, America proposes not GlSaruS-
msnt but multllageval treaties between
all nations which provide that war
all kinds Of international war-Saal
cease % be the resort for SsttlinS inte.-
national disputes. America wants arS.-
uation covering all out domestic honcr
Russia SAYS nothing of International
cshic>, out Slyy proposes handouts
Can a leopard change It's spots"
Quoting a paragraph from THE eor<
ot Mr.. blair Coan. entitled the IA
WEB, IS is noted
Secretary Of state Frank Y KeGcs.
mas very torcefully and gr,sly said tAN.
AnsaFfean
principles ot the republican CNn>u.u-
tton of the U0ited states avc As.u.
assaulted by pTop2sanGiSJS who aa.o-
cate the overthrow of the GOvesDNSu,
ana the substitution ~ class tNtavu,.
ana ~ . considerable body AZ cu, sigl-
Gems who in thA name 1t l,S,rty anF
reform are impatient cf the CNN>sl.u.
uonal instructions. and by toStGa,.., aH-
pEoAcheS and attacks Weu!d ds>f. .c,
these guarantees of pHrSoual Nesy.y
I doubt II yOu are aware tN IuV
Mr. Nellogg further. 'og tbe amount Vt
deSIuCuNe revolutionary pscs3 Naoa3
which Is being secretly ,and re W'sE.
have added openly distributed 10 t1's
country by foreign influence
IL Was thtS very source Ns fogv,so
propaganda which IN 1s2I i0 seleya.
instructions Ia It's CnpimUnlSitc NSaW-
cation In America declared
The state attempts wherever lt can
to exclude a truly pyoletaygan vevC.u-
tlcnarN party from the pUblc Nela
A Communist party muSt
defeat all these attempts N must Not
be eNIermtnated tk must uue9utyNe&sN
refuse to otey capitalists lAW ana must
urge the working class a. the Nsclens
destruction OF the entire legal ma
Chtnery
And that Is the Axed policy ct the
government which nov Proposes That
We and all other civilized nations throw
down our means el defense against
'inStdiouS underminlnS Of CUR Govern
ment
The same declaration cf ,he coM-
muniStS added
Every class straggie Is = political
struggle The object af the class SRrUg-
slA which Inevitably develops into eiVa
var, Is the conquest ol political power"
And Is Il Tor this Soviet spirit 80 cry
IN Sineerity Peace, peace, whsn there
Is no peace When IN seeAs no peaeef
tCepsr1AL 1e2s. ~ Pau v, VellnS.A