The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-09-05
COMMUNISTS LONG ARM

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1t is a significant fact that certain
important metropolitan newspapers,
newspaper chains and newspaper syn
dicates in the United States have
turned press agent for Soviet Russia
in her controversy with Nationalist
China.
These same newspapers and syndi-
Gates have for years been raising
cutlery against the alleged "imperia-
lism" of the United States. When
gunboats were sent to defend Ameri-
can nationals in China they voiced
vigorous protest Any effort to pro-
tect American property rights abroad
they have denounced as "imperialis
tic"
Now that Russia is threatening to
go to war with China in order to
enforce a claim to garrison and police
railway on Chinese soil, and use it
for political intrigue against the gov
eminent in power, these same papers
are criticizing China for resisting
this fragrant form of imperialism.
In other words, these American
Auslanders denounce the fictitious
''imperilism" of the United States,
and root for the real imperialism of
Russia. China's struggle for indie
pendent nationality does not appeal
to them when it comes into conflict
with soviet aspirations to world
power.
The labor government of England,
a socialist government. refuses to
waive the right to prescribe that rev.
dictionary propaganda by Soviet
Russia in England must cease as
condition of recognition. But China
is asked by the Russian press agentry
in the United States to waive clause
in the treaty which gives Russia
rights in the Chinese Eastern Rail
way, which specifically provides that
neither nation shall carry on I'M
friendly political agitation on the soil
of the other.
In insisting upon this clause of the
treaty under which Russia has been
operating a railway on Chinese soil,
China is only asserting the most es-
sential right of sovereignty China
is only asking that her proofs of this
violation be considered by an impair
tial international tribunal.
Yet certain American newspapers,
claiming to be against ''imperialism"
are seeking to create sentiment in the
United States against Nationalist
China because of her assertion of this
right. SO long as China was in part
nership with Soviet Russia these
same newspapers were clamoring
against the protection of American
life and property in China under in
ternational law, and lauding Nation
alist China to the skies.
This organized attempt to preju-
dice the cause of China in the United
States is a raw exhibition of alien
press agentry, invoked in belief of
government that makes no pretense
of concealing its organized effort to
carry on revolutionary agitation with
in all non-communist countries, as
witness the editorial in the Pravda,
official soviet organ, on August 2nd,
declaring this purpose. 1t is well
known that this revolutionary agita-
ton extends to the United States it
self.
1t is passing strange that we see in
increasing quantity this alien-inspired
propaganda against the interests Of
the United States, whether it be on
such questions as the League of Ma
tions, the tariff, American foreign
policy, or revolutionary agitation
within the United States. The arm OF
European radicalism is a long one,
and it seems to reach into the sane
tums of certain sections of the Ameri-
can press.