Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-06
DR.. Wal SH DEFENDS
ATTITUDE OF j. s. IN
ITS RUSSIAN POLICY
Educator Declares Records
Justify Refusal to Recognize
Soviet Government.
IMAGINARY CASE DRAWN
TO ILLUSTRATE FACTS
Georgetown Executive Says Reds
Fail to Meet Two Requisites
for Friendly Relations.

In an amazing presentation of docu-
mented records bearing on Russian
revolutionary activities resulting in the
expulsion of Soviet ENJOYS from half a
dozen foreign capitals, DR.. Edmund A.
Walsh, S. j., vice president of George
town University, last night vigorously
defended the policy of the American
State Department. in steadfastly re-
fusing to recognize the existing Soviet
government.
DR.. Walsh, who concluded series of
public lectures on the Russian ques-
ton, particularly condemned the world
revolutionary policy of the Third In
ternationale, which he declared was
sponsored, aided and abetted by re-
soonsible officials of the Soviet gov
crnment, including Stain. From
showed that Stain himself had advo-
waited the extension of its revolution
ery program to the United States and
to all other non-communistic coun-
tres, friendly and unfriendly..
In discussing the Third Interna-
tionale, DR.. Walsh drew an analogy to
show the origin of this revolutionary
organization. He pictured an Amer
lean Secretary of State sending out a
inviting them to convene in the city of
Washington for the purpose of found
Ing an association to overthrow all
European governments.
Draws Parallel Case.
"Let us assume" DR.. Walsh said,
THAT this American Secretary of State
Informed members of the new revolu-
tionary organization that he had placed
the east room of the White House at
their disposal and had consented to ad-
dress the first meeting-moreover, that
the United States Government would
place large permanent building at
their disposal for their use where they
could keep in constant touch with the
Capitol and the White House.
The first business would be to over
throw the British government and then
In due order the governments at Paris,
Berlin, Madrid. and so following" DR.
Walsh said. ITO evade international
complications this hypothetical Secre-
tary of State of the United States in
the imaginary letter would explain he
was not writing the call for the new
assembly from the State Department
but from the headquarters of the Re-
publican National Committee. He thus
would be enabled, he would explain, to
answer protests from abroad that the
American Government could not and
would not attempt to control it."
Commenting on such a hypothetical
case, DR.. Walsh said:
Il submit that such declaration, fol-
lowed by the actual organization and
functioning through IL years of such an
assembly, with permanent building in
Washington supplied by the United
States Government, would differ only in
place, time and personnel from the case
OF the Third Internationale, which was
organized and created by responsible
members of the Soviet government and
continues to be directed and protected
by the same.
Quotes Stains Address.
1.-THE phantasy," he declared. 'lies
not in the impossibility, but in the amaz-
ing actually Of the Third Interna-
tionale''
Showing the purpose of the organi-
zatfon toward the United States, DR..
Walsh again went to its records of May,
1929, when Stain addressed the Ameri-
can commission. He quoted Stain as
saying at this convention: It consider
that the Communist party of the United
States Is one of the few communist
parties to which history has confided de-
cisive tasks from the viewpoint of the
world revolutionary movement. The
revolutionary crisis has not vet arrived
in the United States, but there are al
ready numerous indications which lead
us to believe it is near. The American
Communist party must be ready to
meet the moment of crisis fully, and to
take over the direction of the future
class war In the United States. You
must prepare yourselves, comrades, for
TINS with all your strength and by every
means"
The American State Department !"
DR.. Walsh concluded, sis fully justified
and Is acting in complete accordance
with traditional American policy in
refusing to recognize a government
which thus violates the first postulates
OF international law.
Two Requirements.
The American recognition policy has
always required two conditions" he said
First, that the new government must
be the de facto government and in lln-
disputed control Of the country. Second
the willingness to observe the ordinary
requirements Of international law gov
ernlng relations between SOVEREIGN
states and to abide by the accepted con-
VentlonS and to respect the sovereign
rights Of the recognizing power.
Soviet Russia, possessing the first
requisite, has consistently Haunted the
second in manner easily ascertainable
from the public record of her relations
with other governments. They have
learned political wisdom by hindsipht.
Let US contriye TO learn 1t by foresight.
Inc principles involved are not nego-
table issues"
uI0EE HEARS CRIMINAL