Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
DR.. WALSH PRAISES
ACTION OF MEXICO
Georgetown Faculty Member
Finds Anti-Red Stand by
U. S. Justified.

Returning to Washington, yester6e.
from a two months investigation of
Communist activities in European capt.
tails, DR.. Edmund A. Walsh, 8. j., re-
gent of the Georgetown University
School of Foreign Service, cited the
action OF Mexico In severing diplomatic
relations with Moscow and the renewal
of red propaganda in England as en-
tirely iustifying the policy OF the United
States in consistently refusing to ex-
tend recognition to the Soviet Union
DR.. Walsh visited England, France
and Italy, in gathering fresh material
for new series of public lectures on
his second trip abroad since returning
from Mexico last July.
While IN Rome, DR.. Walsh was re-
ceived by Pope Plus XXI in two long
audiences, one of which lasted over
two hours. He declined to comment
on the subject of these conferences, ex-
planning they were mainly of private
nature"
Heart Of~Red Problem.
Commenting on the Russian situation
l -
break between Mexico and the Soviet
Union, DR.. WALSH said:
The Mexican statement of the is
sue goes straight, to the heart of the
Russian problem. If q few more major
powers were to show the same frank
ness, the Moscow commiSsars might re-
turn to right reason and decide to
respect the common decencies Of inter.
national intercourse"
a..
affairs, Senior Estrada, in, publishing
the serious decision reached by his gov
eminent" he added, points out, with
entire justice, that these attacks on
Mexico's sovereignty cannot be disaSso-
clated from the Soxiet government,
without whose support and appreciation
no political organization in Russia can
exist"
DR.. Walsh, in an interview. declared
there are numerous and significant de-
'Vel0pmentS within Russia ITSELF
The Soviet Union, under the dicta-
torship Of Josef Stain, is undergoing
another OF those unending experiments
on huge scale which have so ex-
nausted and bewildered it's people for
the last IL years." he said.r
1t is clear that Stain has aban-
ooned the new economic policy In
troduced by Lsnin in 1921 asttaae only
salvation OF Communism. Now, after
nine years OF experimentation, the lao.
OOO.O inhabitants ares being driven
back to integral Communism, which
means the whole program over again.
The paradox Of it all lies In the
TACT that this Is exactly the program
for defense Of which Trotsky was exiled
by the astute Stain, who now, In his
entrenched position as absolute master
OF the political bureau, calmly appro-
PIRATES the thunder Of the exiled war
lord and accepts the public repentance
OF Rykov, Tomsky and Bukharin,
The intensified anti-religious cam
paign Is well under way, and recalls
the excuses which we Americans Wit
messed in Moscow In 1922 and 1921
Great Protest Meeting. y
While in London, DR.. walsh at
tended great mass meeting of people
aroused by the renewed persecution of
religion by the Soviet government. II
was held under Episcopal, Jewish, Bap-
fist and Congregational auspices. The
purpose OF the meeting was to protest
to the British government and the gov
ernmentS. of all states against the At.
lacks Of the Soviet leaders.
TO add to the irony of the situa-
Hon," DIR. Walsh declared, Great Brit
ain was at that very moment preparing
to renew diplomatic relations with
Moscow, on the solemn assurance Of
the Soviets that no hostile propaganda
would be directed against the British
Empire from Russia. But the ink was
barely dry on the Soviet pledge before
1t was violated"