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PUBLIC LIBRARY
Recognition of Russia.

Delected Articles on Recognition Of
Soviet Russia, compiled by =. @.
Buehier and others. 1891. JuS3 .BSo4
(reference).
An exhaustive volume of 1.-THE Hand
book Series" for debaters, which con-
tains an Introductory analysis Of the
question. briefs, a 25-page photography
and reprints Of ~ articles Of especial
significance.
Challenge Of Russia, by @. & Eddy.
1881. F5466 Ed29.
A competent study in which chapter
~, reviewing the problem Of fScogni-
ton, points out the impossibiiity Of con-
tinuing neutrality After considering
the pros and cons with complete i'm
partiaHty the author queries: "Hss not
the time arrived when we should
try the method of friendship, recog-
niton and maximum trade?"
Russia m Transition: A Business Mans
AAepse1ssl' AgstFsa' by E. M Friedman 1882
Part OF this recent volume, entitled
~Wanted-An American Policy Toward
Russia" giv6 q thorough and carefully
doclcmented explanation Of the issues.
The author stresses the political and
economic benefits to be derived from
cooperation with Russia.
Policy Of the United States and Other
Nations With Respect to the Recog-
milton of the Russian Soviet Govern
ment. 1917-1929 by N D. Houghton.
JXAR.7InS. VIC, No. 247: S5-108.
An authoritative statement, soundly
documentA. with a two-page bibn-
ography, prepared for international
rnnrjliotiny,D for
published by the Carnegie Endowment
Tor International Peace.
Russian Debts and Russian Reconstruc-
ton, by Leo 9asvolsky and H. q.
Moulton. 1924. HC5IP26.
Russia's Foreign Debts to Her Economic
Recovery" sheds considerable light on
the pathway of possible Russo-Ameri-
can negotiations, this scientific, statisti-
cal inquiry Of the Brookings Institute of
Economics should be cited In the ap-
pendix are documents stating the "of-
hcial position Of the United States with
regard to Russia, 1923"
University Debaters' Annual; ls3o-1931,
1931-1932, edited by E. M. Phelps
ZBEH Un35 (reference).
Stenographic reports of debates on
the question Of Recognition Of Russia"
between Syracuse and Colgate Universe
ties and Robert College, Turkey. and
the University Of Arizona, held in
March and November, 1881. Valuable
and extensive bibliographies and briefs
are included in each volume
Last Stand: an Interpretation Of the
Soviet Five-year Plan, by Z. A.
Walsh. 1881. HC54W II.
Father Walsh discusses the question
OF recognition in chapter 9. His con-
clusion is against such gesture Of
good will to the Russian people In view
Of the fact that their government will
doubtless continue its advocacy Of class
warfare in the United States as else
where.
Magazine Articles.
Soviet Union: the Question Of Recogni-
ton, with reply by John Spargo
Current History, 80: l065-lo7S, Sep
temper, 1890
An anonymous article, soundly
vouched for by the editor, reviewing the
political, economic and religious inter-
ests which have opposed American rec
ignition. The author stoutly maintains
that American Endorsement Of "the do
Mestic institutions Of any country
whoee diplomatic existence we recog-
nize" is unnecessary and that WASH
tngton is in a position to restore world
trade by new policy Mr. John Spargo,
the distinguished Socialist publicist, fol-
lows this article with vehement pro-
test against recognition"
American Recognition of Russia: What
It Would Mean to Europe. by Paul
Scheffer. Foreign Affairs. s:27-4l,
October, 1880.
The correspondent Of the Berliner
Taseblatt in Moscow. and more re-
Gently in Washington, views with alarm
the possibility Of recognition; the
personal and diplomatic victory for
Stain and his cause, and the provoca-
tlon to greater aggressiveneSs and en-
terprise against bourgeois countries
which such surrender" by the United
States to the Soviet would entail The
same viewpoint is maintained In the
authors second article IN the Living
Age for October, 1890.
Russian Dilemma Why I Favor Rec
ognition, by S. 8. Menken. North
amGsican eanhar 1os1 Review' 2so;sso-ss4. De-
Since the United States is the ideal
Of the thinking people Of Russia" In
agricultural, industrial and republican
methods, recognition would mean for
America an essential insurance of
world peace and world economic bal
ance."
Pros and Cons Of Soviet Recognition,
by P. D. Cravath. Foreign Affairs
9:266-276. January, 1891.
The author urges "an attempt by
the United States to negotiate q salts
factory basis for the recognition of the
Soviet government of Russia" actuated,
not by motives of good will, but of self
interest His sound utilitarian reason
ing aims to dispel 'the present popular
misapprehension in this country re-
garding the consequences"
Recognize Russia, by o. G. Willard
Nation, 134 558, 566-7 May 18, 1882
Excerpts from statements advocating
recognition by such congressional lead
and Senators Borah, Cutting, Pittman
johnson of California, Robinson OF
Arkansas and Wagner Of New York.
What Business Men Think Of Recogni-
ton, by Jerome Davis. Nation, 1874:
567-568, May 18, 1882.
1.-THE most reliable capitalistic con.
Germs in America. which have had
actual dealings with Russia are
overwhelmingly of the opinion that we
should recognize Russia The author
reports results of his inquiry on this
point from so of the best known firms
In America. Quotations from many OF
his business correspondents are given
in his article contributed to the annals
of the American Academy, 156 :e2-75,
July, 1881.
America and Russia. by C. H. Preston.
New Republic, 72:151-153, Septem-
Der 81, 1882
An earnest plea for recognition, based
upon a desire for world peace, for an
economic balance In world trade and