Evening star., 1933-11-19
Contrasting Reactions Voiced
By Foes of Soviet Recognition
Representative Fish attacks Ptcn IN
Radio address, While Father Walsh
Asks Honest FuIfiIIment of Pact.

! to a foreign nation with the possible
exception of exporting agricultural sur
pluses. The administration will be
closely watched by the Republican par
| ty. If it attempts to use funds in the
! Treasury directly or indirectly, without
| authority of law. 1t would amount TO
a violation Of the Constitution, and an
/ improbable offenSe.'
| In his statement Dr. Walsh declared
that "the conditions of recognition set
! forth by President Roosevelt and ac-
cepted by the Soviet government con-
st,tute a measurable advance on the
road toward notable diplomatic rela-
tions between two great peoples.
Acid Test Yet to Come.
Comprehensive and formal guaran-
tees Of sn unprecedented character in
several fields were made by the Soviet
government prior to recognition" he
said. This in itself is a significant
abandonment of the previous Soviet
policy which uniformly demanded rec
ogntion first, with detailed discussion
and mutual guarantees to follow. All
that now remains to achieve normal
diplomatic relations is the honest and
unequivocal fulfillment of Moscow's S
public pledges, publicly given. That
acid test is yet to come. The future
lies wholly and solely in the keeping
of the Soviet government, which under
takes in clear and undeniable language
to do certain things Of considerable i'm
portance."
Taking particular cognizance Of para
graph 4 of CommiSsar Litvinoff's letter
on propaganda and non-interference.
with its implied reference to the Ameri-
can section of the third internationale,
he said:
Evidently the signatories of last Fri
days pact are prepared to get down to
cases after 16 years of hypothesis and
sterile mutual recriminations. There is
at present in residence on Soviet terri
tory. housed in a Government building
not far from the Kremlin, an organiza-
ton. highly developed, with interna-
tional ramiications, and notoriously
hostile to this country 1t has the
avowed aim of changing the social and
political order which is established by
law and the free choice of American
citizens in these United States. 1t has
been in continued existence for some
Il years. In execution of its purpose,
1t has a special American section de-
voted to preparing the overthrow by
force of fundamental American inSti-
tutions guaranteed to us by article a.
section of the Constitution of the
United States. Stenographic reports of
its deliberations are available. and. its
specific program with regard to the
United States is a matter of public
record. Mr.. Stain is a member of its
Executive Committee and on May 6.
1929, delivered definite and voluminous
instructions to a so-called American
commission with reyDeCt 10 the methods
for achieving the changes in our social
and political institutions mentioned by
Mr.. Iitvinoff. The authentic text of
Mr. Stains remarks on that occasion
are on file in the State Department.
Burden Rests With Soviet.
''The Soviet government, through its
commissar for foreign affairs, now
pledges itself to terminate the resi-
dence of all such organizations on
Soviet territory. This is not one of
the secondary problems postponed by
agreement of President Roosevelt foI
later consideration, but is a primary
guarantee Immediately operative. The
political success or failure of the new
agreement, in my opinion. rests fairly
and squarely on the shoulders of the
Soviet government, which is now under
solemn covenant, openly and volun-
tarily arrived at. to end the third in
ternationale. Delay or further evasion
can result in only one logical conclu-
sion. There Is no return to normal
diplomatic relations so long as one OF
the parties to the contract retains, fos-
tiers and protects on its territory a
hostile and intransigent organization
which is bound by its constitution and
statutes to do the very things so clearly
outlawed by Mr. Litvinoff in the fourth
point of his pledge"
DR.. Walsh had no comment to make
at this time on the religious clause of
! the agreement.