The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-09-19

| subject VI titICilhs
American among the trained
Diplomacy agents of foreign ma
lions. True, they
never laughed openly or in loud guf
faw at the international practices OF
| the United States but it Is a well
known fact that American methods
| were always mentioned somewhat In
spirit of mirth. And well they might
be. The American government with
| its system of constantly changing Its
| foreign emissaries has had few cut
| standing diplomats and never has kept
| those few outstanding individuals on
the job very long under any circum'
| stances. The condition of American
diplomatic capacity is shown no better
than by the latest debacle-the Rus.
sian recognition case. AS usual, the
| American government got licked on the
| diplomatic field. 1t may reassert itself
| yet by breaking off relations with the
Russian Soviet government but it is
uncertain at this writing whether that
can be done with safety.
What I am trying to say Is that In
according recognition to the Soviets
! American statesmen were not clever
enough to guard against the more
shrewd and better trained negotiators
sent here by Dictator Stain. The re.
suit is that our protests about Soviet
communistic propaganda in the United
States were rejected, tossed bodily out
of the window with an ejaculation that
the objection had no basis.
Let US go back to the original nego.
tiations, "the events leading up to the
tragedy" as it were. 1t will be remem.
bered that in 1888, President Roosevelt
invited the Russian government to send
commission here for a discussion of
relations, or lack of them, between
Moscow and Washington. He told the
Russians that he wanted to be good
| neighbor to them and wanted them to
be good neighbor to us. He saw no
insurmountable problem or obstacle to
recognition of the existing government
of all the Russias; the government was
| functioning and it was entitled to be
regarded as sovereign power. He
proposed, therefore, that consideration
be given to establishment of formal
relations between the two powers.
Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet official
corresponding to our secretary of
state, appeared in Washington and ne.
gotiations for recognition were open.
1t was decided early in those con-
versatiOns that the war debt of the
Czarist government to the United
States should be set aside and a set
Element worked out after the two ma
lions had reached an agreement on
other phases of international relation
ships. The Soviet always has dis.
claimed any obligation in connection
with the debt contracted by Gar Mich
olas during the World war and the
United States has had nothing to show
for the several hundred millions adj
vanced to the Car except some I. o.
US.
The proceedings developed numerous
bitches but each was ironed out in
turn and in series
Numerous of munications
Hitches exchanged between
Mr.. Roosevelt and NJ
Litvinoff, the various pledges and
promises usual between nations were
made. Included in these pledges was
one which since has become the bug.
bear of controversy and which, If
American recognition is withdrawn
will be the crux of the incident.
Almost constantly since the Soviet
system overthrow the Car and de-
stroyed all vestiges of the monarchial
government in Russia, the communist
party of Russia has been engaged In
world propaganda. World revolution
is it's aim. 1t proposes and constantly
fights for overthrow of the system
which enables individuals to make a
profit; which enables individuals to
earn money of their own and to save
and invest or spend that money as they
choose. Common ownership Of every
thing is the objective and government
by the acknowledgements de-
manded.
NJ. Litvinoff pledged his government
to curb such activities in the United
States. But that pledge was a year
ago. 1t seems to have been forgotten.
Communistic propaganda has gone on
and continues to go on in this country
on broad scale. The efforts were so
bold that eventually our Department
of State could not overlook 1t. After
mulling over the records for weeks
Secretary Hull recommended to the
President that Washington call the at.
tention of the Soviet to its pledge Mr.
Hulps recommendation lay in a White
House pigeon-hole for some weeks and
it was not until the Communist Inter
rationale met in Russia and fiery
speeches criticizing the United States
and advising revolution were made
This was the straw that broke the
camel's back. Mr.. Roosevelt gave his
approval to Mr.. Hull's proposal for a
protest. 1t was made and promptly re.
jected, as j have mentioned above.
The Soviet foreign Office rejected
the protest on the ground that the Com.
munist Internationale
Trick Not was not part OF
Foreseen the Red government
that it was a politi
cal party over which the Russian Soviet
government had no control and that
consequently the American government
could not properly accuse the Moscow
authority with having broken their
pledge to avoid interferences in Ameri
| can affairs.
That trick was one among many