Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-04-08
Reports
Paris Tip in 1889
On Hiss as Red
He Quotes DoIodier;
Says baltimore Urged
Mongolia Recognition
By Robert K. Welsh

William c. Bullitt disclosed to
Senators today that French Pre-
mier Daladier told him in 1899
that Alger and Donald Hiss were
Communists in the State Depart
ment.
Mr.. Bullitt, then United States
Ambassador to France, testified at
"a Senate Internal Security Sub
committee hearing that early in
1910 he urged DR.. Stanley Horn
beck to make an immediate in
vestigation. He added that moth
ing came of the suggestion so far
as he knew.
DR.. Hornbeck then was the Far
Eastern affairs chief in the de-
partment.
The reference to the Hiss broth
erS came after Mr.. Bullitt related
that he was asked by Owen Lat
timore in April, 1886, in Moscow
to urge United States recognition
of the Communist-controlled
Monaghan Peoples Republic.
IPR Hearing Near End.
Before becoming Ambassador to
France, Mr.. Bullitt served as the
first United States Ambassador to
the Soviet Union, from 1888 to
mid-1936. He was one of the
final witnesses today as the sub
committee neared the end of pub
lie hearings on the Institute of
Pacific Relations.
The IPR probe is part of the sub
committees general search of in
f1uences on American Far Eastern
policy. Mr.. baltimore, a Johns
Hopkins University professor and
Far Eastern affairs specialist, was
a trustee and editor for IPR. He
has vigorously denied that he or
IPR followed the Communist line.
The name of Alger Hiss popped
up with dramatic suddenness.
The former State Department Off
cial is serving a five-year prison
sentence on charges of having
falsely told a Federal grand jury
that he never gave secret docu-
ments to Whitaker Chambers,
former Communist agent.
Donald Hiss, a Washington law
YER has moi, been involved in court
proceedings.
Hadn't Heard of Hiss.
Mr.. Bullitt said that. while visit
ing the French premier's Office in
the fall of 1889, he was asked by
Mr.. Daladier whether he would
be interested in a report that two
State Department officials were
Communists" The premier then
revealed that they were two
brothers named Hiss" Mr.. Bullitt
added.
when he said that I, in my
ignorance, laughed" Mr.. Bullitt
said. II never had heard of a Hiss
in the State Department and said
Hiss was a noise made by snake.
I suggested that he get better in
formation"
In relating the incident, Mr..
Bullitt volunteered that he knows
of nothing that reflects on DON
aid Hiss aside from the original
statement of the Prime Minister"
In February, 1910, while in the
Office of DR.. Hornbeck here. "a
nice looking young man came in
with some papers," Mr.. Bullitt
testified. DR.. Hornbeck told him,
he said, that the man was Alger
Hiss, his chief assistant.
II repeated exactly what the
French Premier had said to me
and I advised that an immediate
investigation be made" Mr.. Bullitt
informed the subcommittee.
FavOrs Help for Chang.
MIR. Bullitt said he had no rea-
son to believe anything came of
his suggestion for an investigation.
Mr.. Bullitt's testimony today
dealt largely with his views on
Soviet aims in China and toward
Asia as a whole.
He visited Formosa last De-
cember. He declared the United
States should send adequate"
arms to the Nationalist Chinese
forces on Formosa to help ward
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