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Show scnis a government which is not recognized rec-ognized by the t'nited Stales, is not rccogni.ed by any of the allied powers and Martens himself is a German citizen citi-zen and entitled to no consideration at all and no diplomatic standing whatever. what-ever. Unfortunately, he has contrived to skirt complications which would result re-sult in his deportation and he is enjoying enjoy-ing his freedom in New York, meantime, mean-time, presumably, carrying on his propaganda. prop-aganda. This man is not particularly dangerous in himself and the secret agents may be trusted to deal with him if he oversteps bounds. The threat of the soviet cutthroats in Moscow to mistreat Americans luckless enough to still be within the borders of Bolshevist-cursed Russia is quite another matter. mat-ter. Since the Trotzky-Lenine combination combina-tion is pretty hard pressed as it is tiie chances are that it will court no further troubles by undertaking to measure the length of the military arm of Uncle Sam. RUSSIANS WARNED. - The Bolshevist government of .Russia doubtless will think long and seriously -before it proceeds further on its program pro-gram of reprisals for what it is pleased to call indignities to its ; ambassador " to the United states, one Martens, now in Xew York. Recently the Soviet government gov-ernment addressed a communication to the state department at Washington -protesting against the imprisonment of Martens, who was sent to this country to engage in Bolshevist propaganda and who was concerned in raids made on radical headquarters, without, however, being put in jail. The Russian note hined that the Soviet government j-ould readily clap a few Americans into Russian jails by way of reprisals. The stat 0 depa rt merit luis made an-jwer an-jwer to this bit of Bolshevik insolence. It is warned that any attempt to subject sub-ject Americans to mistreat men t w-ill meet with quick action. The warning is coupled with some plain facts whi'-h t !io Trot x.ky-I.enine regime can digest nt isnre and with no little profit. The sta'e department points out that ''this gov era men t has not forgot ten the un v. a rra u tahle arrest, and de! en t ion for months of Consul Treadwell and the il-h'al il-h'al and unjust i t'i aide im prhnmrien t under severe hardships of Yiec-( 'onsuls I ur ri and Leonard, con I ra ry to t lie fundamental practice of civilized nations. na-tions. Nor has it f oryot en that, an American ci t i.en, Ka lama t ia no, has lii-en I;ep in pr inon at M o-a-o w for rnou t ii s under -en t ence deal h, without with-out proper trial and without opport u n -i'.y Cr his L'overiiment to assi.-t hiiii.'' 'Ihe fl ui- tin n I'.ol h1ic is' s a re wa r ned ha i "the l'nited Ki a e -j now ie u s U i Mi i!Tl V eoji err II the repoj Ui t h Tea t of the authorities a' Moscow to take further illegal measures in the form of repri - a I' a ca i n ;t American ei t i.en.s i u I.' uc :t!a. Iiu - h a ef,uret j ,(. :,,-, a de rs a re told, will le cr rt a i n t o aro'is" in Mk ("niteij Sta'cs an ''oer-v. ''oer-v. helming puolje Indiana' ion against, the authoriMes at Mo',e(,;v reponsildc (or swell net " Tfi if, is the odcs-ied-over warning fhat diplomacy tiM-i to convey a plain t h r "i I o start some-lh.ni some-lh.ni ?f Cue lfu':vian radteals earry on'. ,1((ir plan of p'inr.hin' An.eri-'ani for w.mrMim;; v. hi' h r.-ver happ-ned to the o .-ailed ftovie' U u . f a -color Mt.rterm. The o!,crl of HoVi-t f r . 1 1 r t i , 1 1- Tyr- |