Show 11 e I No O Other her C Course urse I I R of Secretary of State Hughes to conform to a request st of the women women's s committee for t the e recognition of R Russia to recognize the soviet government is in line with the best national thought There can be no recognizing the present regime in Russia because it is representative only of force and coercion f. f S The bolshevist government is not representative representative t ve of the Russian Russian people It n maintains its control by reason of f a a militant pressure which the people cannot annot resist Under present present present pres pres- ent conditions condition in an hon honest st expression of the desire of the people pf of Russia is impossible Free decisions cannot be be b made in the face of bayonets In international relations the American people are ire not concerned w with h the form of government maintained in in Russia They however do do insist that th the Russian government government government govern govern- ment be r reflective of the spirit of a majority of th the Russian n people The bolshevist regime do does s n not t and cannot give this so it is impossible impossible impossible sible for it to expect recognition from those who believe in peaceful government |