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Show I They Are Unclean DUSSIAN leaders, having concluded a trade agreement with Great Britain, now seek a limilar contract with the United States. We ire not to be guided by the conduct of Great ;Prtain, for that action is fundamental'y un-;$ound, un-;$ound, self sh and dangerous. Our policy must - be fornulited after our own principle nd this -;permits of no quarter for thieves and burglars. - What the soviet leaders are trying to do is ;to perfect title to ill gotten gains. The spread Jof bolshevism Is ended; the dream of the prole-Ttariat prole-Ttariat Is dispelled and in its place rises the spectre Tof Lenin and Trotky, dictators. These arch conspirators are unconcerned with the fate of I the proletariat and the ambitious program which Iwas launched In Russia has dwindled to an leffort to hold what has thus far been stolen. - The world is awake and the bolsheviki, having been unmasked, can no longer hope for power -on the same old deception, for this rcison the Russian leaders are ready to offer the UniteJ -States what they promised Great Britain, that this country will be eliminated as a field of pro-2paganda pro-2paganda for boUhevist doctrine. This promise ;can have no effect on our decision." It has no ;rc!ation to the matter in hand. Z Bolshevism has no national boundaries. It Is subject to no national promises or pledges. It 1 lis distinctly international and is not bound to any - Tnational authority. In miking their overtures, TLenin and Trotsky make promises without their Tbouhd-s, even if they did hold legitimate title to -the territory they now hold. If the American i Iorkingmen were not so sane, bolshevism might atoriginatea in America without the consent or authority of the first disciples in Russia. - The Russian promise could have no effect Ion the condition within and hence it is worthless. iNor does the threat of a continuation of the . Russian propaganda carry any terrors for the j jAmerlcan people. Mere. e are accustomed to ttaklng hatever the majority wants and abide by Ithe result. The general intelligence, however, is Ztoo high to yield to the subtle whisperings of Ithe base deceivers of Russia. Z Russia is still owing the United States a great Tsum of money for bonds issued by a former rjovernment. The fact that Lenin and Trotzky 1 have repudiated these obligations does not cancel Ithe debt and invite recognition. We are not accustomed to doing business that' way. Russia 'owes this debt and no international conspiracy tcan remove the obligation. Z The bonds held by the United States-are a mortgage on the country. They constitute a lien entitled to consideration in advance of the claims of the soviet leaders. But as a matter of fact, "the soviet disciples have no claims with decent or respectable standing. What they have they hold Iby force and their every act has been without Ithe unction of law and order. They have operated oper-ated as criminals work In society at large and 'their status is the same, (laving operated as an loutlav among nations, bolshevism cannot now Zassume to treat with national units as a respectable Ipower In the world. So far as we are concerned, Ithey are still brigands and entitled to consideration considera-tion only when they can compel it by their chief I-weapon, force. The Russia the United States IVecagnlzes In any way must be clean, and the -bewhiskered bolshevik has not yet reached this ?ta;e In civilization. |