Show 0 national topics interpreted by william bruckart Bruc kare press nundini D C washington for fifty years american diplomatic methods have been the subject american of tittering among diplomacy ole ME trained agents t T true r ue they loof of never foreign laughed rat ahe nations openly or in a loud d guffaw at alie I 1 international n lo 10 n al practices of the united states but it Is a well known fact that american methods were always mentioned somewhat in a spirit of mirth and yell well they might be the amerlan government with its system of constantly changing its foreign emissaries hns has had few outstanding diplomats and never has bas kept those few outstanding in on the job very long under any circumstances the condition of american diplomatic capacity Is shown no bettor better than by the latest debacle the russian recognition case As usual the american government got licked on the diplomatic field it may reassert itself yet by breaking olt off relations with the russian soviet government but it Is uncertain at this writing whether that can be done with safety what I 1 am trying crying to say Is that in ne according cordIng recognition to the soviets american statesmen were not clever enough to guard against the more shrewd and better trained ne sent here by dictator stalin the result 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 09 go hack back to the original negotiations the events leading up it to the tragedy as it were it will be remembered that in 1931 prest derit dent roosevelt invited the file russian Itus slin government to send a commission here for a discussion of relations or lack of them betheen moscow and washington ile he told the rus kus slang that he wanted to be a good BeIgh neighbor bor to thein and wanted them to be a good neighbor to us ile he saw no no problem or obstacle to of the existing government of all the Rus russians the government was funel lonIng and it was entitled to he regarded as a sovereign power ile he proposed therefore that hat consideration be given to establishment of formal relations between be teen the two powers maxim a soviet official For corresponding responding to our secretary of state appeared in washington and negotiations for recognition were open it was decided decide early in those conversations that the war debt of the czarist government to the united states should be set aside and a settlement worked out after the two nations had reached an agreement on other phases of international relationships lation ships the soviet always has disclaimed any obligation in connection with the debt contra contracted ed by czar nicholas during the lie world war and the united states has bas had bad nothing to show for the several hundred millions advanced to the czar except some 1 I 0 Us 0 the proceedings developed numerous hitches bitches but each its s ironed out in and la in numerous a series of com coin hitches itches ll exchanged between mr ant and M ohp various pledges anti and promises usual between nations were made included in these pledges was one which since bince his has become the bugbear bug bear of a controversy aud and it if american america recognition is with withdrawn draun III he be the crux of the incident almost constant since the so viet system overthrew the czar and destro destroyed ica all vestiges or tin fill nion mon archual government in russia the communist party of russia ns as reen been eng enRi aged iscil in world propaganda world revolution Is its nim it proposes anil and constantly fights for overthrow or of the system S stool which enables individuals to make it a profit which enables individuals to earn money of their own anti to save salle and invest or spend that money ns as thoy they choose common ownership ship of everything thin Is the and govern ment bent by the lie proletariat everyone la 19 demanded M d his gobern ment to curb sah activities in the united stales mit that pledge was a year ago alko it semis seems to have been forgotten fors otten communistic pro da has gone un on and continues to sa go on in tills this country on a broad the efforts were so bold that eliat eventually our department of state could not overlook it after mulling over the records for weeks secretary hull fill recommended to the lie president that washington call the at lenlon of the soviet to its pledge air hulls recommend recommends a lion lay in a white house pigeonhole pigeon hole bole for sonic some weeks and it was not until the llie communist internationals ale met in russin and fiery speeches criticizing the sunhe states and ad were made ni lilo this was the straw lint broke the cam els cis back mr air roosevelt save gave his approval to mr bulls proposal for a protest pro lest it was made and promptly rejected as I 1 have mentioned above the soviet foreign office rejected the protest on the ground that the communist inter trick not nationals nationale nat nati lonale onale was not foreseen a part or of the red nel it was a poll political galev government party aerne over re which that the russian soviet m n t lind no control contro I 1 and that consequently the american government could not properly accuse the moscow authority ath having broken their pledge to avoid interferences in american affairs that trick was one among many which the american government railed failed to foresee in negotiating rug hns stan recognition it la 13 a splendid example of how our diplomatic representatives fall in their work the took advantage of an opportunity it Is true that the communist internationals ale Is a political party but the communist internal in russia Is not comparable to the democratic or republican political party in the united states it is the only political party and it decides what the government shall do and Is responsible to no higher authority thus when the tha communist internationals ale took the firebrands fire brands of revolution into the united states it Is hard to understand iby why the russian government did not have some finger in the pudding the american government has warned russia of serious consequence if the communistic propaganda does not cease such an expression tet between iteen nations can menu menn only the breaking up of diplomatic reint relations ions whether sir mr lenow roosevelt velt will go that far Is still undetermined mined As we look bad back over the russian affair one can hardly fall to characterize it as a misadventure mr roosevelt said aid he wanted to recognize russia because great economic advantages would low flow from that act there would he much more trade much new business developed reIn ve loped ped department of commerce figures reveal homeer ho weier weer thit that sales to russia were about in 1930 but that they have dropper dropped down in the last year to about so apparently we have gained nothing but somo trouble by recognizing russia what did the russians gain first they undoubtedly have broadened broa dencil the held field of their communistic anil and revolutionary propaganda doors were opened to them in this country that were closed before recognition was granted rut but uti undoubtedly the outstanding victory recorded by the russians in persuading america to recognize the I 1 moscow government lies not in the american field at all their greatest gain was in their relations Inns with japan the last several years have hare witnessed cortin continued tied friction mang along the frontier between japan and russia there was a contant threat of war strange as it may seem as soon a negotiations were opened between the united states anti and russia sia the international relations between beten russia and japan began to improve there has been almost no trouble on that border bonier since the reason ls Is that before recognition the japanese appeared to feel they would have live the moral support nt at least of the lie united states in tiny any controversy developing between it them lem tin and moscow and the debt contracted by the czars azars government and disregarded by th the e soviet Is ns as much unsettled ns As the day that the czar was murdered the passing of 0 labor day la in washington seers seer see s to be the signal for the bulk bolk of activity government of in politics ficiala to return to in their desks a dil ad always fulth that return there come anmei and burning in polities politics usually lly also the passing of at labor day sees the return to washington ing ton of other types of vacation washington being what it la Is in augu awl augut t and nd they too bring buck back new political ideas hence flence just at fill washington ton Is deluged with mith all kinds of political firework As far ns as I 1 have been able to analyze the situation there are three diR distinct classes the first em braces who KI go out mit oo oa vaca lions to see whether they con can oni as rum it or more support for the ad ministration in power at the time than in the previous vacations a second group includes tho w vho aho go co out with a determination to 0 o find that the administration Is in a and losing grotins rapidly anti the third Is vacation ista isis who do not concern themselves directly about politics hut hilt who cannot political discussions been caime nie of their resilience residence in washington so just now we are sur railed with cal declarations that nir mr roosevelt Is stronger than lhnn ever before that he has lost so much ground that his election Is improbable and the unbiased asser alons that eliat he hn hal gained in some commini lies arid and lins has lost Imil leasur ably in to 6 western New spar inlall |