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 Rh and are not going to attempt to bring in Communism in foreign countries." Within ninety days of this statement the Bolshevist authorities made repeated declarations of their purpose to set up a Soviet government in Poland by force of arms. And when Trotzky, as War Lord, was in Bialystock, in northeastern Poland, he even assumed that Sovietism would rapidly spread from Poland to the entire world. "Bolshevism," he said, "was more powerful than ever and would soon spread to other countries." "In a year, he continued, "all Europe will be bolshevist."

When we see how totally false was the statement of the President of the Soviets we may begin to realize the complete worthlessness of other statements of the Bolshevist diplomats and, in fact, of all their public declarations issued for foreign consumption. The Communist Government of Russia has now entered into solemn agreement with Great Britain not to carry on revolutionary propaganda in British territory. Any such agreement, along with all other promises of the Soviets, was denounced by Secretary Colby as wholly worthless in view of their faithless record and their revolutionary operations through the Third Internationale. Secretary Colby said (in his note of August 10, 1920):

The responsible leaders of the regime have frequently and openly boasted that they are willing to sign agreements and undertakings with foreign powers while not having the slightest intention of observing such undertakings or carrying out such agreements.

Moreover, it is within the knowledge of the Government of the United States that the Bolshevist Govern-