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 Rh treaty at the first favorable moment, as they did that of Brest-Litovsk. It may be said that the following dispatch is for home consumption by the ultra-revolutionists of Soviet Russia. But as long as such matter—uncontradicted—is the sole pabulum officially furnished the Russian people (the opposition being prohibited) how can we expect anything but a continuation of treaty-breaking to result? The dispatch is as follows:

Among the working people the agitation for a trade agreement with Soviet Russia is put forward on the double ground that it would give employment to the American workers and that it would relieve the suffering in Russia. The argument that it would give employment to American labor is fully answered by Secretary Hughes in response to a letter by President Gompers requesting information in this matter. President Gompers' letter was as follows: