The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-04-30
CAPITALISM MORTALLY
WOUNDED.

study Of the mortal wouhu sustained
by international capitalism in the
world war was written by Karl Radek
last winter and printed in the February
issue of Die Zukunft.
Radek was at that time the repre-
sentative in Germany of the pssian
Soviet Government. DuringJ ~ Z its
familiar nervousness, the j, Eo w.
ernment seized Radek and tn, y
into prison. While in prison 9 c,
wrote good-natured address "To :
German Bourgeoisie The eelebrat, z
German liberal editor, Maximiliah
Harden, printed the article in full in
his paper.
Radek's evident purpose was to show
the German business classes that the
Europe, are so near the abysis of
bankruptcy that nothing could be gain
bankruptcy that nothing could be gain
ed by German policy designed to
carry favor with London and Paris.
"He who studies the internal eco
nomic and political disturbances in the
Entente countries " says Radek, "not
according to the German press, which
has never been as worthless as now,
but in the Times, the 'Temps' and in
the New Republican and the reports
Of English banks and stock companies,
will see the POST -Waritis' in these
countries also manifest itself in de-
countries also manifests itself in de-
"During the present winter this
condition will produce social crisis and
cause. probably in England and France,
coalition between the right wing of
the working class with thSsleft wing
of the bourgeoisie-as transitory
stage in the world crisis.
"These conditions will oblige En-
tente capitalism to abandon its effort
to overthrow the revolutionary move
ment in Central and Eatsern Europe,
and be followed by efforts to negotiate
with the revolutionary governments,
in the hope. naturally, Of cutting out
the inner core Of the revolutionary
movement-to persuade or compel the
revolutionary governments to adapt
themselves to the capitalistic system.
Far-sighted capitalist elements have
already felt their way ahead in this
direction. For example, Dawson. leader
of the Morgan Bankers, is one Of the
brakemen who stopped the aggressive
movement against Russia.
eff the ground tembles under the
feet of Entente capitalism more and
more violently, then capitalists will
soon realize that, just as there were
commercial relations for many decades
between the old feudalism and its
succerssor, capitalism. so must the
capitalists reconcile themselves to the
existence Of proletarian states. And
this reconciliation is only FASTENED
when the proletarian state shows itself
aware that the capitalist sharks must
be allowed to make their profit-until
they are finally strangled by the pro-
letariat of their own countries.
"The leaders Of the Russian Re-
public understand this problem Of tho
relationship betewen the Socialistic
State and the eapitalistic states, and
that it existed even before the first
modern Socialist existed-witness
Wistenly in the Seventeenth Century.
Pending the time when social revolu-
tion shall seize all capitalistic states
and Chat cannot occur at one and the
same time), the Socialistic states are
compelled to seek a modus vivendi
in their foreign relations, for both
political and economic reasons.
"Now the effect of this social crisis,
which mitigates the pressure of world
capitalism upon the Socialist State
is that capitalistic production decreases
and the capitalistic states are not able
to produce these goods the lack of
which is also one reason why the rev.
olutionary countries are compelled
to seek q modus vivendi with the op-
posing economic system.
"When one beholds the strange hope
Of the German bourgeoisie of obtain
ing lot Of beautiful things from the
Entente after the dragon of Bolshe-
vism lies helpless on the ground, i'll
takes ones breath away.
"Why does the German and Austrian
bourgeoisie not study the real economic
plight of the Entente countriesi WhyI
do they not ask themselves at least
this question: If the United States and
England are so rich in clothing, ma.
chinery and other good things, why do
they allow Italy, through her shortage
Of all these blessings, to be driven to-
ward revolution and tho social crisis
in Poland and Czecho.Slovakia to
existi That is TO say, why do they
permit the very countries which were
TO constitute a sanitary Gordon against
the Bolshevist plague to grow weaker
day by day7"