New Britain herald., 1921-05-04
tENiNE HOPEFUL OF
Big WORLD REVOLT
Has Not Given Up His Plans for
Great Soviet

speech delivered by Nikolaf d1enine,
Tenth Congress of the Communist
Party, as printed in the official Bol-
shevist newspaper "Pravda'' Of March
10 was made public today by A. ].
sack, director of the Russian In
formation Bureau in the United
states. representing in this country
the Russian democratic anti Bolshe-
visit forces. This IS the speech which
led to the reports that Lenine had
repudiated world revolution and
communism for Russia
Referring to the question of world
revolution, Lenine said:
Aid is coming to us from the
Western European countries. 1t is not
fast as We should like it, but it is
coming nevertheless and gathering
strength. OF course. the world revo-
luton has made great step forward.
in comparison with last year. Of
course, the Communist International
which last year existed merely in the
form OF proclamations is now existing
as an independent party in every
country. In Germany, France and
italy the Communist International has
become not only the center of the
labor movement but the focus of at
tention for the whole political life of
those countries. This is our conquest
and no one can deprive us of ii. The
world revolution is growing strong
er. while the economic crisis ! in
Europe is getting worse at the same
time.
But, at any rate. were we to draw
from this the conclusion that help
would come to US from there within
a brief period n the shape of a solid
proietarian revolution, we would
be simply lunatics. We have during
during these three years learned to
understand that the stalking OF the
game on the world revolution does
not imply any figuring on a definite
date and that the pace of its devel-
opment, growing more and more
rapid, may bring US the revolution in
the spring. or may not. We must,
therefore, know how to adapt our
activity to the mutual class relations
existing within our own and other
countries, that we may be able for
long time to retain the dictatorship
of the proletariat and, at least gradu-
ally. to cure all the Ills besettings U.S.
Only such a view OF the problem will
be correct and sober"
The most urgent problem now in
relations between the working class
and the peasantry. These relations"
said Ienine. ARE not what we had
believed them to be: These relations
represent q peril. many times greater
than all the perils threatened by the
Denikine, Kolchak and Yudenitcn
campaigns put together.
The peasants are not satisfied"
said Lenine. They do not care for
the economic forms We offered them
We must not conceal anything but ad-
NIT that a for of relationships which
the peasantry does not care. for will
never exist. The peasantry has be-
come far more middle-class than be
fore. The village has been leveled
down. The middle-class peasant now
predominates. We must, therefore,
see what this peasant wants. He de-
mands: /, A certain freedom in his
economic turnover; ,. Opportunity
TO market his products in exchange
for goods ,
In conclusion. Lenine recommended
concessions amounting to granting
to the peasant the right to dispose
freely of that surplus of his products
which will be left him after giving
to the Bolshevist government what
will be levied on him as taxation in
KIND. BeSldeS freedom IN local trade
for small farmers" nothing in men
toned in Lenine's speech about any
other connexions or changes in the
fundamentals - the existing Bolshe-
visit economic policy.
Comm nting upon Lenine's speech,
Mr.. Sack said it is clear that the main
Russian industries and Russias
transport will continue to operate
upon communistic principles.