Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-06-18
LENIN GIVING IN,
kRASSIN ASSERTS
Russian Soviet Admits Failure Of
Communism and Seeks Capt.
tai to Save Country.
VANDERBILT DEAL IS OPEN
American Was Required to Deposit a
Forfeit, and Has Not-Belief
That Revolution Will Break
Out in Europe.

Paris.-A confessional account of
the reasons for Lenin's changes of pol
Icy is published in an interview with
krassin, given in London to the CORE
spOndent of the Petit Parisien. AL.
most cynically, Krassin admits that
the Bolshevist regime has failed and
that Lenin has been compelled to
change 1t by the failure of the Boil
Shevik to provoke a communist reyO-
Tuition ! nthe rest of Europe or even
convert his own people and especially
the Russian peasant to communism.
kfassin said:
I'VE have led the army of the Rus
slait proletariat as If the armies of
tile other proletariats were winning
tile slime victories Resolutely we
went forward. 1t was Il risk that
might have succeeded. But now Lenin
sees that he holds alone the OutpOnts
of progress. He has advanced too far
He cannot maintain his position, and
though his faith has not weakened in
the slightest, he feels compelled to
make strategic retreot-an unfOrtu-
nate but inevitable move of which he
has had the courage to proclaim the
necessity
That a revolution will break out la
ter in Europe, Krassin declared lie was
completely convinced, but l.enin was
now of the opinion that it would come
SLOWLY.
HE has, therefore" says Krassin,
Changed his tactics, and on account
of the international situation and eco
nomic laundering of the country has
decided that instead of trying to crush
them he must come 10 an arrangement
with the interior opposition Of peas
ants and the exterior opposition IF the
capitalists"
In Krassin's opinion, Lenin can east
ly overcome the opposition of theo-
retical Bolsheviki like Bullharir and
set himself to winning the suppoN of
the peasants by a modified regime.
Not even the poorest peasants are
COMMUNISTS KraSs II admits. They
fever have been, and they never will
become communists for tile love of our
beautiful eyes If only we had some
thing to give them-machines, cloth
manufactured stuff-in return for their
produce we could quickly make them
understand the advantages of com
munsm. That, it is Lenin's idea, is
the first and most essential task to be
undertaken and he is gong to set
abOOut It,"
The second half of the Soviet pro-
grain as explained by the Soviet ennis
sary to England appears also based on
the conviction that the time has come
to deal in realities in order to insure
confidence. In explaining it Krassin
said:
1--WE want from the west, in order
to win til" support of the peasants and
to establish our hpgemony in Russia.
material aid in :,ie shape of manufac
turcd articles and technical aid from
specialists capable of exploiting our
immense resources. To obtain these
we must give, and what we have to
give is gold. raw materials or conces-
sions. Up to now we have paid for
everything in gold, and our present
contracts for boots, cloth and food
stand about E5.000,000 to England 51,-
100000 crowns to Sweden, 100000
600 marks to Germany and $4,000
600 to America. But our gold must
come to an end and our scarcity of
transport makes 1t difficult to export
raw materials. We have so far eX-
ported only very little There, there
fore, remains only the granting of con-
cessiOns.'
He then went on to explain that the
establishment of private property in
Russia was not in any way essential.
The capitalist, ''enticed by our
wealth." he said, will have to under
stand that the basis for his work in
Russia cannot exist except by means
of q contract between him and the
Soviet government. Figuratively adj
dressing the capitalist, the Bolshevik
delegate continued:
"Moreover, you will derive from this
contract more than before the war,
and while you are making your for
tune we won't be selling Russia, for
we will remain masters of our own
soil. We will never consent to mo-
nopolies, and even your concession
will come back to us when we have
extracted sufficient profit"
"There could not ever be govern
ment more radical than ours, so that
If there is revolution it will be in the
direction of a react s-s>ry government,
which will be quite certain to keep
the engagement we have entered into
with foreigners.
THOMPSON HITS AT FOES