The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-08
LENINE TELLS OF
WORLD REVOLUTION
Niekoiai Lenine Delivers Speech Before
Tenth Congress Of Commun-
list Party.
(Ry The Assoeiated Pre..l

(By The Associated Press)
| NEW YORK, May THE text oi
the speech delivered by Nikolai Lenine.
the Russian premier, before the tenth
congress of the communist party, as
printed in the official Bolshevist news
paper. Pravda, Of March 10, was made
public today by A. ]. Sack, director of
the Russian information bureau in the
United States, representing in this
country the Russian democratic anti
| bolshevist forces. This is the speech
which led to reports that Lenine had
repudiated a world revolution and
| communism for Russia.
revolution, Lenine said:
aid Is coming to us from the west
| ern European countries. 1t is not COM
| ing as fast as we should like it. but it
| is coming nevertheless and gathering
strength OF course, the world revo-
luton has made a great step forward,
| in comparison with last year. OF
course, the communist international,
which, last year existed merely in the
form Of proclamations in now existing
as an Independent party in every coun-
| try. In Germany, France and Italy
| the communist international has be-
come not only the center of the labor
movement but the focus of attention
| for the whole political life of those
countries. This is our conquest, and
no one can deprive us of it. The world
revolution is growing stronger. while
the economic crisis in Europe is get
ting 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
brief period in the shape of a solid
proletarian revolution, we would be
simply lunatics. We have 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 development, growing more and
more rapid, may bring us the revolu-
ton in the spring, or may not. We
must, therefore, know how to adapt
our activity to the mutual class rela.
tons existing within our own and
other countries, that we may be able
for long time to retain the dictator
Ship of the Iroletariat and, at least
gradually, to cure all the ills besetting
will be correct and sober"
The most urgent problem now In
Russia. according to Lenine, is the re-
lations between the working class and
the peasnntry. These relations"
said Lenine, ''are not what we had be-
iieved them to be. These relations
represent peril many times greater
than all the perils threatened by the
Denikine. Kolchak and Yudenitch
campaigns put to gether.
1.-The peasants are not satisfied"
said Lenine, They do not care for the
economic forms we roffered them. We
must not conceal anything but admit
that form of relationships which the
peasantry does not care for will never
exist. The peasantry has become far
more middle-class than before. The
village has been leveled down. The
middle class peasant now predomi-
rates. We must, therefore. see what
this peasant. wants. He demands: |.
A certain freedom in his economic
turn over; 2. 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. Be-
sides, freedom in local trade for small
farmers" nothing is mentioned in Lee
mines speech about any other conces-
sions or changes in the fundamentals
of the existing bolshevist economic
policy.
Commenting upon Lenines speech
Mr.. Sack said il is clear that the main
Russian industries and Russia's trans
port will continue to operate upon
communistic principles.