The Washington herald., 1921-05-29


recently been issued by the British foreign Office THIS
document was prepared by special committee under
the chairmanship OF Lord Emmott The London
Dolly TregrGbh publishes review Of the report quot
ing certain parts OF it which OF particular i'm
porance. Many Of these quotations are OF special
interest to us, since they subsantate the arguments
which have been advanced in support OF the present
administrators Russian policy.
The report traces the history OF the bolshevik
movement in Russia from the first revolution Of Feb
ruary 1917 to the present time Regarding the fruits
Of bolshevsm and its future the report declares THE
practical efforts Of bolshevsm up the present time
far they affect production, have been disastrous
failure The magnitude of the industrial collapse and
the consequent cessation of exchange of products be-
tween town and country are the factors that have
forced themselves particularly our attention. We
know of similar instance Of collapse so sudden
and ar-reaching, although similar tendency is to
be observed in central Europe and more especially in
those countries which formerly composed the Austro-
Hungarian empire In these circumstances it is clear
bolshevism is to have any chance of permanent
success there must be rapid return to something
approaching the old standards of productivity"
As for the contention OF the soviet leaders that
the time has been too short for judgment to be
passed on the failure of communism, and
that the apparent failure is due to civil and for
eign intervention, the report I'VE prepared
to agree that their time has been short and their op
portunes restricted We doubt, however whether
SO much human misery has existed in Russia dur
ing the last three years has been the lot of any
people within short time in the history of the
modern world. While prepared to admit that
the Eropeaun war; the events following the first
luton the civil and intervention, contributing
factors in causing this misery it is impossible for the
recent sufferings of the Russian people"
With respect to the claim that the first stage in
the ultimate realization of a communist society has
been obtained and that the second stage, that of
nomc reconstruction, is about to begin The report
hat he fret 0oIu hae haao
pished in the destruction of free trade and competi-
ton, but that whatever progress has been made in
the second stage has been achieved through the
to principles of individual management and industrial
administration, which have received their fullest de-
velopment under capitalism. Furthermore theEe is
parallel to the power of officaldom which has de-
vcoped in Russia which represents attempt
troll completely the conditions of work and leisure, of
food and drink of education and amusement of travel,
and of the home life of every individual in a
nation whose population exceeds 100000.
Concerning the resumption of trade between
Russia and other countries, the committee has formed
these conclusions:
That Russian exports the most important
factor to the European market for the economic equ
Hbrium.
T. That Russia will not be in a position to con-
tribute to the relief of Europe for long time.
g. That there be question of the export of
cereals in the future because of the food needs
of the Russian people, because of the lack of agr-
cultural machinery and fertilizers and the decrease in
land under cultivation; because of the need for
storing the peasant incentive if uncultivated land
is to be recaimed and because this incentive
be restored until there is industrial production which
will permit the peasant to receive manufactured goods
and articles of common necessity from the in
return for his produce
That there is possibility of the economic
generation of Russia in the future without the
aid of capitalist countries.
o( H.,
states must be guided the report holds by these
Siderations:
That the destruction of capitalism throughout
the world by violence is the aim of the communist
party which controls the government of soviet Russia
That the third internaonale has been estab-
Of thn