The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-05-14
Leninc's Speech Before Communist
Congress.

! New York, Nay 3-The text of the
speech delivered by Nikolai Lenine,
the Russian Premier before the
Tenth Congress OF the Communist
Party, as printed in the official Boil
shevist newspaper Prayda Of March
10 was made public today by J. A.
Sack, director Of the Russian 1nfor-
, nation Bureau in the United States.
representing in this country the Rus
sian democratic anti-Bolsheviki fore
es. This is the speech. which led to
reports that Lenine la repudiated
a world revolution ans. communism
for Russia.
Referring to the question Of world
revolution, Lenine said:
aid is coming to US from the Wes-
tern European countrifs. It is not
coming as fast as we should like it.
but it is coming nes .,rtheless and
gathering strength. q course, the
world revolution has Saade a great
step forward in com garrison with
last year. Of course, the Communist
International which last year existed
memely in the form Of proclamations
is now existing as an independent
party in every country. In Germany.
france and Italy the Communist In
ternatial has become 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 de-
prive US Of it. The world revolution
is growing stronger, while the eco
nolnid 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 fro1i there within
brief period in the shape OF q
solid proletarian revolution. we would
be simply lunatics. We have during
these. three years learned to- under
stand that the stalking Of the game
on the world revolution does not i'm
ply any figuring on q definite date and
that the pace OF its development
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 me
mutual class relations existing with
in our own and other countries. that
we may be able for q long time to re-
tain the dictatorship OF the prole-
tariat and, at least gradually, to cure
all the ills besetting Us. Only such
a view of the problem will be correct
and sober"
The most urgent problem now in
Russia, according to Lenine. is the
relations between the working class
and the peasantry. These relations
said Lenine. ARE not what we hai
believed them to be. These relations
represent peril many times greater
than all the perils Threatened by the
Denikine, Kolchak ar: Yudenitch
campaigns put togethelr
The peasants = satisfied.
said Lenine. They - ot care for
the economic forms 2ffered them.
We must not conceal thing but ad-
nit that form Z relationships
which the peasantry Uoes ont care
for will never exist. The peasantry
has become far more middle-class
than before The village has been
leveled down The miGFile-class peas
ant now predominates. We must,
therefore, see what this peasant
wants. He demands: L A certain
freedom in his economic turnover:
2. Opportunity to market his pro-
ducts in exchange for goods
In conclusion. Lenihe recommend
ed concessions amounting 10 granting
to the peasant the righl. to dispose
freely of that surplus C his products
which will be left him after giving
to :he Bolshevist government what
will be levied on hina aa taxation in
kind Besides freedom in local
trade for small farmers nothing is
mentioned in Lenine's speech about
any other concessions or changes in
the fundamentals of the existing
Bolshevist economic po!icy.
Commenting upon Lenine's speech.
Mr. Sack said it is clear that the
main Russian industries and Russia's
transport will continue TO operate up
on communistic principles.