The Washington herald., 1922-02-20
WAVES
OVER WORLD STILL,
KRASSIN DECLARES
Soviet Leader A&rms
That Truce With Capt.
tai Is Temporary. :,
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that for the present we are; per-
force living in an environment Of
unfriendly capitalist states. !.
We must be continually on the
alert and must never forget that
we are, surrounded by enemies
ready to seize every opportunity to-
do US an i'll turn whether in trade
or, war. Our external enemies
watch carefully every event in our
internal affairs and will take ad-
vantage OF he least sign of a weak
spot, not merely to injure us, but
to destroy the Soviet power which
flaunts like red flag over the
world, points the way to the inter
national proletariat, and threatens
the existence OF the capitalize Or
der. And still we must work in
the midst of these implacable en-
emies, and enter business relations
with them. because without them
we are unable to live and restore
our agriculture.
1t is no light task and the ques-
ton arises whether we can cope
when we concluded our agreement
with Sweden we had only hypoth-
esis to go on; If we made the at
tempt there might be chance, de-
spite the irreconcilable hostilities
between capitalism and socialism
Now, after eighteen months expert
ence, we can show the positive re-
suits of very considerable imports
and latterly a quantity of exports
Keep End In View
Needless to say in our policy We
never lose sight OF our great pun
pose. the maintenance of the d;c-
tatorship of the proletariat. the
maintenance of a Soviet power.
This purpose can only be achieved
by setting certain limits to our con-
cessiQns to the peasantry and the
smalf capitalists. What are these
limits? They are determined by
the necessity of adherine to a CO.
ordinated scheme of production.
We have no thought of a COM
plete return to capitalism. a re-
admittance of the vicious elements
in capitalism which hamper the
productivity of Western Europe
We do not dream of restoring the
anarchy of capitalist production
with no one to regulate the various
branches of industry, with each
company in sovereign control of its
own works and producing n "a on a
state co-Ordfnated plan Of produc-
ton. but on the vague indications
afforded by the state Of the market
and the rise and fall of prices
None of us dreams of a return to
such conditions: if we did, il we re-
stored private ownership. the war
! of Russian liberation would have
been fought in vain, and in the
postwar period we should sue
cumb to the insane dissipation OF
energies which this system entails.
Keep Hold on Throttle.
For the pcasantrS and for the
small industries we are deliberately
making certain concessions. But in
the field of large scale industry we
adhere rigidly to naturalization. to
state capitalism. We are retaining
! transport absolutely in the hands
OF the state. Under no circum-
stances can we turn over oar rail-
ways. etc. the foundation of our In
dustry. to private capital.
Foreign trade also we are retain
ing in our hands. Naturalization
in these three fields, large scale in
dustry, transport and foreign trade
and tate-ControlIed scheme of
production-all under the direction
OF a proletarin distatorship-these
are the unalterable basic principles
of the Soviet state with which we
can dispense under no cirCum-
stances.
We shall defend with our last
drop Of blood these central pillars
or our system. Only with the de-
struction of the Soviet power can
they he hrnIlpht dnun