The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-13

turies-but what he wrote does not apply to Russia"
 "A world revolution cannot be made without making promises. It matters not whether they are fulfilled or no. Woever does not understand that does not understand at all how revolu- tion must be made"
 Lenin told truths and the opposi- tion grew mute-an opposition whose end was just as insignificant as it's origin.
 | For some incomprehensible reasons European and American public opin- ion attached much too great i'm portance to this episode upon the stage of Communism in Russia. 1 Either we communists succeed in supplying the peasants with goods and thus help them out of their straits or they vii lsend us to the devil" The fear lest the latter happen may have been the real key to the present policy of the Soviet government. But to the Kremlin the question of how goods are supplied to the peasants is more important than the question of who shall do it. Who is to have charge of the supply2 The natural an swer is: "We Communists-no one else in the world!" Not the domestic speculator, not the "partyless" man. ufacturer, not the foreign merchant, not the international capitalist Our selves alone!" For in this question the greatest menace to communism | lies hidden. It is the danger that the domestic or foreign merchant, in sup plying the peasant, might undermine the authority of the Soviet Govern ment and gain political domination over the peasant along with the lat ter's economic dependence upon them.
 Must Control Supplies
 The rulers in the Kremlin would be stupid if they had not recognized this. All their actions at home and abroad especially at Genoa and The Hague were guided by the principle that the control of suplies must not be relinquished. That is the sum and substance of their "recalcitrance," the rack against which both conferences were ship-wrecked. In other matters, too, the fear of the foreign provendor is shown. For instance: The stub born clinging to the foreign trade monopoly. This monopoly is not mo- tivated primarily by purely economic considerations. Problems of economy are only relative considerations in the complex of the Communistic experi- ment and politics overshadows every thing else. Wherever possible the economic welfare of the people is unhesitatingly sacrificed to the prin- ciple of the retention of power But here is where the Soviet Gov ernment is today confronted by di- lehman: International capitalists are not to be permitted to come into immediate contact with the Russian consumer, the peasant. But without the capitalist the providing of the peasants is almost impossible And, finally, he must be provided, else he or they will send us to the devil." Is there way out? None is visible. Fear still reigns supreme. The one great, all overshadowing fear lest the hand of European capitalism gains a l firmer grip upon the Russian peasant than the red, rough fist of Commun- ism-this fear still holds forefront of the Russian stage.
 | Principle Main Bond
 The opposition to Lenin shares this fear and that is the reason for it's sill ence. In this question the urge of lself-preservation united the two camps. As matter of fact, that prin- ciple Is the main bond uniting the 100000 responsible communists of present-day Russia and will no doubt hold them together in the future That is and will remain the reason for Bol- shevistic unity.
 It is folly to speak of left, and right" Communists. Lenin has no op- position. Trotzki. too, has repeatedly declared of late that he endorses the new course.
 Lenin's death would hardly change this. It eis possible that his death would show definitely whether the