Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-29
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY Paul ]. COLLINS.

The common acceptation Of the stu
alton in the Orient is that the war in
hina is conflict between two or
more rivals for provincial power. with
ii ma jor rivalry between Russia and
Japan for control over Manchuria. if
not Siberia. Such an idea is the result
! of the camouf1age of battles and
diplomacy.
The true conflict lies between So.
Wet Russia and Great Britain. with all
other characters involved serving as
Lawns in the great chess of world
dominance. That this conclusion is
based upon authority is best indicated
by a review of the situation made
within the last month over the sigma
ture OF ZinoViev, the Soviet foreign
minister. written primarily for the
Red Flag, published in Germany. and
translated and published in the Living
{ Age.
In this outline. "Russias Foreign
I Policy" the minister discusses the
rivalry and enmity between England
and Russia and what effect the Situa-
ton in China will have upon the
masses in British India. The key To
the Oriental situation. therefore is be
| lieved by some of our best-informed
| Government specialists in Oriental af-
fairs to be the Soviet intent to stir up
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| ing serious trouble for Great Britain
ZinovieV SAYS:
The claim of the imperialiStS that
Moscow fomented the China uprising
! is naturally false. Nevertheless. there
+ is certain logic in that opinion. For
the mere existence of the Soviet Union
| is constant menace to imperialism
! in the Orient. Even the first Russia n
revolution, although it failed to end
czarism and only Scotched it. had a
! profound influence in awakening the
! Far East. The leaders of English i'm,
| perialism learned Il good lesson from
! the Chinese last May and June.
| One of the immediate results was
! the granting of trivial conce sSionS to
the bourgeois native upper class in
| India. which was agitating for indie
pendence. But there are times when
concessions to the upper classes mere
| lN increase the demands of the masses.
hat will surely be India's case
| "China'S revolt in 1925 did not win
an immediate victory. but there is
every indication that it stirred up the
country throughout its entire breadth
and to its depths: that this experience
has been an education for the Chinese
! masses, and that a new spirit sure to
bear fruit in further movements of
still greater compass has taken pos.
| SESSION Vi the "nole oTleTl-
| Regarding Soviet policies. wise fools
overlook the following trif1es: Western
imperialiStS with whom it is suggested
we ally ourselves look upon the Soviet
| Union as an Orient more dangerous
than China.
| 1T is impossible to remain neutral
! in respect to Il movement involving
( hundreds of millions of people, even if
we would. Such policy as these
4 l.,
not really be neutrality, but would be
taking sides With Western Imperialism
against the Far East. We should be
merely helping those imperialists to
crush in succession first China and
then Russia. The principal hope of
the awakening Orient is the Soviet
Union
| The above quotation is typical of the
spirit and avowals running throughout
Zinoviev's entire confession of Rus
sia's Foreign Policy" Soviet bitter
ness against England is further eX-
pressed by Zinoviev in the same ar.
; ticle:
Our experience with the English
Conservatives during the last few
months reveals direct attempt to
break off relations with us and to pave
the way for war against us. Why
were the English Conservatives in
such hurry to do this? Our
authorities made great concessions to
get an advance of from two to three
hundred million gold rubles from Com
rade Macdonald when he was premier.
| They failed. But, luckily, we received
in 1925 a liberal loan from Comrade
| Harvest. on far more liberal terms.
| We shall therefore be able to spend
about go hundred million rubles on
| industrial improvements during the
coming fiscal year All last