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fluence of the English capitalism, by
the general STATS conference in Riga,
by the plan for the sale Of the Es-
thonian islands of Oesel and Dagoe,
situated in the neighborhood Of the
Soviet frontier, to England and SINH
lar obviously aggressive plans and
measures on the part Of international
capital against the country Of the
workers and peasants.
These are undoubtedly preparations
for general military attack upon the
Soviet Union, and at the. head of these
preparations stands English imperial
ism. One would, however. overesti-
mate these dangers, II one were to re-
gard these symptoms as indications of
an immediate preparation for inter
vention. For this there is lacking
both the political and theological pre-
requisites. 9il q
AS Comrade Chicherin declared,
English Imperialism today cannot
want war nor any intervention. In
view of the advancing Impeachment
between the working class of Eng
land and Of the Soviet Union, to men.
ton only one of the factors which
must have cooling and warming ef-
feet upon the indisputabIe desire Of
world capital to annihilate the Soviet
power, English imperialism cannot
wish any war or armed Intervention.
The immediate purpose of all these
maneuvers is either to provoke the
Soviet government to an ill-considered
act, and thereby to place arguments in
the mouth of the second international
by means of which it could once again
support righteous" war, or to IN
timidate the Soviet government and
wiring economic concessions from it.
The government and the congress,
however, gave an answer which the
enemies Of the Soviet Union did not
expect and in any event did not de-
sire.
The congress, did not respond to
the provocations. 1t was before all a
demonstration against imperialist
war Comrades Rykov, Chicherin,
and Frunse proclaimed in enthusiasts
tic words the desire for peace on the
part of the population Of the Soviet
Union. The Soviet Union desires to
secure under all circumstances the
peaceable continuation of economic
reconstruction and the work of social
list upbuilding, and is therefore pre-
pared for every compromise with all
countries and for every sacrifice
which lies in the interest Of the work
of reconstruction and which will yield
advantage to the working population
of the Soviet Union. This, however,
represents the limits of compromise.
The Soviet power does not and never
will agree to any compromise which
would hinder the work of reconstruc-
ton. III
1t was plainly emphasized at the
congress that in its international rela-
tions the Soviet government will full
fill all obligations and that the gov
erning apparatus, as has always been
the case in the past, will not inter
fere In the inner affairs of other
states. The congress, however, re-
jected with indignation any sugges.
ton that the least hindrance should
be placed in the way of the revolu-
tionary movement of the international
proletariat. 81 sna
The congress, however, was not
only a demonstration Of the will to
peace, but also of the power, of the
fighting capacity of the Soviet Union,
its will and its power to defend with
all means against every attack the
work of reconstruction and the hard
won way to socialism.
In the present international situa-
ton, with the increased feverish arm
ing of the capitalist world, the red
army is and remains an indispensable
means of defense. After the end of
the civil war it was reduced from 5H
million to half million, so that every
objective observer must admit that
the government of the workers and
peasants cannot be pursuing any ag-
gressive aims. From the report of
Comrade Frunse it was seen that the