The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-13

Extract from the Report on the For
eign Political Situation to the Third
Congress of the Soviet Union.
We print below that portion of
Comrade Chicherin's Foreign Poll
tical Report dealing with the rela-
tons Of the Soviet Union to Eng
land.-Editor's Note.
The Combinations Of the Great
Powers.
LlVERYWHERE, no matter where
~ we look, in the last resort we
encounter the chief combinations of
world politics, that is, the world
politics of the great powers which
are stretching out their feelers in all
directions, which are active in Po-
land, in our western neighboring
states and in the whole of the Near
and Far East. And here in these
main combinations of world politics
we can distinguish two categories,
two important, one could say, anita
gonistic tendencies. The one category
consists in the formation of a united
front against us.
The combinations of the other kind
consist in the efforts, arising out of
the antagonism of the great powers
and which seek to draw us into one
or the other combinations of the capt
talist states. For example, in France
in the press and in the statements
of statesmen in the period of Herriot
government-of course not of Henri
OF himself-the following combination
was contemplated France against
England, that is, France and Russia
along with Poland and Japan against
England, which latter ON her part is
allied with Germany. That was one
OF the recent combinations, while at
the same time other combinations ex-
listed, for example, Germany along
with US, etc.
In the complicated political situa-
ton in which we have to conduct our
policy of peace, our policy of creating
peaceable relations upon the basis of
the right Of determination of the peo-
pies. we stand between these two
categories Of international combina-
tons: united front against us, or at
tempts by means of this or that COM
bination to make use of us and draw
US over to one or the other side.
ONE must say, however, that in re-
- cent times the first of these cate
gories has prevailed. In the recent
political situation, in connection with
the strengthening OF reaction in the
most important countries Of the world,
the setting up of a united front
against us is the main theme. II in
the Geneva press, which is in close
touch with the league of nations. the
league of nations is represented as
a possible basis of a united front
against US, it is only the continuation
OF that policy OF combinations which
during the last six months has filed
the press of all the ruling great pow
ers.
The chief role is still being played
by England. England however, is
closely connected with America. In
cases where it is a question of the
immediate interests Of the United
States, the latter comes forward with
decisive declarations and speaks in a
tone of command, as the deciding
factor.
THE Dawes plan, the results of
= which consist in the immediate
domination of American capital over
European conditions, is OF so much in
terest to the American government
that 1t threatens the European states
with the withdrawal of its support in
the event of the Dawes plan being
threatened by the disunity of the Eu-
ropean states. AS after the world war
the worlds gold supplies have saccu-
mulated in the valuts Of the American
banks. that means that as America is
the present chief creditor and also the
only possible chief creditor of the