The daily worker., 1926-02-25

rs Russia going to develop with
the aid of capital from England,
France OF elsewhere in spite of the
difficulties which foreign banks and
foreign capital have put in the way
of its economic development?
''In any case, it is a great mistake
to believe, that Russia has any more
need of foreign capital than foreign
industry itself has need of raw ma
terial and of Russian orders.
'In order to prevent economic CO.
operation between Russian and Eng
land and other countries, the argu-
ment about propaganda is continu-
ally brot forward. 1t is useless for
me to repeat here in this place the
explicit statements made over and
over again by my government, which
regards it as the duty Of loyalty in
its relations with foreign powers
never to interfere in their home af-
fairs.
$50 far as concerns the activity Of
the Third International, it depends not
ON the Soviet government but on the
general economic conditions of the
world. If there is an economic and
political stabilization of the capitalist
world, the Third International is nee
essarily bound to take into account
this stabilization.
There is another fact to which l
wish to draw attention. That is the
feeling of the great masses of the
Russian people toward the capitalist
world. 1t is beyond question that the
Russian masses, as has happened in
all other countries at the moment of
a great revolution, were inspired by
a spirit of revolutionary proselytism
1T was due, and this must never be
forgotten, to the fear that the capt.
talist states were aiming at the de-
struction of the Soviet Union. This
fear was justified by the economic
blockade of Soviet Russia, by armed
Intervention as well as by the
war waged against us by Poland at
the instigation of other powers. 1t was
quite natural that in the face of these
dangers the Russian people said to
itself:
$50 long as there is no revolution
ary change in the other countries, our
national existence will be in danger
Oppose League of Nations.
1T is only by change of attitude
on the part of the powers toward Rus
sia that this state of feeling can be
modified or transformed 1t is this
very fear which determined the atti-
tude of the Soviets toward the league
of nations. We believe that it is not
so much from desire of peace that ef-
forts are being made to draw Russia
into the league as to exert upon her
an influence at once collective and
direct, which will bring about a
change in her political and social
regime.
'The social character of Russia by
itself precludes any policy of aggres-
ion. The October revolution was car
ried out both as protest against war
and in order to emancipate the peo-
pies of the former czarist empire
from exploitation, misery, ignorance
and disease. This immense task can
only be achieved if we direct all our
resources and energies to that end
Now, war is bound to upset our
plans and cause vast new losses in
material and men. There is not a
single man in Russia who breaches
the doctrine of war. Our desire is the
elimination Of war forever as means
of settling disputes between nations.
Want Economic Collaboration.
but we believe the attainment of
this object requires the suppression
of the economic and political causes
of war. The shortage of markets
for industrial production and the lack
Of raw materials which are the two
main causes Of war in capitalist So
ciety, can be removed by peaceful
agreements which satisfy the inter-
ests Of all countries. That is why we
favor close economic collaboration be-
tween nations.
"The negotiations with England in
1924, which were nearly brot to sue