The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-23


MOT having behind them any masses in Georgia. it
~ Use natural for them to seek allies outside of
Georgia On this point we find the mcst interest
ing parts of their correspondence 1.-THE Bolshevk
order destroyed the Georgian nation, its national
system and culture" writes Jordania ('the Boshe-
vik order" accomplished this in an extraordinarily
conspirative SO that not only outside OBJ
servers, but even the Georgian people themselves
could notice it. What devish bloody people the Boil
sheviks areD, "but it advanced nationally other
non-hstoriSal q nations and directed them on the
path of regeneration. We were for instance the
eye-witnesses of the creation Of the Ukraine. This
40 million strong nation represents such an enorn1-
Gus power that should it want to separate from
Moscow {! , the latter would have to concede in
voluntarily. The other nations would follow after
wards. For this would facilitate methods as the
Ukraine would stand between us and Moscow and
would iiquldate our common borders Herewith
(Moscow). The ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Soviet Union
into national units be accomplished in better
organized form if the Ukrainians would take this
task upon themselves. Under such conditions
the Georgian nation would enter the framework
Of the Ukrainian nationalist movement" (The
reader, if he pleases, put here as many excama
ton marks he liies).
EFT me first of all congratulate the Ukraine for
being classified among the "non-historical ma
TONS" must say that a Russian historian" of
the old order feel greatly offended The devil take
it, The Ukranians not historical nation? Ex-
what about kamenIfSkV
is it not history?
Then, l cannot but congratulate also the Georgian
nation with Moi Jordania's plan to hide it behind
the broad shoulders of the mon historical" Ukrain
IAN This is a great honor indeed. must frankly
admit it suits better than when see Jordania
and Co.. sitting not behind but bit lower under
the British generals What can do l am onlv an
old Russian historian" after ALL AS long as live
| will repeat only what have imbibed with my
mothers milk.
MOI No. concretises the general reveries of NOD
No. l. Our perspective is mostly connected with
the second policy outlined by Jordania" saws Rame-
shVllll to Abessalum (Jordania mapped out three
possible ways of the Regeneration of Georgia.:
1.-The collapse of Bolshevism from within: q
National uprisings in the border lands, and 3-An
Anglo Russian war, namely, the consolidation of
the nationalites. This is precisely why we organ
lied the Committee of Caucasian independence and
published the Prometheus in the French language
This committee is comprised of our representatives
and representatives from Azerbadjan and the noun
tain republics, two from each republic The eau
caslan Committee is closely connected with the
Turkestan Independence and with the Ukraine
Oevitsky, Petliura's Representatives. 1t is our aim
to separate from Russia by common action of these
nations and by the establishment of a military al
nance both during the with Russia and after
it."
THUS, not only is mass rising in Georgia i'm
possible and undesirable, but isolated action bv
Georgia will lead nowhere "The nations which are
in the same position as we have at last realized that
in order to destroy the enemy unity and Joint action
is necessary" says Oko ''the Ukraine Caucasian
and Turkestan have united Their joint action is
an accomplished fact The consolidation of united
front is question Of the near future"
We may rest assured that before very long there
will be a-scrap amongst them. For the Ukraine the
Sochi Denikin episode (see Georgia Under British
Rue") is guarantee. Father Levtsky surely thinks
that Kuban is Ukrainan. And from the point Of
view of Jordana's political geography this should
be so, if looks at it. But it is unlikely that we
shall see this Immediate future" The dalec-
tics of history have brought about situation when
the once seemingly powerful national groups have
become metamorphosed into weak groups of plot
tiers which have roots in the Masses as they them
selves admit This is definitely SO in Georgia This
is than probable in the Ukraine and in Turke-
stan. The dialectics of history was always on the
side Of the Bosheviks and where else could it be?