Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03
SOVIET SEES WAR
COMING IN EUROPE
U. S. Likely to Be Drawn Into
Conflict, With BoIshevism
Final Victor.
BY PAUL SCOTT MOwRER.

though doctrlnalre IN It's fundamental
views is well informed by numerous in
telligent diplomatic agents, expects a
new war in Europe in the near future
The Franco-Italian tension. the will
Of Germany and Italy to revise their
frontiers. and the alleged deep-seated
Anglo-American antagonism, all ag-
eravated by a world economic crisis,
are seen as the underlying factors of
the present situation.
Whether or not one agrees with their
conclusions, the views of the Soviet
leaders have a certain importance, If
only because Soviet Russia Will I'M
doubtedly continue to frame its poll
cies in accordance with these views.
Secret Agreement Seen.
Russia, moreover, has a sort of secret
understanding with Germany involving
exchanges of views between these two
governments with respect to the for
eign policies of both. The fundamental
Bolshevist doctrine. which remains un-
changed, may be summarized thus:
There is a fatal opposition between
the capitalist world and Socialist Rus
STA. Both cannot long survive. One
or the other must succumb The CAPT.
talist world would like to destroy So
Wet Russia and is continually plotting
aggressions to this end, so that Russia
must be in a continual state Of tension
for self-defense
At the same time the capitalist world
by its very nature is torn by warlike
rivalries and discussions, so that it is
only a question of time until a new
war breaks out between the capitalist
states. This war will be accompanied
by revolutions which will result in the
triumph of bolshevism throughout the
world.
Stains View Stated.
Good Communists do not simply be-
Ieve these things, they know" them,
for they are implicit in the MARKHAM
dogma which is still their credo.
Speaking the other day before the
Communist Party Congress in Moscow,
M Stain emphasized that, while in
Russia all is relatively lovely, the capt.
talist world has fallen prey to q great
economic crisis. This crisis he said
will soon degenerate into an armed
conflict owing to the struggle for mar
kets. Trouble between colonies and
colonizers and between the so-called
victorS and vanquished in the World
War will fan the flames and a world
revolution will follow.
LitvlnoV, in a statement to foreign
press correspondents in Moscow, eX-
planned that his recent appointment as
commissar of foreign affairs to succeed
George Tchitcherin involved no change
In Soviet foreign policy. He empha-
sized the basic opposition between the
capitalist and Socialist states. The
Soviet republic, which is the worlds
only Socialist state, thus far stands,
he said, for peace, but the capitalist
states are aggressive and would ike TO
destroy the Soviet republic.
Pictures Peace Menace.
The World War put a vast gulf be-
tween the so-called victor and van
pushed states, Litvinov pointed out
Soviet Russia syTnpathizes rather with
the vanquished group, first, because the
treaties put sucn heavy financial bur-
dens on the workers of these states,
and second, because RuSsia's immediate
Western neighbors, which keep plotting
aggression against Russia, are men,
beers of the victor group. This group,
he declared, is now undergoing a fever
of ChauvinlSm which is a grave menace
to peace.
Russia is particularly friendly with
certain members of the vanquished
group, yet it will not join any group
for the purpose of affronting some
other group, but will seek good eco
nomic relations with all.
M Radek, writing in MoScoW'S off,
cial mouthpiece, IZveStia, has developed
the causes and portent of the Franco
Italian tension TO great length. At
bottom what Italy wants, he thinks, Is
new territorial distribution, particularly
OF colonies. But Germany, he points
out-and ne knows Germany we'll
also wants territorial redistribution. Ir
particular 1t intends in one way or
another to effect revision of its eastern
frontiers at Poland's expense Ger
many, he says, has already tacitly
opened this question and will in due
course open 1t officially. Germany and
Italy thus have a certain common in
terest.
French Proposal Analysed.
The French proposal for a European
union, as NJ. Radek sees 1t, is merely
q maneuver on the part of France to
force the hand of Germany and Italy,
and thus enable France to proceed more
freely with its own and its allies mill
tary preparations, for France knows in
advance that neither Italy nor Germany
can possibly favor European union.
Italy and Germany, according TO
Radek, are thus leading the way
straight toward a new world war The
peace treaties and the League of Ma
tons are losing ground steadily. The
focus of world politics today is Anglo
American antagonism The principal
and present aim of Germany and Italy
is to win either the United States or
Great Britain to their side before open
ing a conflict. Whether or not they
will succeed in enlisting such aid de-
ponds on how the Anglo-American an
tagonism develops.
Such being, in brief, the Soviet view
of the world situation as expressed by
Soviet leaders themselves, what seems
to be the relations OF the Soviet gov
eminent with the various powers chiefly
concerned?
Russia's only real friend is. seemingly.
Germany. These two countries find
powerful tie in their common antago-
niSm to Poland. Moreover, Russia Is
widely believed TO be manufacturing
for Germany, under the supervision of
German experts. various sorts of war
material which the treaty forbids to
Germany.
Italy Buys In Russia.
With Italy. despite the bitter an
tagonism of principle between Bolshe-
vism and Fascisn. Russia's relations on
the whole are good. Italy has arranged
to buy most of its oil from Russia and
a new commercial treaty between Rome
and Moscow was made only the other
day.
France of course, has recognized the
Soviet government, but the latter's re-
lations with France have never really
been good and have recently become
good deal worse. There are many rea-
sons for this, but the main one seems
to be that Poland and Rumania are
allies of France.
With Great Britain, on the contrary,
Soviet relations have lately improved
British oil trusts have come TO an agree
ment with the Soviet oil monopoly and
Russia is once more offlciallY repre-