The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-18
Our Foreign sCommissar

NURING the Genoa Conference in
~ 1922, Sidebotham, one Of the most
thoughtful Of English pubncists on
foreign policy, speaking of the Sow
let Delegation to the Conference,
judged Maxim Maximovich Litvinoff
as the most important diplomatic
force in the q. S. S. r. The British
statesman cleverly grasped the fun
damental characteristic Of Litwnoff /:
his clear mind, which permits him to
see things as they are, his strong
will and his purposefuIness.
In 1888 that old Welsh fox, Lloyd
George, warned British diplomats
against the Vaccinations Of Maxim
itvinoff and scared them with his
talent to delude the innocent lambs
Of European diplomacy. He warned
them not to allow this diplomat
wizard TO lead them astray.
We DO not know whether Maxim
Maxirnovich intended to delude either
rose-cheeked Sir John Simon or the
other representatives OF British dip
Iomacy, but at the root of the en-
deavors Of the English Ulysses to
break the spell of the Moscow Circes
lies the profound respect which our
Foreign Affairs Commissar has
earned among the masters Of the
game. 1t is useless to atterat to
prove that this respect is not based
on any love for the head of soviet
diplomacy, but simply on an acknow-
Judgement of the fact that in the
sphere Of diplomacy you can't hit the
Soviets below the belt.
Avoids Pitfalls of Egcisu,
Now, when Litvinoff's portrait
decorates the pages of both Soviet
and American newspapers, 1t is worth
while to dwell briefly not merely on
those objective factors which have
brought Lityinoff to the fore in world
diplomacy, but also the personal
qualities which permit him to speak
and act on behalf of the land of the
Soviets in such manner as to win
unfiagging admiration.
Diplomats frequently fall into the
error of misunderstanding the source
OF their power, in attributing their
success purely to their own brilliance.
Ltvinoff. belonging to the old guard
Of Bolsheviks, has along with the
rest Of our people, been reared in
MarfMsfn and is therefore inpervious
to such ailments which frequently
tend to make even the most brilliant
diplomats appear ridiculous.
The exceptional victories which
Soviet diplomacy has recently scored,
which have placed her in the posi-
ton OF world champion and have
compelled many of the hostile pow
ers to recognize our peaceful aspira-
lions, have their root in the power
which the Soviet Union has become
as result OF utilizing the creative
forces Of our proletariat and the
splendid leadership OF the Central
Committee of our Party with Stain
at the helm.
The voice Of our diplomacy has
acquired such strength because be-
hind it stands the vast country grown
out Of an agrarian land into an in
dustrial power Of the first rank; be-
cause behind it stand tens of mil
lions Of workers and collective farm
ers who are today consciously build
ing q new hfe which they are pre-
pared to defend with their lives.
Diplomacy by Plan
The voice Of our diplomacy is so
powerful because behind it stands
our Red Army, the only army in the
world which combines political con-
sciousness with up-to-date tech
nique. Our diplomacy is forceful Just
because it is supported by the SYM
pathy Of all that is best in humanity.
Our diplomacy cannot miss it's
mark for it follows the direction and
works according to the plan laid
down by our Central Committee. Be-
cause 1t works on the basis of an
analysis OF the situation, given by
a leader such as Stain, who, using
the Marxist-Leninist method, is able
not merely to determine at any given
moment the disposition of an en-
emy's forces, and judge the correla-
ton Of their forces to ours (Which
is most importantly but is able,
through the chaotic tendencies Of