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is the only state indeed consistently
defending the cause of peace. The
peaceful policy Of the Soviet Gov
ernmcnt has forced even many OF
its enemies to admit the sincerity
Of the Soviet Unions aspirations for
peace.
This position, won by the firm
policy of the Soviet Government.
has led to the situation whereby a
majority of the members of the
League of Nations have made a pro-
posaI for the U.S.SR. to Join the
League. The capitalist world is now
divided into two groups: powers who
at their given historical stage are
not striving for war because this
war threatens the loss of their con-
quests, and powers who are dissatis-
fed with their present situation and
are ready for adventurous attempts
to seek way out, on the roads to
war.
Two great powers-Germany and
Japan-left the League of Nations
in order to free themselves from the
obligations binding them by the ma
tons constituting the League. The
powers interested in the mainten-
ance of peace understand the whole
futility Of their struggle for peace
without the participation of the
Soviet Union in the League of Ma
tons.
War Danger
"a League of Nations in which
the main champion of the cause Of
peace does not participate cannot
arouse confidence among the masses.
The Soviet Union is fully aware Of
all the shortcomings of the League
of Nations, which reflect on the So
cial character Of the governments
therein. 1t knows that
the League Of Nations was, in the
past, in no position to take any
serious measures for guarding the
cause of peace, but simultaneously,
it sees that part of the bowers
constituting the League Of Nations
wishes to defend the cause of peace.
Therefore the government of the
Soviet Union considers it its duty
to respond to these powers in order
to utilize also this international in
stituticn which, after the with
drawal Of the powers who repre-
sented the most decided tendencies
for war, may, according to Stain,
our leader, become, to certain ex-
tent, a stumbling block in order to
delay or hinder the outbreak of war.
. may become an impeachment on
the road, capable Of hindering war,
however little cause there is for it,
and thus to some degree facilitate
the cause of peace.
While consenting to the invita-
ton Of the majority of the mem
bers of the League of Nations, the
Soviet Government nevertheless does
not forget that for a number of
those powers comprising the League
of Nations, apart from those who
Withdrew from the League, eamity
towards the country which IS build
ing Socialism may prove stronger
than the fear of war.
While public opinion in the Sow
let Union therefore Fundamentally
welcomes the readiness of the Soviet
Union to enter the League of Ma
tons, it for no single moment for
gets that the cause of peace de-
ponds primarily on two factors:
upon the will of the masses in ell
countries towards peace, and also
upon the strength of the Soviet
Union.
"The stronger is the Soviet Union,
the stronger will be it's frontiers.
It's independence will be guarded by
the Red Army. That much more
will imperialist adventures fear to
conduct policies of aggression which
can only end in the complete an