The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-20
The USSR and the League

NONE Of the capitalist powers relish the
~ idea of the Soviet Union coming into
the League of Nations. Here in their very
midst stand the representatives of the
victorious proletarian revolution, the
workers fatherland fighting for peace against all of
the imperalist Vaccinations. In the speech of
Maxim Litvinoff, Commsssr of Foreign Affairs OF
the Soviet Union, they know the toilng masses
throughout the world hear of the peace policies
of that powerful land OF Socialism, ready with its
mighty Red Army to defend itself against any ad-
venturous attempts of the capitalist powers to in
wade it.
In hiding the fact that the imperialist con-
tradictions and conflict, on the hand, and the
growing strength of the Land of Socialism, the
other forced the imperialists to extend invita-
ton 10 join the League, the capitalist press con-
tents itself with what it calls the "mildness" of
Litvinofs speech.
But every worker will see in Litvinoffs speech
the voice of the bulwark of the world revolution.
Litvinof pointed out that the Soviet Union retains
fully all of its aims the task of building Socialism,
of fighting against imperalis war; of inspiring the
toiing masses everywhere to end capitalist slavery
He showed that the whole imperalist world was
driving to a new world slaughter not of the future
but of today. He especially pointed out how Jap
anese Imperialism and Fascist Germany were leap
was attack against the Soviet Union
Dwelling on the history of the League of Nations
he stressed the fact that the victorious imperals
powers in the last world attempted to utilize
it as Spearhead of attack against the Soviet Union
But in view of the growing world economic crisis
and the bitterest confists among the mperalist
powers, especially the conflict between France and
Fascist Germany, the withdrawal of Japan from
the League of Nations, the situation arose where
the Soviet Union could enter the League of Nations
to the advantage of its revolutionary peace policy.
ITTVINOFF pointed out that in reality two worlds
existed-the world of Socialism and the world
of Capitalism, typified the one hand by the 200
nationalities under the banner of tn Union of
Socialist Soviet Republics, itself League of Ma
lions; and the League of Nations of the capitalist
powers, which was now forced to invite the Soviet
Union without at the same time lessenng its hatred
for this implacabe foe.
That even the French capitalists whose gov
eminent sponsored the Sovet's entry into the
League recognize the revolutionary nature of this
STEP the victory for the Soviet Unions peace policy
and do not relish it, is shown by the comments in
the French capitalist press.
Russia has entered Geneva today triumphant"
says Leon Baby in Jour" Whenever it suits her
she will leave again and betray us as she betrayed
at Brest- Litovsk" In short they recognize that
the Soviet Unions aim in the League of Nations
is the aim OF peace and the pursuit OF a reVolu-
tonary policy of the land of Socialism; and that
when the imperialist bandits make this impossible
within the League, the Soviet Union will take the
steps necessary to further its peace policy by other
means.
That the French imperalists, like the British
and the 80 other capitalist nations which signed the
invitation, did not because they loved it, but
because there little else for them to do, is
shown by the comments of the sem-ofhcial French
newspaper, journal DIES Debsts" This paper edi-
torialized as follows
"The best that can be said Is that once more
we are faced with of those fats accomplis (ac-
complished facts) which it would have been better
never to have accomplished"
In short, against the will of tn capitalists
because of their conflicts the Soviet Union is able
to drive in between their war antagonisms pow
erful wedge of peace to the benefit of the whole
worlds toling masses.
But as "Izvestia" Soviet newspaper pointed out
the final word in the struggle for peace rests with
the toiling masses throughout the world in the
struggle against their own imperialist governments,
and particularly upon the revolutionary forces the
Communist Parties, in their fight against war and
fascism