Evening star., 1936-09-25

orEanised labor has abandoned -
hopelem-in the textile mills Of the
South, for instance.
WeglA Rsvelt Theegy Fades.
And why are they going to vote for
Ar. Roosevelt and why does Aoscow
want them to?
Moscow wants them to collaborate
with liberal groups because Russia Is
. highly nat3onAlistic State. which has
abandoned the idea Of world revolution
- embarrassing to her relations and
possible alliances with the strong
'bourgeoise" countries. Tho night be.
tween Stain and Trotsky which led
to the exile Of. that gentleman, and the
recent execution o( his remaining sup
portery, After D farctcAl trial which
decetvod no one was precisely around
this issue.
Trotsky believed In the world revo-
luton. Stain believes in his own
brand Of communism, for Russia alone.
This brand means intense nationalism,
unitarian. and every effort ct alli-
Anoes with other nations. What u
concerning Russia most now IL the
possibility Of being involved in .
war with Germany, . country which
Stains social organization closely
resembles. In that war, Russia hopes
for allies. Her only possible allies are
democratic countries. Therefore, she
has become the champion Of "dem-
ocracy," and Thomas gets chided in
the New Masses for still thinking that
the tight il against capitalism. Russia
shoots those who won't swallow the
new formula or who swallow 1t too
late-and comes out for Q more lib
erAl" constitution. And she urges all
the yes-men around the world to make
. common front against var and
fascism." That, in translation, means
being prepared to help defend Russia
against Germany.
Germany Sees Menace"
Germany Is another revolutionary
state which Is also looking for allies
lin that possible war with Russia.
For Germany, the best hope for such
allies Is In the creation Of the Com
munist menace. So II there Isn't one,
you can depend on 1t, abe will do her
best to create It. Being against com.
munism, In the German tnterpreta.
ton, Is being prepared to assist Ger
many to save the world from 1t and
get some new territory In the process.
Let's get this clear. Neither Russia
nor Germany want to save us from
anything. They want u to save them
from each other.
OF course you can't unite against
. menace unless the menace Is there.
In Spain the Germans and Italians
obliged to foment . rebellion against
. parliamentary government. left. but
BY no means communist.
The Republicans have been very
disobliging about furnishing q Fascist
menace. Even with the G. N. P.'s un-
solicited backing. Gov. LAndon Is per.
fectly miserable material for one.
Csnjures Up Msnaces.
But the c. N. p. really does oblige.
He is perfectly fitted to be . Fascist
menace. His picture Is In the Ger.
man newspapers, with the caption
Friend Of 0ermany"-funnilye enough
alongside Q speech by DR.. 0oebbeb,
attacking capitalism. The c. N. p. Is
rich, powerful, and surrounded by
sinister legend. He can talk exactly
like Mr.. Hitler at Nuremberg. Can
and does.
It an wouldn't be worth . column,
except for the unhappy fact that this
b the way menaces begin. and this
u the way they grow. Like stock mar.
ket fortunes, with god luck you can
make them On very small marginA
But - . gambler In the market Of
politics the @. N. p. hasn't had much
luck.
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