Evening star., 1955-07-15

ference at Geneva approaches.
IF you are not prepared to|
talk seriously" said Soviet Com
This Is the last Of four ertieles in which
Mr. Ryan sets the stose for the Big
-Four Conference in Geneva.
munist boss Nikita s. Khrush-
chev, addressing the West in
general, I'VE can wait and hold
on" 81
Khrushchev's words at the
American Embassy's Fourth Of
July party in Moscow gave an
inkling of what is in the back
of the Soviet mind for Geneva.
Things have not happened in
the world as Marx and Lenin
predicted. Now the hydrogen
bomb has changed yet another
basic Lenin concept-that the
Communist and capitalist worlds
must collide, with communism
victorious. A clash with hydro
gen bombs would leave nobody
victorious.
The Communists whom
Khrushchev represents still hold
to the. notion that war is in
evitable until world communism
holds sway. The latest volume
of the new Soviet Encyclopedia.
issued q few days ago, contains
an article on pacifism. This says
fatty:
ITO eliminate the possibility
Of war, one must destroy cap
italism."
More Ways Than One
But to the Communist way of
thinking. there are more ways
than one to skin cat. There
is little doubt the present Krem-
lin leadership has decided to ride
with a program of waiting and
watching-waiting for a crisis to
take hold in the capitalist world
watching for a chance to give
the process a shove forward
whenever possible. If war comes
some day. the foe must be weak
The Communists have done
much waiting. The permanent
revolution they dreamed of fol
Europe after World War never
developed. and they retreated
behind Stalin's slogan Of social.
ism in one country" The eco.
nomic crisis they still conf
IDENTIFY predict for the United
States, source Of the creates
opposition to their goals, seem.
far of. The Communists agar
retreat. this time behind the slo.
gan of peaceful coexistence.
This sort of thing goes by tn,
name of "living Marxisrn,
which means dogma can b,
shifted to meet changed de-
mands. But while the Commu
mist leaders wait, the Sov;e
Union continues in a swift evo
lutionary movement which ha
boosted it from backwardness t,
an advanced nation.
The more the process develops
the more world communism suf
fers. The twists and turns O
Soviet policy have had a pro
found effect on the global con
spiracy. Sudden reversals of sac
roSanct dogma, such as condon
ing the Titoist deviation, hay
made Communists outside tn
U. S. S. r. grope for torture
explanations. The peace offensiy
itself has hurt the movement.
Worldwide infirmities
Here are some symptoms {
world communism ailments:
In Asia:
The Communist Party of Ind
is obliged to announce a ne
program. Why? Prime Minist,
Nehru was lionized in Moscov
He no longer can be attacks
personally because Moscow
blessing stamped him a "pr'
gressive.."
The Indian party had to yar
the rug out from under its mo
potent attack. It's rebellio
against Hindi as a national lal
guage for India played on Il
sympathies of so many minori
groups jealous of their ov
tongues. Hindi was pictured
a tool Of oppression. But the S
Wet press emily approv
Hindi as . sign Of India's ind
pendencef from the West.
A Communist Party, partic
larly in a recent colonial cou
try like India, cannot hope
remain a dynamic force by ope
ly supporting those who a she
time ago were pictured as en-
mics of the people. What t
party might gain by infiltrati
tactics is lost by popular suppt
and paralysis Of action. Coz
munism must have a rallyi
point, and that normally is
concerted attack on the pows
that be.
In Japan. the Communil
have just been ordered to sh
over to legality. to save the S
Wet Union from a black eye
that important country. Abe
ground, the advantage of &C
spiracy is surrendered. But
ready the Japanese Communi
are losing heavily in popu
support. and the party itself
torn between the will for M
tant action and the need to OK
the dictates of Moscow, for M
cows world purposes.
On Dangerous Ground
In the West:
The Sovet Union is on da
gerous ground In middle Euro